Joanna Page says she finds herself ‘bickering’ with husband James Thornton but admits they ‘never argue’ over anything major

Joanna Page admitted she got “feisty” during an argument with her husband (Image: ITV)

Gavin and Stacey star Joanna Page ‘couldn’t take it anymore’ before a ‘fiesty’ row with her husband Thornton. The Treboeth-born star has been married to the former Emmerdale actor since 2003.

The couple share children, Eva, 12, Kit, 10, Noah, eight, and three year old daughter Boe, together. They met in 1999 on the BBC production David Copperfield.

However 48-year-old Joanna reveals she recently gave James the silent treatment after a row on the way home from their holiday in Majorca. And while she admits the couple “bicker”, she says they “never argue” about anything major.

When asked about the last time the couple argued by woman&home magazine, Joanna said: “Driving home from the airport after 10 days in Majorca, James was tapping the wheel and clearing his throat too much.

“I sat in silence until I couldn’t take it anymore. A feisty dragon was unleashed and I shouted, then we bickered because we were both tired. At home we didn’t speak, then this morning we were fine. We never argue about anything big.”

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James Thornton and wife Joanna Page(Image: James Thornton/Instagram)

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Joanna, who has recently released her autobiography, Lush, describes her life as “full on”. She admits that she doesn’t “do date nights” with James anymore because she “can’t be arsed”.

Speaking to OK!, she said: “We don’t do date nights as there’s too much going on and I can’t be arsed. And while it’s wonderful and hectic and fun, James and I can go through huge chunks of not seeing or speaking to each other. So now they are all at school, we can sit down, have a little coffee and actually talk.

“James is going, ‘Can we connect in other ways? Let’s go upstairs and have a quick shag on the bed!’ But I’m like, ‘No, let’s have a coffee first. A bit of cake and a chat and, once we’re emotionally connected, then you can have a bit of sex!”

Joanna and James met in 1999

Joanna says it has given the couple a “relationship again”. She added: “It’s wonderful. That’s where we are at the moment.”

And while she says she is still physically attracted to her husband, she also praises her personality – when she’s not tired and he’s tapping the steering wheel. She added: “He makes me laugh and I love his personality.

“We have the same views and ideas of how we want to live our lives. We love being together all the time. But you don’t get through 25 years without ups and downs. Of course we bicker and have arguments and go to bed not speaking, but we always wake up in the morning and never carry the argument on.”

Joanna landed her break-through role in Richard Curtis’s classic romcom Love Actually at the age of 23 in 2003. It was four years later when she was cast as Stacey Shipman in the hit BBC comedy Gavin and Stacey.