The Celebrity Hunted series is in aid of Stand Up To Cancer and Dowden was determined to show the reality of life after diagnosis.
She had to balance life on the run with her regular treatment, allowing the cameras to follow her as she received chemotherapy injections.
“It was important to show the reality of cancer,” she said.
“Unfortunately, a cancer diagnosis is like a life sentence.”
Dowden said she hoped to start conversations in people’s homes about the realities of facing up to cancer.
It also had an impact on her partner with Gu saying that it was “hard” to see Dowden have her treatment on the journey.
“You don’t have enough sleep, you don’t have good food, you’re always constantly on the run,” he added.
After losing both his grandmother and a cousin to cancer, Gu said he understood what she had been facing and naturally became one of the people she leaned on the most.
He called her an inspiration, saying that she “gave me the faith that I’m going to do this no matter how hard it is.”
