Downton Abbey’s Amy Nuttall lets slip Strictly confession after marital woes with Andrew Buchan

Downton Abbey actress Amy Nuttall has revealed that she turned down the possibility to compete on BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing competitors final yr while she was going by way of marriage woes.

The Emmerdale actress, 41, parted methods together with her actor husband Andrew Buchan, 45, again in December 2022 after he reportedly launched into a brand new romance along with his BBC One Higher co-star, Leila Farzad.

The couple reconciled in July final yr, earlier than splitting for a second time the next month. However final week, it was revealed that the couple had given their romance one other shot, seven months after they final referred to as it quits.

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Chatting with New! Journal, Amy has since revealed that she turned down the possibility to compete on the beloved BBC present. Opening up, she informed the publication: “By no means say by no means, however I do not suppose it is for me. I am extra the viewers aspect of issues – I take pleasure in watching it.”

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Regardless of their marital woes, Amy and her husband Andrew look like going from power to power. Throughout an interview with the Sunday Instances in March this yr, the Downton Abbey star shared a glimpse inside their household life.

Musing on her yearly wage, she divulged: “Typically talking, within the final monetary yr — what can I inform you? — beneath 100 grand, however I am married so all of it goes into one pot. So it isn’t as scary as a result of I can lean on that.”

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Elsewhere within the interview, Amy spoke about their household residence, telling the publication: “I am the joint proprietor of our comfy household residence in Buckinghamshire. We owned a smaller home earlier than.”

Amy and Andrew tied the knot in 2012 and went on to welcome one son and a daughter collectively, however Andrew reportedly left the household residence and moved in with Leila on the finish of 2022.

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On the time, MailOnline reported that Amy stated: “I can not discuss it. I am sorry, I can not say something.” She additionally hinted at their marriage woes by opting to take away her wedding ceremony ring. Whereas she beforehand sported a solitaire diamond engagement ring subsequent to her gold wedding ceremony band, on the time of their cut up, Amy’s wedding ceremony rings had been nowhere to be seen in a number of snapshots.

In the meantime, again in February 2023, Amy took to Instagram the place she shared a cryptic quote which learn: “I’m not impressed by cash, social standing or job title. I am impressed by the way in which somebody treats different human beings.”