Strictly Come Dancing's Carlos Gu emotional as he praises co-star on air

Strictly Come Dancing pro Amy Dowden was joined by her BBC co-star Carlos Gu arsenic the duo appeared connected Loose Women up of their upcoming tour, Reborn.

Strictly Come Dancing pro Carlos Gu got choked up arsenic helium praised his co-star Amy Dowden. The dancing duo made an quality connected Loose Women this week successful anticipation of their Reborn tour, which kicks disconnected astatine the extremity of March.

The inspiration down this title, according to Amy, stems from some her acquisition battling crab and Carlos's travel of self-discovery since moving to the UK.

She told the ITV panel: "Carlos came up with the sanction of Reborn, and thing we've some been done the past fewer years, evidently my crab journey.

"But besides Carlos, he's been connected his ain travel since moving to the UK, being capable to beryllium existent to himself, his sexuality and however the UK has conscionable opened him up."

Carlos became visibly affectional arsenic helium celebrated their bond, revealing however Amy helped him find his footing successful the UK.

The BBC prima added: "[Amy] was truthful bully to me, a Chinese lad who travelled each the mode from China and into a wholly caller environment! She was helping maine with a spot of everything, however to bash truthful and so, however to find the cameras, she looked aft maine truthful well."

Carlos's dependable cracked arsenic helium recounted however Amy utilized creation arsenic a lifeline passim her diagnosis, describing her arsenic idiosyncratic with a profound passionateness for the art, reports the Liverpool Echo.

Overcome, Carlos said: "Amy is the idiosyncratic that I've met who has truthful overmuch passionateness for dancing. I cognize that was the lone happening that could enactment her and get her through. She needs dancing, she needs Strictly and she needs to beryllium live and to consciousness herself again."

Amy Dowden opened up astir the unwavering enactment she has received from Carlos aft her crab diagnosis successful 2023.

She shared: "We were benignant of inseparable connected Strictly and past I was diagnosed with crab and Carlos was determination for maine each measurement of the way."

She recalled a touching infinitesimal erstwhile Carlos wanted to shave his caput successful solidarity, saying: "I retrieve calling [Carlos] erstwhile I conscionable shaved my hairsbreadth and you wanted to shave your hairsbreadth consecutive away... I was like, 'No, you're conscionable starting Strictly, like, literally, you've conscionable been partnered with Angela!' He was determination for me, my family. He's go 1 of the Dowdens."

The 34-year-old dancer confessed she was heartbroken erstwhile she had to retreat from the past play of Strictly, but present that she's wrapped up the Strictly tour, she's looking up with optimism.

She expressed: "I finished the Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour past night, and I was truthful arrogant of myself, being capable to bash 10 shows a week, due to the fact that I wasn't definite my assemblage was ever going to beryllium susceptible of it.

"Every time aft chemo, you commencement feeling beardown and amended but it wasn't truly until December I was like, 'Oh yeah, this is what it feels similar to person your vigor and your spot back,' And I'm conscionable truthful arrogant of however acold I've come, and lone successful the past fewer weeks."

Despite appearing confident, Amy admitted she's had her stock of struggles. Amy added: "I look confident, but I've truly not been... I've spent astir nights crying astatine your [Carlos] house, saying, 'My assemblage feels different, my dancing's not arsenic good, I don't look oregon consciousness the same', But actually, I truly consciousness similar Amy again, and I'm truthful arrogant of however acold I've come."

Amy candidly discussed her aspirations to go a parent and her IVF journey. She revealed: "I had a hormone crab truthful I person been enactment into aboriginal menopause and it would beryllium excessively unsafe present [to autumn pregnant], but I truly privation to beryllium a mum, I've ever wanted to beryllium a mum.

"We bash person 5 embryos, I anticipation 1 day, if it's harmless to bash so, I bash get the privilege and honour to beryllium someone's mummy."

Loose Women continues weekdays connected ITV from 12:30pm.