Gavin & Stacey star Joanna Page reveals reason she didn’t complain after being groped by ‘handsy’ presenter

Published on September 22, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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GAVIN & Stacey star Joanna Page says she did not complain about being groped by a TV presenter because she “did not want to make a fuss”.

48, who played Stacey Shipman in has written about it in her new memoir Lush.

Joanna Page speaking into a Virgin Radio UK microphone on The Chris Evans Breakfast Show.Gavin & Stacey star Joanna Page reveals why she did not complain about being groped by a TV presenter Joanna Page attends Cirque Du Soleil: Quidam VIP night.The actress has written about the incident in her new memoir Lush

She recalled the female producer of an entertainment show telling her the presenter could be “very handsy with the women”.

He and she had to knock his hand away.

Joanna said: “There are always going to be predators in an environment like this when you’ve got young, beautiful girls who are desperate to get a job.

“It is so hard to get that job.”

“Most of the time the people who are giving you those jobs are older men and they know that you want the job and there’s a million girls out there trying to get the job.”

She continued: “You don’t ever go, ‘Oh God, I’m going to report this’, because in those days you kind of didn’t, you just got on with it, it was what happened at work.

“It wasn’t every single job I went into, but in lots of different jobs there would be one type of thing.”

Mum-of-four Joanna, who is promoting her memoir Lush!, does not name the perpetrator ­­as she says: “The legal people said, ‘Be careful’.”

Earlier this year, Joanna and Natalie Cassidy were dealt a blow leaving it axed just one year after launching.

A BBC spokesperson told The Sun earlier this year: “What started as a six month project turned into more than a year of joyous TV chatter, and over 80 heart-warming episodes.

“Though they both loved making the series, and Joanna Page have very busy schedules and on the 21st May, the final episode of Off the Telly will be released on BBC Sounds.

“Thank you to Nat and Jo for their warm recommendations and insider analysis, and to the whole team for keeping listeners in the loop with what to watch.

“We look forward to working with Nat and Jo again soon!”

Joanna Page smiling during an appearance on "Good Morning Britain."‘You’re a woman…and it’s so hard to get jobs anyway and you don’t want to make a fuss’, said the actress

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