Strictly Come Dancing's Amy Dowden's gracious message to Molly-Mae Hague after NTAs loss

Strictly's Amy Dowden has given a gracious tribute to Molly-Mae after the former Love Island star took home the NTA for Authored Documentary. Molly was nominated for the award for her tell-all documentary Molly-Mae: Behind It All, whileAmy was nominated for Strictly Amy: Cancer and Me.

Congratulating her fellow nominee, Amy took to her Instagram to share a heartfelt message to Molly-Mae, as well as thanking everyone who voted for her. Amy wrote: “Huge congratulations to Molly Mae on your NTAS win! It’s been an honour to be nominated alongside such powerful and inspiring documentaries."

Speaking more about her own documentary, Amy added: “I’m incredibly proud to have been nominated for my documentary, Strictly Amy: Cancer and Me. When I made the deeply personal decision to share my breast cancer journey, it was to raise awareness, promote early detection, and give hope and strength to others going through it. An NTA nomination was just the icing on the cake."

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Expressing her gratitude for the support she has received, Amy said: "Thank you from the bottom of my heart to everyone who voted and supported the documentary. Your messages, love and encouragement mean the world to me. I promise to keep using my voice to raise awareness, support others, and shine a light on the reality of breast cancer."

After Amy’s statement following the NTA’s, she was flooded with support from fans as friends as Giovanna Fletcher commented: “You beauty!!!!! I hope you know how much you have impacted so many people’s lives and will continue to do so. Forever grateful and in awe. Love you! Xxxx”

A supportive fan added: “So sorry Amy. You or Rob or Freddie deserved this more. You’re all so brave and inspirational. And yet you still have that lovely class to say well done to the winner. You’re so b****y awesome Amy. Xxx”

Many fans were left furious after Molly won the award and felt that Amy was snubbed as they criticised Behind It All’s trivial subject matter in comparison to Amy's cancer journey. One fan labelled the outcome as 'disgusting' as they wrote on X, formally known as Twitter: “Molly Mae winning that award over the inspirational people like Amy Dowden and Rob Burrow is a massive slap in the face, that’s disgusting. #NTAs”.

Another angry fan added: "“Freddie Flintoff - Nearly Died, Rob Burrow - Died, Strictly Amy - Living with cancer, Molly Mae - Split up with her boyfriend. Which one wins the NTA… absolute b******s.”

However, other viewers have come to the influencer’s defence as it was not her decision which documentaries she was competing alongside.

Molly thanked her family and friends in her acceptance speech, with a special shoutout to her parter Tommy and toddler Bambi who were watching along at home. She said: "Thank you to my friends and family who didn’t choose this life but came on this show for me because they knew how much it meant to me. Thank you guys, you are the best support system that I could ask for”.

“And finally to Tommy and Bambi at home, I love you so much, I couldn’t do it without you guys”.

Strictly professional Amy was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer back in May 2023, and later underwent a mastectomy but was told the tumours had spread.

Amy underwent chemotherapy and has documented her entire experience and ups and downs in a touching BBC programme titled Strictly Amy: Cancer and Me.

Speaking to The Mirror, Amy previously said: "I never thought at 32 years old I would be diagnosed with breast cancer. And if it wasn’t for the Coppafeel trip, I wouldn’t have ended up checking myself.

"And if I hadn’t find the grade three, most aggressive type of cancer, then I wouldn’t be here right now. I just want people to not wait until you’re in your 50s and have mammograms. You need to be checking yourself. And if just ten people from watching this documentary check themselves, I could potentially save a life."

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