Strictly Come Dancing professional Amy Dowden has revealed she was on the brink of abandoning her dance career after undergoing treatment for breast cancer. The Welsh dancer, who has been a fixture on the BBC show since 2017, was diagnosed with the disease in 2023.
Speaking on former Busted star Matt Willis’s podcast On The Mend, Dowden recounted the arduous journey of chemotherapy and two mastectomies, which forced her to step away from the show. She confessed that upon her return, she had "lost everything as a dancer, my flexibility, my speed – everything I worked 20 years for".
