Strictly's Amy Dowden reveals how being partnered with Tom Fletcher saved her life

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Strictly Come Dancing's Amy Dowden has said that being partnered with Tom Fletcher on the show and becoming friends with him may have saved her life.The ballroom dancer is currently in treatment for breast cancer and in an appearance on Friday's Loose Women, 20 October, she explained how she had discovered a lump in her breast thanks to Tom and his wife Giovanna.

Amy, 33, danced with McFly star Tom in the 2021 series of Strictly and became good friends with the Fletchers, joining them on a fundraising trek for breast cancer charity CoppaFeel!, which Giovanna is an ambassador for.The dancer said: "I'd only recently started checking my breasts.

I went on the CoppaFeel trek with Giovanna. I was partnered with Tom Fletcher, that's the wonderful thing about Strictly, the friendships it creates. "The Fletchers welcomed me into their family and later that year I went on a trek with G and whilst I was there I was with ladies telling me their story.Their ages were very similar to mine and I was thinking hang on, I'm here raising awareness and I don't even check myself." Amy went on to explain how she checked her breasts and found a lump, and knew it would be breast cancer.

She continued: "So potentially, CoppaFeel and the Fletchers, and Strictly partnering me with Tom Fletcher has now saved my life." Although Amy said she was keeping a positive attitude to her treatment, she told how a low point had been realising that it would affect her future plans for children with husband Ben Jones.