Amy Dowden breaks down in tears over cruel comments from trolls who branded her a 'narcissist' for sharing her breast cancer journey
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Amy Dowden breaks down in tears over cruel comments from trolls who branded her a 'narcissist' for sharing her breast cancer journey

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Amy Dowden broke down in tears while discussing the horrific trolling she received for sharing her breast cancer journey in her new documentary. Amy Dowden broke down in tears while discussing the horrific trolling she received for sharing her breast cancer journey in her new documentary The Strictly Come Dancing star's world came crashing down when she was diagnosed with cancer the day after she came home from her honeymoon with husband Ben Jones in 2023 The clip sees the Welsh beauty in her hospital bed as she shows her cancer nurse a series of messages from trolls, with messages calling her an 'attention seeker' for shaving her head in the garden, while some state she should have fought the disease in private. In what became the toughest year of her life, Amy, 34, underwent a mastectomy, chemotherapy, fertility treatment and also almost died of sepsis However, while she battled with her health, the dancer also had to contend with brutal remarks from naysayers who branded her a 'narcissist' and an 'attention seeker' for publicly documenting her cancer In an exclusive clip from her new BBC documentary seen by MailOnline, Amy struggles to control her emotions, admitting sometimes she 'wished she didn't' publicly open up to fans Amy's upcoming BBC documentary airs on Monday August 26 and sees the cameras follow Amy through her incredibly difficult year. The clip sees the Welsh beauty in her hospital bed as she shows her cancer nurse a series of messages from trolls, with messages calling her an 'attention seeker' for shaving her head in the garden, while some state she should have fought the disease in private She shared: 'There's been so many times sharing my story where I wished I didn't.' And for people to be writing messages like that, it already felt hard to even look in the mirror' In a filmed clip of herself in the documentary, Amy told the camera: 'For anybody going through cancer, it's enough to be going through it, never mind with any added trolls.

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