Strictly dancer Amy Dowden has opened up about being trolled for having her Covid vaccine early. The star, 30, was jabbed ahead of most of her age group because she has inflammatory bowel condition Crohn’s disease.
Amy said of the trolling: “I was disappointed. It is just people typing without thinking.” Amy, who has danced on the BBC show since 2017, has suffered from Crohn’s disease since the age of 11 but was not diagnosed until she was 19.
She said: “I had so many people tell when I got diagnosed, ‘Oh well it’s going to stop you dancing and I was a bit like: ‘How dare they?’ “It made me even more determined.” Crohn’s has caused her “hundreds” of hospital visits, some with her Strictly co-stars supporting her.
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