AJ Pritchard girlfriend Zara Zoffany has said how she was left terrified after being targeted by a gang of phone snatchers during an outing in London on Wednesday.
The influencer, 30, who has been dating the ex Strictly star, 29, since 2022, took to her Instagram Stories and admitted she was still ‘shaken up’ following the incident.
Zara claimed the two men targeted herself and a pal as they caught up over coffee but thankfully ‘listening to her gut’ and being on guard stopped the crime in it’s tracks after she screamed and spooked the pair.
In the clip she said: ‘I’m still a bit shaken up but let me try to articulate this. You know when you have a gut feeling and you don’t listen to it and that thing happens, that’s exactly what just happened to me’.
‘I was meeting a friend at Tottenham Court Road in Starbucks and said to myself, this is not the safest area ‘do not use your phone, look after your possessions’, but ended up thinking it would be fine.
‘We were showing each other photos on our phones, showing each otehr our lives, her kids. It’s been seven years to catch up on. Next thing these two guys come over putting papers in our faces and getting super close to my face.
AJ Pritchard girlfriend Zara Zoffany, 30, has said how she was left terrified after being targeted by a gang of phone snatchers during an outing in London on Wednesday
The influencer who has been dating the ex Strictly star, 29, since 2022 (pictured together) took to her Instagram Stories and admitted she was still ‘shaken up’ following the incident
Zara continued: ‘ ‘I instantly knew what was going to happen so I grab our phones and start screaming, saying ‘what are you doing, f*** off’.
‘I look around and everyone stayed silent but [the two men] got spooked and run away.’
She captioned the slip: ‘Moral of the story is listen to your gut. I’m hoping everyone was in shock and that’s why no one said anything. So happy to be with my friend and nothing serious happened or was taken.
‘Weirdly felt like an adrenaline rush/ small victory but would not have been the case if something was taken. Another reminder to always stay alert and keep your phone is out of sight.’
It comes after AJ’s ex Abbie Quinnen, 27, to take a swipe at him as she posed up a storm in a sexy costume for Halloween.
The model and the Strictly dancer were together for four years before AJ ‘dumped’ Abbie after she found messages from another woman.
And now, the beauty is letting her Halloween costume do the talking by taking to Instagram and sharing a carousel of sizzling snaps dressed as a sultry cheetah.
She flaunted her stunning figure in a skin-tight, backless bodysuit with cheetah print that left little to the imagination.
Zara claimed the two men targeted herself and a pal as they caught up over coffee but thankfully ‘listening to her gut’ and being on guard stopped the crime in it’s tracks
‘I’m still a bit shaken up but let me try to articulate this. You know when you have a gut feeling and you don’t listen to it and that thing happens, that’s exactly what just happened to me’.
Zara and AJ pictured at The Fashion Awards 2024 earlier this month
The star took the look to the next level with barb wire stockings, long lace gloves, brown heeled boots, and a cheetah ears headband.
She captioned the snap: ‘Dressing up as my ex this year for Halloween.’
MailOnline contacted a representative for AJ for comment at the time.
Abbie and AJ split in September 2022, after she found texts from another woman on his phone.
Speaking to The Sun about her relationship breakdown, Abbie said: ‘I’m completely devastated and my world has fallen apart. AJ isn’t the person I thought he was, after everything I went through with him I thought we would be together forever.
‘He has been the biggest disappointment to me. This has knocked my confidence after my accident and I need to rebuild myself now. AJ was my world and I didn’t recognise the guy who was breaking up with me.’
Abbie went on: ‘I kept asking him about the girl from the messages, but from the moment I brought her up he completely changed. Just a few weeks back AJ and I went on a romantic holiday to Turkey, it was so lovely.’
Their split was one year after Abbie suffered serious burns when a viral social media stunt went wrong.
She was involved in a freak fire accident which took place when she was filming a YouTube video with her then-boyfriend AJ, in which they attempted to turn a wine bottle into a vase.
It comes after AJ’s ex Abbie Quinnen, 27, to take a swipe at him as she posed up a storm in a sexy costume for Halloween (pictured in October)
The model and the Strictly star were together for four years before AJ ‘dumped’ Abbie after she found messages from another woman
The star took the look to the next level with barb wire stockings, long lave gloves, brown heeled boots, and a cheetah ears headband
Abbie did not hold back with her dig
Abbie said the injuries meant that she and AJ had to have therapy sessions and she once found him ‘crying hysterically’ as he struggled to cope with the aftermath.
The professional dancer needed three skin grafts after her YouTube skit went wrong in 2021 and her hair, skin and face were engulfed in flames.
Speaking on Lorraine in 2022, she said: ”It completely blew up and I was engulfed in flames. I didn’t know if I would ever look the same again if I would get my movement back.
‘The burns unit looked after me so well. I felt like I looked horrific and if AJ or my family saw me it would break their hearts. I was embarrassed of how I looked. It was a lot of trauma.
Despite the traumatic experience, Abbie explained that she did not need further surgery and was ‘feeling so much better’ as she got her confidence back.
