Published 16:12 IST, December 29th 2019
'Gavin and Stacey' fans figure out Ruth Jones' character Nessa real age
Fans of British sitcom Gavin and Stacey recently figured out the real age of Ruth Jones' character Nessa Jenkins to be 54 after the Christmas special episode
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Fans of British sitcom Gavin and Stacey recently figured out real of Ruth Jones' character Nessa Jenkins to be 54. According to reports, show's viewers were left baffled during December 25th's Christmas special episode when Nessa revealed fact that she would have been 35 years of when Stacey's character played by Joanna P was 17-years-old.
Fans figure out Nessa's
Based on revelation, Nessa was 18 years older than Stacey who was 26 years of at start of sitcom in year 2007. One of fans took to Facebook and commented on Gavin and Stacey Fans/Quotes group stating that he found out Nessa's real , mentioning when she talked about her in Christmas special episode that when Stacey was 17-years-old she was 35 years of . fan said that when sitcom first started, both Gavin and Stacey were 26 and that shows Nessa was 44 at that time.
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fan said that with a 10-year jump, Nessa is 54-years-old, making her and Bryn of same . He/she said that ir information was based on what was available from show and behind scenes material. However, a few disagree with given information and have said that Nessa is in fact 56-years-old.
During course of series, Nessa never talked about her . In fact, in season two Stacey said that even Nessa was t aware of her . In one of scenes where Nick, Pam and Stacey are about to drive off to Barry Island to be with Nessa who h gone into Labour. In same scene, Pam said that going into labour at Nessa's was very unusual to which Mick enquires about Nessa's and Stacey replies by saying that one has a clue about old Nessa is.
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Christmas treat for Gavin and Stacey fans
return episode was a Christmas gift to many fans. episode aired at 8:30pm on Christmas Day on BBC1 and has been described by Ruth as very cheery, warm-hearted with a Christmas feel to it. As Ruth gave hints about episode, Rob Brydon, 54, said that Gavin & Stacey cast h a WhatsApp group code name to keep Christmas special a secret.
return of Gavin and Stacey was a big hit on Christmas Day, but show also drew some backlash from United Kingdom viewers over use of a homophobic slur in a song lyric. However, actor Ruth Jones has responded to backlash and said that show decided to include 'slur' to 'remain true to characters'.
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While speaking to an international media outlet, Jones said that characters Gavin and Stacey are kind and big-hearted and one intentionally used hurtful langu. slur occurred during a rendition of Pogues and Kirsty McColl's and in episode, Nessa and Bryn performed a version of 1987 hit 'Fairytale of New York'.
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(With inputs from ncies)
16:12 IST, December 29th 2019