Strictly's Amy Dowden returns to TV in first live interview and opens up on cancer battle

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Amy Dowden has made her second return to the world of Strictly Come Dancing, with an appearance on the show's companion show It Takes Two.

Opening up about her return to Strictly on Saturday amid her cancer battle, the professional dancer said: "I just felt like I was home.

just missed it so so much and I just loved being there." And discussing her cancer treatment, Amy continued: "So I've got chemotherapy tomorrow, session six, so I'm over halfway, I can see the finish line. "I'm not going to lie, it is thought, but I'm staying strong and positive and I just want to raise as much awareness as I possibly can and get everybody to check their chests." And opening up about shaving her head, Amy shared that losing her hair had been rather traumatic for her, as she explained: "I found losing my hair really traumatic. "It didn’t matter how much I prepared myself for it, I couldn’t even brush my own hair in the end, my husband Ben was having to do it.

I couldn’t deal with seeing the amount of it that had come out. "I couldn’t look in the mirror in the end, because I was bald on top, and I just told my family I’m shaving it tomorrow and we did it." This comes after she made a surprise return to Strictly on Saturday after being invited onto the BBC hit dancing show to read the terms and conditions, when she opted to appear without her wig, later saying that she had "embraced the bald." Ahead of her appearance on It Takes Two on Wednesday, 11 October, Amy took to her Instagram Story, where she posted a video telling fans: "I'm going to be on Strictly It Takes Two, speaking to my lovely friend Janette [Manrara] so tune in. "It's going to actually be my first live interview, talking about my cancer and Strictly and everything like.