Amber Pierson slams Curtis Pritchard cheating claims
Pro dancer Amber Pierson has released a statement slamming claims Curtis Pritchard cheated on Maura Higgins with her.
Amber and Curtis have been spending a lot of time together as they prepare for AJ Pritchard's UK tour.
She insists their relationship is purely platonic, 'We are simply friends and dance partners!'
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The cheating rumours spread after an anonymous Twitter account alleged they'd seen Curtis and Amber kissing.
Sources told MailOnline that Maura confronted Curtis but he denied any wrongdoing.
Shortly after this, she announced their split on social media.
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Amber slams these reports
According to OK!, Amber released a statement on Instagram Stories slamming these allegations.
She wrote, 'I didn't want to speak out about this, but I feel I have to as I have been receiving a few abusive messages recently regarding what's been in the papers.'
The pro dancer went on, 'To be very clear, Curtis and I have never been together.'
'We are simply friends and dance partners! There are 13 dancers going on tour, and I am one of them.'
'The 'cheating' allegations this week are out of the blue and are complete lies.'
Amber said, 'I wanted no part in this but what I will say is Curtis is genuinely a lovely and talented guy, who doesn't deserve any of this.'
She finished, 'Hope that's set the record straight and we can can move on.'
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Amber doesn't stop here
The dancer later shared an Instagram post addressing her previous response.
Amber said, 'Following up on the recent post to my story, the Internet can be a dark old place filled with a lot of unnecessary hate.'
'Luckily enough I have THE most supportive people around me who always have my back.'
She went on, 'I’d like to think I’m a person anyone can talk to if they need some advise or help in any way, having someone there who actually LISTENS is so important.'
'Anyways over and out, stay humble, stay pure and if you don’t have anything nice to say...stay quiet.'
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Curtis and Maura have yet to make any comment.