John Prescott’s joke about Gavin & Stacey cameo after saucy storyline resurfaces

The precocious John Prescott erstwhile impermanent starred connected Gavin and Stacey aft being portion of a long-running gag connected the deed British sitcom.

The erstwhile lawman premier curate nether Sir Tony Blair’s medication died earlier today, aged 86, aft helium was diagnosed with Alzhiemer’s.

He was an influential fig connected the UK governmental country and successful the emotion beingness of fan-favourite 00s sitcom quality Nessa (Ruth Jones) – which helium afloat embraced with a hilarious cameo successful the show’s last play successful 2010.

Throughout the episodes it became a spot that Lord Prescott was 1 of Nessa’s galore erstwhile flames (and the imagination begetter of her child)

This led to Jones inviting him to look arsenic himself astatine her character’s wedding to Dave Coaches successful the play 3 finale.

And look helium did, congratulating Dave connected the wedding to which helium replied: ‘Cheers John, bully to spot you.’ The full matter delighted Lord Prescott, arsenic helium wrote astir connected his blog aft the BBC confirmed his cameo successful 2009.

He said: ‘I’ve got to accidental I thoroughly enjoyed my cameo successful Gavin and Stacey.

‘I’d heard astir this moving gag astir maine and this pistillate called Nessa successful the series. Ruth [Jones], who plays Nessa, got successful interaction and asked if I’d beryllium a athletics and play a part.

Before joking: ‘As for Nessa, I accidental I person to judge it appears I’ve mislaid retired to a amended man,’ per the Times.

The astonishment infinitesimal is besides remembered fondly by fans.

‘I ever loved the spot successful Gavin and Stacey wherever John Prescott arrives astatine Ness and Dave’s wedding,’ @robbutler1984 wrote connected X.

‘What a bully sport, too, appearing successful Gavin and Stacey astatine Nessa’s wedding aft she said they’d dated successful a erstwhile bid and took the breakup badly. RIP John Prescott!’ @rhysrmann added.

‘That spot was good. She had a moving storyline astir her and John Prescott and however helium managed to get her retired of immoderate sticky situations, it was drama golden that helium past turned up astatine the wedding,’ @9acedarcourt echoed.

‘He ne'er forgot his people and his roots. He could besides instrumentality a gag reasonably well, arsenic seen present successful Gavin and Stacey!’ @garyphoner agreed.

His little stint successful the Bafta-winning bid remains his lone recognition arsenic an histrion connected IMDb.

Although helium has appeared arsenic himself successful plentifulness much world episodes specified arsenic The Rise of the Murdoch Dynasty, crippled amusement A League of Their Own and a impermanent presenter connected Have I Got News For You.

The Labour person has been remembered by galore crossed the UK governmental and arts scenery including Sir Blair.

‘He was 1 of the astir talented radical I ever encountered successful politics; 1 of the astir committed and loyal; and decidedly the astir unusual,’ Blair wrote successful his tribute.

As for Gavin and Stacey, the amusement is returning for a last Christmas episode aft leaving viewers connected a cliffhanger during the 2019 peculiar which saw Nessa suggest to Neil ‘Smithy’ Smith (James Corden).

The upcoming festive episode, which we expect to beryllium an affectional farewell, volition besides spot the instrumentality of Stacey actress Joanna Page, Gavin actor Mathew Horne, Melanie Walters, Larry Lamb, Rob Brydon and Alison Steadman.

The last occurrence of Gavin and Stacey airs connected BBC One and iPlayer connected Christmas Day.

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