Joanna Page, known for her role in Gavin and Stacey, did not hold back in expressing her thoughts on the BBC sitcom Things You Should Have Done. During her podcast, Off the Telly, which she co-hosts with Eastenders actress Natalie Cassidy, Joanna criticized the six episodes of the show. The show’s creator, Lucia Keskin, also known as Chi with a C, came across the criticism and posted a reaction video on TikTok. Lucia, who is known for making light-hearted content on social media, found herself on the receiving end of a TV star’s rant.
In the video posted on her TikTok account, Joanna’s audio played while Lucia silently listened. Joanna began her rant by saying, “Things You Should Have Done? You know what things I should have done – not bothered to f*****g watch it.” The accompanying visual showed Lucia looking hopeful and discussing her series while eating a banana and sitting in a chair. However, her expression changed to slight shock as Joanna’s criticism took a savage turn.
Joanna acknowledged Lucia’s talent but did not hold back in expressing her dislike for the show. She said, “I thought the show was s**t. I don’t often think that, right? I want to say ‘Well done on you right because you got your own show.’ I haven’t got my own show. I’ve not written anything so you know, flipping heck, that’s amazing.” However, Joanna’s compliments ended there. She found the show unbearable and expressed her boredom, repeating the word “bored” multiple times.
Joanna’s criticism left no room for doubt as she stated, “My mother could have written it. My mother could have done it. I just thought ‘My God, this is just unbearable. I’m so bored. I just genuinely am bored. I’m bored’.”
Joanna played Stacey West on Gavin and Stacey. Co-host Natalie Cassidy tried to bring some nuance to the chat, and told listeners: ‘You are either going to love it, or you’re going to hate it.’
To conclude the response video, Lucia walks over to a framed photo of the Gavin and Stacey, and sticks a post-it note with the word ‘Bald’ written on it, and a broken heart drawing. The ‘bald’ perhaps a reference to the repetition of the word ‘bored’.
Joanna and Natalie host the podcast together. Fans took to the comment section of the video to support Lucia for taking the comments well and to praise the series.
‘This would still be my “one time Regina George punched me in the face, it was awesome” moment,’ joked Faye. JaideGordon22 added: ‘Well not that my opinion matters but I thought the show was amazing 10/10 funny and it takes a lot to make me laugh!’ ‘Your reaction is priceless! I love your approach to life – you’ve taught me to not take life too seriously and I’m really grateful for that. You’re amazingly talented and you have me in stitches,’ wrote JackKennis70.
Lucia was praised for her humorous reaction. Lucia previously spoke to about what gave her the idea for Things You Should Have Done, which stars Selin Hizli from Am I Being Unreasonable? She was inspired to create something funny about grief after losing her grandad two years ago. ‘I’ve always loved dark humour and making light of times that are just horrible. When you’re struggling, it can give you relief,’ she explained. Her grandad was always someone who encouraged her love of comedy but also worried about her shortage of GCSEs. ‘He’ll be proud of me but also just grateful that I got a job,’ she remarked with a laugh.
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