Gavin and Stacey star Joanna Page has revealed how she and her husband, actor James Thornton, keep their spark alive after 23 years of marriage by seizing rare child-free moments for 'wild, abandoned sex'. The 49-year-old actress, who shares four children with Thornton, says they grab five minutes together when the kids are at school or nursery.
Page, who also starred in Love Actually and Taskmaster, spoke about balancing her career and motherhood in a new interview to promote the paperback release of her autobiography, Lush!. She joked that if she were Prime Minister, she would make schools start at 9am instead of 8am, admitting she is 'so bloody tired' from juggling showbiz and parenting.
The couple's children are Eva, 13, Kit, 11, Noah, nine, and Boe, four. Page says she still co-sleeps with Boe, meaning she and Thornton only have mornings to themselves. 'Boe's at nursery, the children are at school, so James and I will turn to each other and say, “Let’s just try and grab five minutes, let’s quickly have some wild, abandoned sex,” and then maybe we’ll have lunch at the local pub,' she explained.
Page credits their weekly podcast, also called Lush!, where Thornton now guest-stars every Friday, with helping them stay connected. 'We are forced to sit, look at each other and talk non-stop for two hours,' she said. 'If we’re in the middle of an argument, we’ll sit and talk about it... we just talk and talk and talk, so when we come out of the studio it feels really good because we’ve managed to connect.'
The actress also spoke about the openness in her household, noting that her children were not surprised by any revelations in her autobiography, which includes discussions of being touched inappropriately on set and facing rejection while auditioning. 'There’s nothing shocking or surprising to them,' she said. 'In our family, we talk so much about life and relationships and looking after ourselves. My God, it’s a very, very open house.'
