Speaking in a new interview, AJ, 26, said he believed that Katie was unable to give the competition her all.
The dancer suggested that audiences didn’t “connect” with the soap star.
“My four partners luckily gave everything they had to Strictly, their time, their effort and their energy,” AJ said.
“It is an unusual one because someone can be fit and pick up the routines and have a great professional partner – but when they get onto the TV do people connect with them?”
