Strictly Come Dancing pro Lauren Oakley has made a sweet promise to Amy Dowden after she was forced to quit the show due to a foot injury. The 33-year-old dancer has now been partnered up with JB Gill until the end of the show as she replaced Amy, 34, permanently. The news was shared in a statement by Strictly and Amy later posted about her departure on her Instagram account earlier this week.
Now, during an appearance on It Takes Two, Lauren promised to "carry the torch forward" after Amy's exit as she said she wants "to do the partnership justice." The dancer told Janette Manrara: "Leading on from the groundwork Amy's put in, I just want to carry the torch forward as much as I can because she's done all the work. "I want to do the partnership justice and bring my flare to JB as well because he got the best of both worlds working with a couple of professionals.
" Amy also appeared on It Takes Two this week and stressed that her exit was "nothing to do with any previous health scares ." Amy was previously diagnosed with cancer on May 2023, following her Crohn's disease diagnosis in 2019. However, she confirmed it was her painful foot injury that caused her to pull out of this year's competition .
Speaking to Janette on the Strictly spin-off show, she said: "I'm absolutely gutted, unfortunately I have an insufficiency stress fracture, if I've said that right, on my shin." The dancer added: "This injury could have happened to anybody. I want to stress it’s nothing to do with a.
