By Jane Lavender,Ryan Paton

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Strictly Come Dancing’s Carlos Gu became emotional as he praised Amy Dowden during their appearance on Loose Women ahead of their joint tour, Reborn. Amy revealing the title of their tour reflected both her cancer battle and Carlos’ journey since relocating to Britain. She explained: “Carlos came up with the name of ‘Reborn’, and something we’ve both been through the last few years, obviously my cancer journey.. “But also Carlos, he’s been on his own journey since moving to the UK, being able to be true to himself, his sexuality and how the UK has just opened him up.” Carlos celebrated their strong bond, saying: “[Amy] was so good to me, a Chinese boy who travelled all the way from China and into a completely new environment.. ! She was helping me with a bit of everything, how to do so and so, how to find the cameras, she looked after me so well.” Carlos became tearful whilst discussing Amy’s determination not to let her diagnosis defeat her. Fighting back tears, he said: “Amy is the person that I’ve met who has so much passion for dancing.”, reports the Liverpool Echo . “I know that was the only thing that could support her and get her through. She needs dancing, she needs Strictly and she needs to be alive and to feel herself again.” Amy revealed how Carlos had provided unwavering support following her 2023 diagnosis. She explained: “We were kind of inseparable on Strictly and then I was diagnosed with cancer and Carlos was there for me every step of the way. “I remember calling [Carlos] when I just shaved my hair and you wanted to shave your hair straight away… I was like, ‘No, you’re just starting Strictly, like, literally, you’ve just been partnered with Angela!’ He was there for me, my family. He’s become one of the Dowdens.” Amy confessed she felt “devastated” when forced to withdraw from last season’s Strictly. However, she’s now optimistic about what lies ahead after completing the Strictly tour. She said: “I finished the Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour last night, and I was so proud of myself, being able to do 10 shows a week, because I wasn’t sure my body was ever going to be capable of it.” She added: “Every day after chemo, you start feeling strong and better but it wasn’t really until December I was like, ‘Oh yeah, this is what it feels like to have your energy and your strength back,’ And I’m just so proud of how far I’ve come, and only in the last few weeks. “I look confident, but I’ve really not been… I’ve spent most nights crying at your [Carlos] house, saying, ‘My body feels different, my dancing’s not as good, I don’t look or feel the same’, But actually, I really feel like Amy again, and I’m so proud of how far I’ve come.” Amy also shared her hopes of becoming a mother, despite the challenges she faces due to her medical condition. She said: “I had a hormone cancer so I have been put into early menopause and it would be too dangerous now [to fall pregnant], but I really want to be a mum, I’ve always wanted to be a mum. We do have five embryos, I hope one day, if it’s safe to do so, I do get the privilege and honour to be someone’s mummy.”