AJ Pritchard wants male Strictly partner

OHMYGOSSIP — AJ Pritchard wants to be the first professional dancer to partner a male celebrity on ‘Strictly Come Dancing’.
The 24-year-old star – who has previously partnered Claudia Fragapane, Mollie King and Lauren Steadman on the programme – is backing calls for the show to feature same-sex couples and admitted he is keen to step up and make history.
He told MailOnline: “If they do decide to finally do same-sex partners on Strictly this year I 100% want to be the pro to do it…
“If it’s going to be anyone [in a same-sex pairing], I’d like it to be me. I’m 100% the pro to do it. I guess it all depends on who the celebrity contestants are this year.”
AJ insisted gender “doesn’t matter” when it comes to dancing and thinks a same-sex pairing would be “captivating” for viewers.
He added: “So I think we have to wait and see; but if same-sex partnerships do happen it’s going to be so captivating. And I am very open to it. People enjoy seeing bodies moving, it doesn’t matter [about gender].”
Fellow ‘Strictly’ pro Anton DuBeke recently said he would “give it a go” with a male dance partner on the show though he thinks the couplings would be hard to judge.
He said: “We’ll have to wait and see if it’s ever a thing.
“My only thing about it is how they would judge it? It would be interesting to see how they’re going to judge it.
“If you’ve got a same-sex couple, you’ve got two girls dancing together or two fellas dancing together, it’s not the same as a boy and girl dancing together.
“So from a prospective of judging it they’d have to find a criteria way of doing it. Once they’ve done that I think it could potentially happen, but we’ll have to wait and see.
“If they give me a fella I’d give it a go, why not?”

Source: Female First
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