Joanna Page talked quitting showbiz for a very different job to a stunned Loose Women panel.
The Gavin & Stacey star, 48, appeared on Wednesday's instalment of the ITV show and sat down with Christine Lampard, 46, Grace Keeling, 25, Janet Street-Porter, 78 and Jane Moore, 63.
'I'm really intrigued about what I've heard, and it's the new career move. Something to do with a sex therapist?' Grace asked.
Joanna opened up about her passion for speaking with people about their relationship woes.
She said: 'I've always wanted to become a sex therapist, I've always wanted to train as a relationship counsellor because I'm interested in chatting to people and their relationships and listening to their problems and what's happened and how I can talk to them about it.
Joanna Page (pictured) talked quitting showbiz for a very different job to a stunned Loose Women panel
The Gavin & Stacey star, 48, appeared on Wednesday's instalment of the ITV show and sat down with Christine Lampard , 46, Grace Keeling, 25, Janet Street-Porter , 78 and Jane Moore , 63
Joanna opened up about her passion for speaking with people about their relationship woes
'I imagine though that you guys are going to ruin this next career move of mine,' the actress added, laughing.
Joanna admitted that she'd 'love' to go into the field and revealed she had already been putting her skills to use.
'I'd love to do that, I've been in the house and I've had like delivery drivers coming round and they've dropped off a delivery and then James has gone 'Oh my gosh it's 20 minutes later, where is she?' and I've been in the back of a van talking to a driver,' she explained.
Joanna added: 'And he's been like 'Well I don't know what to do in my relationship with my girlfriend, what do you think?'
'And James caught me in the back and was like 'Are you alright?'. I said 'Yeah I'll be out in a minute I'm just talking to him, and I was talking to him about his relationship with his girlfriend.'
Last year, Joanna revealed she found filming the final day of Gavin and Stacey Christmas special 'traumatic' as she opened up about the 'emotional' last day on set.
The last ever instalment aired in a 90-minute special on Christmas Day 2024 after fans of the show begged for an end to the story.
T he Welsh actress, who portrays Stacey Shipman in the BAFTA-winning TV series, revealed filming the last-ever episode left her 'hysterically crying and laughing'.
Joanna said: 'Being on set for the last time with everybody for the last day was traumatic. I knew I was going to cry as soon as I walked on set.
Joanna admitted that she'd 'love' to go into the field and revealed she had already been putting her skills to use
Last year, Joanna revealed she found filming the final day of Gavin and Stacey Christmas special 'traumatic' as she opened up about the 'emotional' last day on set
'I saw Steve's face, our first AD, and I just burst out crying. Then I saw Sophie Hebron, our second AD, and I burst out crying again. So then I went into my trailer and Julia Davis came in and sat with me, and I couldn't stop crying, because it just felt it was such a huge journey that was ending.
'So I found it very emotional but then in between that, hysterically funny, because the last scene we filmed was a funny one, so I just alternated between hysterically crying and hysterically laughing.'
Recalling the final moments on set, she continued: 'Right at the very end, on our last bit of filming, I just got this sense of calm wash over me.
'I remember standing there and looking around at everybody and everybody's faces, and I just remember smiling quite calmly to myself and thinking ‘wow, look where we've all come, look where we all are now’.
'I delivered my last lines, the way that I wanted to, and the way that I needed to, and then when they shouted, “it's a wrap” and then they clapped all of us goodbye and I just hugged Mat, and we both stood there crying.'
Loose Women airs weekdays from 12:30pm on ITV1 and is available to stream on ITVX.
