Abbie Quinnen enjoyed her 24th birthday with her boyfriend AJ Pritchard on Sunday as she continues to recover from third degree burns in an accident.
The dancer appeared in great spirits as she dined at The Mitre Hampton Court in Surrey alongside the former Strictly star, 26, who praised her for ‘being so strong’ in an Instagram post.
Choreographer Abbie recently detailed detailed the fears she felt for her life when the fire started while AJ spoke about how ‘seconds felt like a lifetime’ when he attempted to quell the flames consuming her.
‘You’ve been so strong’: Abbie Quinnen enjoyed her 24th birthday with her boyfriend AJ Pritchard on Sunday as she continues to recover from third degree burns in an accident
Cutting a chic figure, the Get On The Floor! star styled a pale pink blouse with jeans and a £1,450 Balenciaga handbag.
Influencer AJ ensured he didn’t let his girl down when it came to the fashion stakes as he wore a denim shirt with navy bottoms.
The birthday girl was treated to many gifts, including a package from Cartier, balloons and flowers.
On her special day, the blonde captioned her post: ‘Had such a lovely birthday and got thoroughly spoilt. thank you for all the lovely birthday messages love you all so much.’ (sic)
Beaming: The dancer appeared in great spirits as she dined at The Mitre Hampton Court in Surrey alongside the former Strictly star, 26
Ordeal: The choreographer recently detailed detailed the fears she felt for her life when the fire started
AJ added: ‘Happy Birthday @abbiequinnen .. You have been so strong these past weeks. Your strength has kept me so positive when it’s been hard.
‘Seeing you reply to so many people about your experience & helping people come to terms with their struggles is truly inspirational… You deserve to have the best birthday to date… #loveyou.’ (sic)
The model needed three skin grafts after a YouTube video she was filming with her partner went horribly wrong and saw a wine bottle explode and set fire to her hair and clothing on January 19.
During a recent appearance on Lorraine, Abbie explained that while recovering, she was afraid that she would ‘never look the same’ and could not return to her dream job of performing.
Radiant: Cutting a chic figure, the Get On The Floor! star styled a pale pink blouse with jeans and a £1,450 Balenciaga handbag
Sharp: Influencer AJ ensured he didn’t let his girl down when it came to the fashion stakes as he wore a denim shirt with navy bottoms (pictured with his brother Curtis and a friend)
Tasty! The blonde tucked into a selection of sweet treats
Lucky girl! The birthday girl was treated to many gifts, including a package from Cartier, balloons and flowers
She said: ‘At the time, when I was on fire, I was just thinking, “How can I survive, how can I get myself out of this situation?” So I don’t actually remember it being that painful, I think I was just in shock and trying to think how can I put this out.
‘I think AJ wanted to do this life hack, this home hack, what everyone’s been doing, to find something to do [in lockdown].
‘We watched the video straight before we did it, to watch step-by-step and everything and unfortunately it just went horribly wrong…
‘I was stood about 4m away from AJ and it went up, straight away, it went straight across the room and it caught my hair instantly and then unfortunately my body as well, my clothes.’
AJ said: ‘Seconds feel like a lifetime. When Abbie hit the floor and tried to roll and grabbed a blanket to put the fire out, at the same time I was grabbing wet towels to put on the areas, calling the ambulance, going to A&E, it felt like a whole year.
‘But you just have to do what you’ve got to do in those scenarios. As soon as I handed you off to the professionals at the hospital then I was a goner, I broke down.’
The TV star added of her recovery: ‘It’s unbelievable the hospital, the surgeons, the nurses have helped so much.
‘The skin is unbelievable [in how it recovers], while Abbie added: ‘I’m doing OK a lot better than I was, that’s for sure. My face has almost healed now.’
A brave Abbie shared: ‘I think when it happened I was just thinking the worst, my face is never going to look the same again, I’m always going to have scars on my body…
‘I’m never going to be able to dance or perform and do what I love doing, so I instantly thought that was it for me. Luckily my face is healing really well.’
Fears: During a recent appearance on Lorraine, Abbie explained that while recovering, she was afraid that she would ‘never look the same’ and could not return to her dream job of performing