Strictly Come Dancing's Amy Dowden sobs 'I'm heartbroken' as she opens up on huge milestone

Strictly Come Dancing prima Amy Dowden broke down successful tears during her chat with Lorraine Kelly, arsenic the Welsh dancer admitted she was "heartbroken" aft her exit from the BBC show

Amy Dowden was flooded with emotion connected Lorraine arsenic she discussed the upcoming milestone of celebrating one-year cancer-free this Saturday.

The courageous ballroom ace, known for lighting up the Strictly Come Dancing stage, opened up astir her abrupt exit from the amusement owed to a superior ft injury.

Lorraine Kelly expressed solidarity with Amy's pugnacious journey, which has included overcoming cancer, hitting the chemo doorbell people astir a twelvemonth ago, and simultaneously managing Crohn's disease. Addressing Lorraine's concern, Amy fought backmost tears saying: "I'm heartbroken, I americium going to bash my champion not to cry."

Talking astir her untimely extremity connected Strictly, Amy stated, "I'm gutted it's ended this way. I consciousness I've fto JB down. After those words 'you've got cancer', this was my thing." Lorraine reassured her, eliciting comforting words: "It would person been truthful beauteous if you'd person done that connected the show, and I tin spot however upset you are, and of people you are."

She added: "But you've not fto anybody down. We were conscionable truly disquieted astir you, that was the happening due to the fact that we cognize you've had cancer, you've been truthful astonishingly brave and you woody with Crohn's disease, you ne'er moan astir it and conscionable get connected with it."

While Amy whitethorn beryllium devastated to bent up her creation shoes, fans are relieved to cognize her wounded is unrelated to past wellness concerns, reports Wales Online.

Two weeks ago, Strictly fans were near successful a authorities of daze erstwhile Amy was rushed to infirmary arsenic a "precaution" aft falling sick post-performance. The archetypal fearfulness was that the pro dancer had collapsed down the scenes aft her regular connected the unrecorded show.

But now, Amy has disclosed that BBC bosses stepped up with their information measures erstwhile she really sustained an "insufficiency accent fracture" to her shin. As a result, and connected doctors' orders to rest, she's been forced to bow retired from this year's competition.

This setback comes arsenic a caller stroke to the dancer who had already seen her spot successful the 2023 variation gaffe distant owed to chemotherapy treatments for bosom cancer. Touching footage showed Amy ringing the chemo bell, marking a poignant milestone virtually a twelvemonth to the day.

Reflecting connected a turbulent twelvemonth past, an affectional Amy spoke with Lorraine astir the unsmooth patches but besides celebrated however overmuch crushed she's covered since then.

Wanting to assistance spirits, Lorraine wrapped up the chat by presenting Amy with a luxury pamper hamper, cheekily reminding her: "You person to beryllium connected your bum, misses, and conscionable instrumentality attraction of yourself."

Grateful, Amy "promised" to bash conscionable that and "thanked" the TV fable for "all of her support".

Lorraine airs weekdays connected ITV1, from 9am.