Sara Davies has shared her fears for Amy Dowden after she was forced to quit Strictly Come Dancing. 

The business woman, 40, said the dancer,  34, has ‘gone into herself and will be a heap on the couch’ after ‘leaving her heart on the dancefloor.’

Amy who is understood to be in remission from breast cancer and has Crohn’s disease, was forced to pull out of last weekend’s show after collapsing backstage.

During an appearance on Tuesday’s Loose Women, Sara addressed the situation revealing she had reached out to her friend.

‘I’ve tried reaching out to her and with everything she has gone into herself and I know she’ll be in a heap on the couch,’ she explained.

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Sara Davies has shared her fears for Amy Dowden after she was forced to quit Strictly Come Dancing

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The business woman, 40, said the dancer, 34, has ‘gone into herself and will be a heap on the couch’ after ‘leaving her heart on the dancefloor’ (Amy pictured with JB Gill on the show)

Sara added: ‘The thing with Amy is Strictly is her life its not just a job she lives for it and taking the celebrity throughout the journey, last year it was devastating.

‘I had to sit her down and give her the tough love to go do the chemo and then she could come back.

‘She really leaves her heart on the dance floor and then a foot injury now, life is so unfair.’

In a lengthy statement on Tuesday, Amy said her ‘heart was broken’ and revealed the show had helped ‘feel like herself again’ following chemotherapy treatment as she paid tribute to ‘perfect partner’ JB Gill, 37.

Taking to Instagram she wrote: ‘My heart is breaking right now. The past few months I finally felt like me again. Cancer was no longer the first thing I thought of when I woke up.

‘It was choreography, music choices, which dances in which order, what we needed to work on. I felt free again. My goal since hearing those words you have cancer was to get back on the Strictly dance floor. It’s been such a challenge to get back, one I devoted 2024 to.

‘With my incredible team we got there. Something I wanted to do for myself and my loved ones. There was no feeling like it dancing again in the ballroom with my Strictly family’.

‘Then I was partnered with the talented, kind, gentle, soul JB. Everyday out training room was chilled, hardworking and full of big smiles enjoying what we was [sic] creating together with a blossoming friendship’.

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During an appearance on Tuesday’s Loose Women, Sara addressed the situation revealing she had reached out to her friend

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‘I’ve tried reaching out to her and with everything she has gone into herself and I know she’ll be in a heap on the couch,’ she explained (Amy pictured on October 23)

She continued: ‘JB, thank you for being the perfect partner back. We topped the leader board week one and continued to work so hard and thank you for being so passionate about understanding the ballroom and latin fundamentals’.

‘For me that rumba will always be one of my favs. I’m so sad, so upset and asking why me, why now that our journey has been cut short’.

‘My heart right now is breaking having to pull out of the competition due to a foot injury and I know all too well ‘this too shall pass’ and I’ll be soon better and back dancing. Something I’ve had to get used to in my life. I’m sure at some point we’ll dance again JB. To all the fans, to my loved ones, my Strictly family thank you’.

Before adding that she knew JB’s new partner Lauren Oakley would continue to ‘ace the dance floor’ and promised to be the pair’s ‘biggest cheerleader’.

It was confirmed on Monday’s episode of It Takes Two that Amy will not return for the rest of the series, as she recovers from a ‘foot injury’.

A Strictly Come Dancing spokesperson said: ‘Sadly, Amy Dowden MBE will not be partaking in the rest of the competition this year.

‘Whilst Amy focuses on her recovery following a foot injury, fellow Professional Dancer, Lauren Oakley, will step in as JB’s dance partner.

‘The health and wellbeing of everyone involved in Strictly are always the utmost priority. The whole Strictly family sends Amy love and well wishes.’

Amy was just 32 when, in May last year, she was given the earth-shattering news she had stage 3 breast cancer.

At the time she was filming the BBC series Dare To Dance and said she realised ‘something wasn’t right’. She found a lump on her breast the day before she was going on a second honeymoon with her husband Benjamin.

Later that year, she was diagnosed again with another unspecified type of cancer and underwent a course of chemotherapy.

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In a lengthy statement on Tuesday, Amy said her ‘heart was broken’ and revealed the show had helped ‘feel like herself again’ following chemotherapy treatment

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It was confirmed on Monday’s episode of It Takes Two that Amy will not return for the rest of the series, as she recovers from a ‘foot injury’

Amy returned to hospital in August 2024 for more tests where, finally, she was given the all-clear.

After a year of scandal, BBC bosses were delighted that Amy was able to return to the show following her cancer battle as she was paired with JB.

But during the live Halloween special last month, she was admitted to hospital following a reported collapse at Elstree Studios – the BBC show’s Hertfordshire base – after suffering a ‘medical emergency’ backstage.

Moments before her hospital dash, Amy had performed the Foxtrot to Toploader hit Dancing In The Moonlight with her celebrity partner JB – but fans noted the dancer was partially seated during her latest performance.