featured-image

Joanna Page has dished on her favourite Gavin and Stacey moment which involved a genuine stripper named Top Boy, who made an unforgettable appearance during her character's hen do. The 47 year old star, famed for her role as Stacey Shipman in the much-loved series, spilled the beans while chatting on the Off the Telly podcast. A fan named Kerry from Bristol sent in a message that read: "Hello ladies, Kerry from Bristol here, I've just listened to your bonus comfort telly episode and I lost my mind, because my dad was the stripper in the episode of 'Gavin and Stacey' that Joanna was talking about.

" She continued, "It's been a joke for my whole life, telling people that's a true story, and then people not believing it until they watch it and meet my dad. I called him immediately and told him that you were talking about him." Joanna, taken aback by the revelation, confessed she had loads of questions, pondering, "I've just got so many questions and images, so that must be about 20 years ago, does he still strip? What does he do now?" Co-hosting the podcast with fellow actress Natalie Cassidy, Joanna reminisced over the memorable shoot with Top Boy, saying: "That was one of our favourite ever days of filming, because they got a real-life stripper in for Stacey's hen party.



" "We were all dressed up as schoolgirls for starters so there was mild hysteria for starters, and then they got this stripped in and his name was Toy Boy, and he had this black leather thong on with in little c.

Back to Entertainment Page