Curtis Pritchard treated me like doormat & made me fake break up, he’s obsessed with stardom, says Love Island star’s ex

CURTIS PRITCHARD’S ex-lover claims she was erstwhile manipulated into faking a break-up with the Love Island prima successful his hopeless bid for world TV fame.

Sophie Sheridan has accused the 28-year-old dancer of causing her “psychological trauma” and “treating maine similar a doormat” successful his obsession with stardom.

It comes arsenic the world hunk has been seen by millions of viewers getting unneurotic with Ekin-Su Culculoglu successful the existent bid of ITV2’s Love Island All Stars.

Sophie, 24, contiguous reveals however Curtis convinced her to unreal they had divided up successful 2023 truthful helium could onshore a declaration to spell connected different format of the world show, Love Island Games.

But past connected that spin-off, adjacent though they were inactive successful a relationship, helium got unneurotic with Swedish blonde bombshell Lisa Celander, aboriginal kissing her successful bed.

Sophie said: “When helium was connected Love Island Games it was truthful hard but helium convinced maine to unreal we weren’t unneurotic immoderate much due to the fact that helium needed the wealth for our future. Everyone thinks if you’ve been connected Love Island you’re filthy rich, but that’s not the case, truthful I felt unit to spell on with his plan.

“He ever told maine it was for the champion that we kept our narration backstage due to the fact that I wasn’t successful the nationalist oculus and helium didn’t privation thing affecting our relationship.

‘Not implicit it yet’

“Like immoderate different miss would, I wanted to stock immoderate of our truly bully pictures unneurotic but helium told maine I couldn’t station thing connected societal media.

“He wanted america kept nether wraps.

“It was precise pugnacious for a agelong clip aft helium got backmost from filming The Games. It’s similar intelligence trauma and, to beryllium honest, I don’t truly deliberation I’m implicit it yet.”

When Curtis returned from filming Love Island Games successful Fiji, the mates resumed their relationship.

But helium dumped Sophie successful October past twelvemonth aft helium was offered a woody to spell connected the existent Love Island All Stars series, which launched past month.

Devastated Sophie, who started dating Curtis successful 2021, told The Sun connected Sunday: “He knew I would ne'er person fto him enactment maine done that again, truthful erstwhile Love Island All Stars casting came ar- ound again, it was a convenient timing for him to denote helium had breached up with me.

“Since Curtis has been connected All Stars, I person been getting truthful galore messages from radical begging maine not to get backmost with him again due to the fact that they deliberation that’s what I did aft Love Island Games. But that is not what happened.

“We were unneurotic for astir 3 years and lone conscionable broke up successful October.

“If helium hadn’t been truthful disrespectful towards maine and our relationship, past I wouldn’t consciousness the request to yet archer the truth.”

Sophie was near blindsided successful October erstwhile Curtis broke it off, months aft they had enjoyed a romanticist vacation successful St Lucia successful the Caribbean.

They person not spoken since.

She says she lone recovered retired connected societal media astir his signing for Love Island All Stars erstwhile the line-up was announced earlier this month, with big Maya Jama claiming connected surface that helium was “fresh” from a break-up.

Curtis has been astatine the centre of villa play this week, aft his caput was turned by Danielle Sellers.

She past chose to “steal” Curtis from Ekin-Su successful a recoupling.

After a row, Ekin-Su chucked her portion towards Curtis and stormed off.

Before going into the villa, Curtis defended himself implicit the divided with Sophie, saying helium had known it was not close for a portion and that helium ended the narration due to the fact that helium “didn’t privation to cheat”.

But Sophie has slammed the “convenient” timing.

She said: “We’d spoken astir the future, astir getting joined and having kids, but past abruptly it was over.

“I knew consecutive distant helium would beryllium going connected Love Island All Stars due to the fact that helium was asked the twelvemonth before.

“He knew I wouldn’t fake different break-up. I request to basal up for myself and really archer the information due to the fact that I’ve conscionable been a doormat for astir 3 years.

“It’s similar the wool was pulled implicit my eyes but present I’m retired of the narration I tin yet spot clearly. I don’t emotion him immoderate much and I don’t privation to beryllium with him. He doesn’t merit my kindness.

“It’s conscionable been hard reliving it each implicit again present that he’s connected All Stars. It does wounded maine that he’s been truthful disrespectful.”

Curtis recovered fame connected Love Island bid 5 successful 2019 erstwhile helium broke the bosom of instrumentality favourite Amy Hart, dumping her and moving connected with Maura Higgins.

They were unneurotic for 8 months earlier they divided successful March 2020.

He and Sophie met erstwhile they were starring successful pantomime unneurotic successful Wolverhampton successful 2021.

Meanwhile, Curtis, who competed arsenic a pro dancer connected Ireland’s Dancing With The Stars for 2 series, has jumped consecutive backmost into world TV.

He is presently coupled up with bombshell contestant Ekin-Su, who won the 2022 bid of Love Island with Italian Davide Sanclimenti.

Curtis has already sexily kissed Ekin-Su’s cervix successful beforehand of the villa, had her execute a fake orgasm connected his thigh during a racy challenge, and passionately snogged her successful bed.

Sophie says her ex volition beryllium thrilled to beryllium getting attraction from specified a amusement legend.

She added: “I cognize his crippled program due to the fact that we spoke astir it previously. I deliberation his presumption is, ‘It’s a occupation truthful I’m going to springiness them the champion amusement possible’.

“For Curtis, going connected All Stars is motivated by wealth and boosting his career. He wants to beryllium a millionaire by the clip he’s 30 and is obsessed with fame.

“He loves radical knowing who helium is, and helium besides wants the wealth that comes with that.

“I deliberation he’s precise unhappy wrong himself and is focusing connected fame and wealth to distract himself from that. With Ekin-Su it’s a truly weird match, particularly due to the fact that she said that she’s friends with his ex [Maura], but I deliberation he’ll astir apt effort to enactment with her throughout.

“She’s a large quality and helium knows he’ll get aerial time. I deliberation she tin grip herself though.

“She’s beardown and feisty, but she should cognize he’s decidedly not successful determination to find existent love.”

Curtis has been moving successful theatre portion doing creation shows with his Strictly prima member AJ Pritchard.

The brace went viral successful 2021 erstwhile they made a cameo quality arsenic twins Marco and Jacob successful the E4 soap Hollyoaks — and were ridiculed online by fans for their “wooden” acting.

AJ, who was a nonrecreational dancer connected Strictly for 3 years, im- mediately discontinue being an histrion pursuing the online backlash.

Curtis brought up the mortifying Hollyoaks acquisition to Ekin-Su connected All Stars past week, admitting: “Our acting connected that was GCSE quality.”

Sophie said: “He’s acting similar the bully guy, but arsenic we’ve each seen successful the past — he’s not that bully an actor.

“And his fans are opening to spot done it.”