![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/strictly-come-dancing-star-quits-acting-following-fan-backlash-after-just-one-role/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/1_JS252404434.jpg&description=Strictly Come Dancing star AJ Pritchard has announced he won't be acting any time soon after he rocked up on Channel 4's Hollyoaks with his Love Island brother, Curtis, in 2021 Strictly Come Dancing's AJ Pritchard has quit his acting career after just one role. The professional dancer, 28, and his brother Curtis, 27, were given less than favourable reviews when they rocked up on Hollyoaks as dancer duo Marcus and Jacob in 2021. Some felt the siblings were only on the show because of their social media following, with Parry Glasspool, who played Harry Thompson in the soap, fuming: "As if budding actors didn't struggle enough, now they have to compete with folks with zero interest in acting, but have s*** tone of followers." AJ has now decided to give up acting after his nine episode jaunt on the Channel 4 programme, sharing: "Hollyoaks were so happy with everything. That's all that matters. I enjoyed it but I feel like acting isn't my forte." The former I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! contestant shot to fame on Strictly before he decided to hang up his dance shoes in 2019. He told the Daily Star, he's now wants to "focus on being fit, healthy and positive" adding: "I'm working a bit more on YouTube, which is fun. It goes hand in hand with TV work. And I'm launching some new business later this year." AJ and Curtis' foray into the world of acting ruffled a few feathers with their fellow performers, who took to Twitter to air their views. Former EastEnders actor Michael Greco slammed the siblings' "shocking" acting on the soap, claiming people could learn "how not to act" from watching a video of the brothers. The clip was shared by former Hollyoaks star Gerard McCarthy as Michael wrote: "I think people can watch this and learn so much from it. How 'not' to act. Shocking (sic)". Gerard – who played Kris Fisher in the Channel 4 soap from 2006 to 2010 – also hit out at the AJ and Curtis scene, describing it as a "car crash". He tweeted: "The next time a producer/ca){kind=link}
Strictly Come Dancing star AJ Pritchard has announced he won’t be acting any time soon after he rocked up on Channel 4’s Hollyoaks with his Love Island brother, Curtis, in 2021
Strictly Come Dancing’s AJ Pritchard has quit his acting career after just one role.
The professional dancer, 28, and his brother Curtis, 27, were given less than favourable reviews when they rocked up on Hollyoaks as dancer duo Marcus and Jacob in 2021. Some felt the siblings were only on the show because of their social media following, with Parry Glasspool, who played Harry Thompson in the soap, fuming: “As if budding actors didn’t struggle enough, now they have to compete with folks with zero interest in acting, but have s*** tone of followers.”
AJ has now decided to give up acting after his nine episode jaunt on the Channel 4 programme, sharing: “Hollyoaks were so happy with everything. That’s all that matters. I enjoyed it but I feel like acting isn’t my forte.”
The former I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! contestant shot to fame on Strictly before he decided to hang up his dance shoes in 2019. He told the Daily Star, he’s now wants to “focus on being fit, healthy and positive” adding: “I’m working a bit more on YouTube, which is fun. It goes hand in hand with TV work. And I’m launching some new business later this year.”