Gavin and Stacey star Joanna Page has shared a heartbreaking tale about her beloved dead dog, and she strange request she made to her husband, fellow actor James Thornton
Joanna Page shared the strange request she made to her husband (Image: Tim P. Whitby, Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images)
Gavin and Stacey star Joanna Page has disclosed how she made her husband dig up her deceased dog’s remains from their garden on the eve of their house move. Fellow actor James Thornton, famous for playing Emmerdale‘s John Barton, had to use a head torch while excavating the little Jack Russell’s burial site.
Speaking on the Shagged Married Annoyed podcast, Joanna explained that her dog Daisy had been her companion since she was 21: “She lived until she was 16,” Joanna said. “We’ve been through like everything together.”
She revealed that following the little dog’s death, Joanna found it difficult to let go: “I said: ‘I can’t cremate her. I just can’t imagine doing that. I just want to keep her and I’m just going to bury her.’
“So that is what we did. And then we all buried her and the kids were there and then we put her in a basket and put loads of flowers around her and put a little blanket in.”
As Joanna and James prepared to relocate, the Swansea-born actress determined she couldn’t stand to leave Daisy behind: “I said to James: ‘Well, you got to dig her up … she’s my first child. She’s my firstborn. You have to dig her up. And he didn’t even say anything.”
Joanna recounted how James postponed the macabre task until the final moment: “He had, you know, a head torch on and everything and he’s there digging her up.” She’s holding off on re-burying her cherished dog until she and James settle into what will be their forever home. In the meantime, Daisy’s remains and her basket sit inside a transparent plastic storage container in their garage.
Joanna explained: “Until we actually move somewhere where I’m like ‘OK, this is us retired and we’re going to be here forever, we will bury her here’.
“We’ll either do that or – oh my god, this sounds awful – if I die before then, basically, that whole box is just coming in with me.”
Joanna disclosed that her ultimate wish is to be laid to rest in a coffin containing her children’s nursery school artwork, alongside the remains of her treasured Daisy: “Pour all of that on me. Put the lid down, then you can bury me,” she stated.
While podcast presenters Chris and Rosie Ramsey laughed at her bizarre tale, the actress proceeded to share something even more startling: “I was in Wales and I was in a charity shop. I love buying all sorts of like mad or sweet cute little ornaments”
Among the items that grabbed Joanna’s attention was a small plastic dog-shaped object she assumed was a paperweight: “I bought it and brought it home, showed it to all of my friends and they said ‘It is it’s a dog’s ashes.’ I said ‘Of course it’s not. It’s a paper weight, it’s got sand.’
“They said ‘That’s not sand. Those are a dog’s ashes… can you see those big solid bits which are on the top? Those are bones which haven’t gone to ash’.” Worried that she may have unwittingly “bought someone else’s dead dog,” Joanna scoured the internet for comparable items and discovered exactly what it was: a plastic dog-shaped urn designed to hold the ashes of a cherished pet.
“So I brought someone else’s dogs ashes from Wales all the way back home to Oxfordshire.” A baffled James has repeatedly pleaded with Joanna to let him bin the peculiar object, but she has so far stood her ground.
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