Amy Dowden gives health update in first TV interview after hospital dashStrictly Come Dancing BBC
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00:00There's a full couch over there!
00:02I know! It's all going on.
00:04But I want to start off with you, Amy.
00:06Amy, how are you doing?
00:08Yeah, I'm feeling so much better, and I'd just like to thank everyone
00:10for all the love and support I've received
00:12and to my Strictly family.
00:14But yeah, I'm feeling much better, thank you.
00:16I love the suit, you look amazing in that!
00:18...throughout the series so far.
00:20And so for me, it was just a case of,
00:22right, we've got Lizzie and Kane helping us.
00:24You know, we've got a completely
00:26different style of dance as well,
00:28so it felt like there was a little bit less pressure,
00:30certainly on Lauren, and on both of us,
00:32in terms of executing the dance.
00:34And it was just a time for us to let go and be in the moment,
00:36enjoy the music, and that's what it's all about.
00:38Yeah, you kind of came together
00:40through this third person that was choreographing Lizzie.
00:42And Amy, people might assume
00:44that couples' choice is an easy option
00:46for a celebrity, but that's not the case.
00:48No, absolutely not,
00:50and there's nothing, sorry Jay,
00:52that you've done on any of
00:54the other weeks you can actually use
00:56into this week. It's completely
00:58all new. So when you're doing a ballroom dance,
01:00you know, because we work so hard on the frame,
01:02it's there. When you go
01:04into Latin, we did cha-cha first, so that
01:06straight leg action, you know, going through
01:08the knee into the straight leg,
01:10you understood in the rumba because you'd done it
01:12in cha-cha, whereas this week,
01:14not only did he have a new partner, he had a
01:16completely new style as well.
01:18And do you know what? I'm just so proud, I'm so grateful
01:20to Lauren, but they've worked so hard,
01:22and Jay's just been so supportive
01:24of me, just knuckled down,
01:26the pair of them just messaged all week going,
01:28we just want to make you proud.
01:30We send Amy videos. I called it
01:32team, I know you love, hey team, the word team,
01:34and a star next to her, and they've been sending them.
01:36That's our WhatsApp group.