Amy Dowden reveals one defiant wish after quitting BBC Strictly Come Dancing

Dancer Amy Dowden has been forced to discontinue Strictly Come Dancing - but her spokesperson says she is determined to marque a comeback connected the amusement aboriginal this series

Dancer Amy Dowden is hopeless to instrumentality to the amusement earlier the extremity of the series.

Her spokesperson has said that portion Amy was desperately upset to person to propulsion retired of the deed amusement due to the fact that of her foot, she was expected to marque a afloat betterment wrong the adjacent fewer weeks.

“Amy is hoping to beryllium capable to creation again connected Strictly earlier the extremity of the series. It is simply a antithetic wounded to the 1 she had a twelvemonth ago. It’s the aforesaid ft but a antithetic bone. It’s conscionable terribly atrocious luck.

“She did it during training, it was 1 of those things, nobody’s fault, but it got worse implicit the adjacent fewer days."

Millions of viewers saw her cheering connected JB Gill connected Saturday successful the studio. Her spokesperson added: "With this injury, determination is nary outward sign, she is good to locomotion around, but she can't deterioration heels."

The nonrecreational dancer - recovering from bosom crab - suffered the wounded successful the days up of the amusement connected 26 October. Now doctors person told her to remainder indefinitely successful bid to let the wounded to recover, meaning her spouse JB Gill volition creation with Lauren Oakley for the remainder of the series.

Yesterday she spoke of her heartache astatine having to propulsion out.

She said: "My bosom is breaking close now. The past fewer months I yet felt similar maine again. Cancer was nary longer the archetypal happening I thought of erstwhile I woke up. It was choreography, euphony choices, which dances successful which order, what we needed to enactment on. I felt escaped again. My extremity since proceeding those words you person crab was to get backmost connected the strictly creation floor. It's been specified a situation to get back, 1 I devoted 2024 too."

"Which with my unthinkable squad we got there. Something I wanted to bash for myself and loved ones. There was nary feeling similar it dancing again successful the ballroom with my strictly family. Then I was partnered with the talented ,kind, gentle psyche JB. Every time our grooming country was chilled, hardworking and afloat of large smiles enjoying what we was creating unneurotic with a blossoming friendship. JB convey you for being the cleanable spouse back. We topped the person committee week 1 and continued to enactment truthful hard and convey you for being truthful passionate astir knowing the ballroom and Latin fundamentals. For maine that rumba volition ever beryllium 1 of my favs . I'm truthful sad, truthful upset and asking wherefore me, wherefore present that our travel has been chopped short.

"My bosom close present is breaking having to propulsion retired of the contention owed to a ft wounded and I cognize lone excessively good 'this excessively shall pass' and l'll beryllium soon amended and backmost dancing. Something l've had to get utilized to successful my life. I'm definite astatine immoderate constituent we volition creation again JB. To each the fans, to my loved ones, my strictly household convey you. I cognize you and Lauren volition proceed to ace that creation level . I'll everlastingly beryllium your biggest cheerleader."

A Strictly Come Dancing spokesperson said: “Sadly, Amy Dowden MBE volition not beryllium partaking successful the remainder of the contention this year. Whilst Amy focuses connected her betterment pursuing a ft injury, chap nonrecreational dancer, Lauren Oakley, volition measurement successful arsenic JB’s creation partner. The wellness and wellbeing of everyone progressive successful Strictly are ever the utmost priority. The full Strictly household sends Amy emotion and good wishes.”

On October 26 Amy needed aesculapian attention aft dancing successful the Halloween peculiar with JB with presenter Tess Day announcing Amy would not appearing connected the Sunday results amusement due to the fact that she was unwell. It was aboriginal announced that Lauren, who did not person a personage spouse this year, would basal successful for her with JB for conscionable 1 week. On Saturday she was tearful arsenic the brace danced the Couple’s Choice regular that she had choreographed - and the JLS vocalist got his archetypal tens of the series.

For icons week, JB and Lauren, 33, danced to a medley of Bruno Mars hits. Following their performance, an affectional Amy struggled to clasp backmost her tears arsenic they earned 39 points. Telling Lauren she was “so grateful” for however she’d stepped in, she admitted to JB: "I privation I was determination with you, you were amazing!”

Amy has had a batch of atrocious luck erstwhile it comes to wellness issues. She has suffered from Crohn’s illness since childhood, and past was diagnosed with bosom crab aged conscionable 32, days earlier she was owed to spell connected honeymoon.

After receiving attraction passim 2023, she suffered different setback with a breached foot past November. She has said that striving to get backmost to Strictly Come Dancing was 1 of the factors that astir helped her to get done her crab treatment.

Fans were thrilled to spot her backmost connected the amusement and she received immense enactment erstwhile she had to beryllium retired connected Saturday. "I adore Amy she deserves the world and more,” 1 wrote, with different adding: ”Seeing Amy outcry has made maine cry. She should've been connected that creation floor.”

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