Gavin and Stacey gave us one of the best cliffhangers of all time when Nessa proposed to Smithy, but now Ruth Jones has highlighted why she couldn’t do it again. Ruth, 58, has played Nessa for 17 years, with her on/off romance with James Corden’s Smithy being a central plot.
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The last time we caught up with gang, Nessa and Smithy were once again struggling to define their relationship. Although Smithy had moved on with Sonia (Laura Aikman), he wound up back in bed with the mother of his child Neil the baby, Nessa. When Sonia left Christmas day in Barry Island early after becoming overwhelmed by the Wests and Shipmans, Nessa proposed to Smithy.
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Before we could hear Smithy’s answer the credits rolled, and fans have been left in suspense for five years. At a special screening for the Gavin and Stacey finale, which will air on Christmas day, Ruth joked that she’d now struggle to recreate the proposal.
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‘It took me a little while to get up off my knees, and to be quite honest with you, I don’t think I could get down on one knee now,’ she stated with a laugh while speaking on stage at London’s Ham Yard Hotel. In a more emotional part of the chat, Ruth became teary when discussing the running themes of the BBC show, with one element clear in each of the 22 episodes.
Image Credit: Metro [(left to right) Steffan Rhodri, James Corden, Joanna Page, Larry Lamb, Alison Steadman, Mathew Horne, Ruth Jones and Robert Wilfort attend a BBC launch event for Gavin and Stacey: The Finale, at Ham Yard Hotel in London. Picture date: Wednesday December 18, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story SHOWBIZ GavinAndStacey. Photo credit should read: Ian West/PA Wire]
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