In recent months Joanna has spoken at length about the end of Gavin & Stacey and her feelings about her future career and where she wants to take her family
Joanna Page has talked about expanding her family(Image: ITV)
Actress Joanna Page has discussed a personal dilemma following the end of Gavin & Stacey and how she feels about potentially moving her family back to Wales.
The 48-year-old actress admitted that she had the thought after taking up surfing and feeling incredibly invigorated by the experience, leading to thoughts about whether she should move her away from England.
Joanna, together with husband James Thornton, whom she married in 2003, has four children, named Eva, Kit, Noah, and Boe.
Speaking about the experience with woman&home, Joanna recalled: “Over the summer, I did my first-ever surfing lesson in Wales. I came home so invigorated, I wanted to move to Saundersfoot, thinking, ‘It’s about time I went back to Wales. I want to surf and live on the beach.’
“Then trying to put that into action with four children who’ve never lived in Wales and are very settled into their school is difficult! Now I just want to continue surfing whenever I can. It’s good for the mind as well as fitness.”
Alongside talking about moving her family west, Joanna also admitted that she has at times considered adopting another child. Despite having her “tubes tied,” she has discussed the idea with James because she still feels very maternal.
Joanna explained: “I’ve been thinking about fostering or adopting. It’s something I’ve chatted about with James because I’m still very maternal, and it’s something that I would think about in the future.”
Joanna has also discussed a potential move back to Wales(Image: BBC)
This isn’t the first time Joanna has talked about a move from England to Wales. Earlier this year, whilst appearing on her BBC One show, Wynne & Joanna: All at Sea, she admitted that she had discussed it with James.
During the programme she said: “It’s made me think, why am I not living by the sea? I’ve already spoken to James and I’ve said to him, ‘that’s it, I’m done.’
“I had to move to England to go and be in drama school and I’ve lived there ever since. It’s time. It’s time to go home! I am from the sea, I’m from the sea, and I need to be back here…
“I am so excited to go back home and see everybody, and just to bring both the old me and the new me back home, and just go, ‘come on! Let’s live by the sea, let’s do yoga on the beach’ – that’s what I want to do now.”
Ruth Jones and Joanna Page
As well as discussing how she feels about potentially adopting, Joanna also talked about how liberated she felt being away from her children whilst filming the final Gavin & Stacey episode.
She said: “Every night, I was in bed by 10.30pm because I was so excited to have a hotel room and bed to myself… I’d climb into bed, lie on my back and spread out. It was heaven!
“I was away from the children and wasn’t being Mum, having responsibility for everyone and just doing all the cooking.
“Mentally, I created some space to relax and have a bit of time for myself to breathe and sleep. That made me feel really quite good, coming home and feeling that I’m not just Mum, I’m Jo as well.”
Joanna is due to appear on Pointless Celebrities this evening at 7.35pm on BBC One.