Amy Dowden has become "uncontactable" after her unexpected departure from this year's edition of Strictly Come Dancing , revealed former contestant Sara Davies. The entrepreneur from Dragon's Den, aged 40, competed in the hit show in 2021 and disclosed on Loose Women on Tuesday that the Welsh professional dancer has seemingly stepped away from contact after exiting the BBC One competition due to an injury. A week ago, Amy was taken to hospital in a rush after collapsing backstage post-live show and, the following weekend, saw Lauren Oakley step in to dance with JB Gill , Amy's celebrity pair-up.
Subsequently, Amy issued an emotional statement confirming a foot injury as the cause of her hospital dash and decided to bow out of the rest of the series to focus on her recovery. While on the ITV daytime programme, Sara disclosed her attempt to reach out to Amy via text without a response. She told the panel: "I tried reaching out to her and I know, from experience, when these things happen - and she's had a lot of these things happen, God love her - she just goes into herself.
I just know that she'll be a heap on the couch." Sara recounted her efforts to support Amy when she was diagnosed with breast cancer last year: "The thing with Amy is Strictly is her life. It's not a job to her.
It's her passion, dancing is her life. And she lives for that time on Strictly and taking a celebrity through that journey. And to have it pulled away from her was devastating for last year.
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