Strictly Come Dancing fans were left in tears as Amy Dowden returned to the dancefloor for the live final.
The 33-year-old Welsh beauty was recently diagnosed with breast cancer and was forced to pull out of the 2023 series due to her chemotherapy treatment. However, the brave star was back showing off her moves on Saturday (December 16) and opened the show in the group number with her fellow professional dancers.
Taking to X, formerly known as Twitter, one fan penned: “Amy Dowden made me cry on Strictly.” Another added: “I cry my way through the @bbcstrictly final every year without fail, but seeing Amy looking gorgeous in the opening group dance is probably a new record for crying within minutes!.” Someone else said: “Amy in the opening number I am going to cry.” A fourth social media user said: “So so happy to see Amy on the Strictly floor again this season! What an absolute trooper (also made me cry!)”
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It comes after Amy Dowden updated her loyal legion of fans with another devastating health update after she was rushed to hospital just last month. On Thursday (November 30), the professional ballroom dancer revealed she was diagnosed with a blood clot on her lung after her recent hospital visit on Monday (November 27). Amy – who completed her chemotherapy treatment recently – reassured fans that she is recovering well.
Taking to Instagram, the BBC star candidly detailed her “nightmare week” to her loyal legion of fans online. Speaking in a video, Amy explained: “Unfortunately, I’ve had another nightmare this week. Just seems to be never-ending…
“They were really worried that the clot was travelling to my heart or effecting my heart. Lucky enough, it’s not.” The Welsh beauty showed puncture marks on her wrist and hands and said she’d had drips “everywhere”.
(Image: BBC)
Amy recently revealed that she had recently broken her foot just days after ringing the bell after she completed her cancer treatment. Taking to Instagram, the star shared a picture of her foot strapped up in a medical boot as she shared her new injury online.
She wrote: “Not the week I was hoping for since finishing chemo. Port out but unfortunately gained a boot for a fractured foot. Absolutely gutted and heartbroken as this means the plans for me to dance in the Strictly Ballroom this year are no longer possible.
Amy recently shared the dazzling snaps taken in a glamorous photoshoot for Women’s Health UK as the magazine’s December cover star. The ballroom expert was the vision of beauty as she posed up a storm in the glamorous spread and opened up about her diagnosis in May.
(Image: amy_dowden/Instagram)
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The star embraced her natural beauty as she ditched the wig for the stunning snaps and shared her hopes to inspire others who are battling cancer. She added: “I just want to be treated as normal.
“When I’m walking outside and I’ve got my head scarf on, I don’t want looks of sympathy or feeling sorry for me – I’m Amy. Sometimes, people don’t know how to address it.
“Just ask how I am – I will answer you. We don’t want you to feel sorry for us. We’re embracing it. Stand strong with us… Don’t give me that pity look – I don’t need it!”
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