Amy Dowden says ‘I don’t care’ as she candidly talks about weight gain

Welsh Strictly Come Dancing professional Amy Dowden has candidly reflected on her health journey and spoken about her weight gain. The professional dancer, 33, first found a lump in her breast the day before she went to the Maldives on her honeymoon with fellow professional dancer Ben Jones.

She was subsequently diagnosed with stage three breast cancer and had a mastectomy before undergoing chemotherapy. It has been a long journey for Amy, who missed out on the 2023 series of Strictly Come Dancing while she was recovering, and she is now back training for the 2024 series.

Speaking very candidly on Instagram, Amy said: “I am proud of my body. Still working on my fitness, working on getting my dancing back to where it was, it is a new body. My body went through so much… I gained two stone in weight and it was fine, it was what my body needed to go through in order to survive.

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“It has definitely changed me as a person. Yeah, I struggled to get the weight off me and I actually don’t care. It is about being fit and healthy and certain things really don’t matter. I am just so happy being back dancing, doing what I love.”

“I always kept saying during my cancer treatment ‘oh, I want to get back to the old Amy’ only the last few days have I thought this, actually I don’t wanna be back to the old Amy, I am a new Amy and I want to be an even better Amy.” Recently Amy showed off her new hairstyle after losing her hair during chemotherapy.

Posting a video to her Instagram Stories on Sunday, August 4 Amy said: “Well the hair is defo at that stage where it’s crazy and curly! But defo come back thicker.”

In the clip, the Caerphilly-born star ran her fingers through her hair and then put her thumbs up to the camera. For the latest TV & Showbiz news, sign up to our newsletter.