The TV star, 48, says she was warned by a producer that the host would ‘probably start touching her’ and that he could be ‘very handsy’.
She added she was already nervous about meeting him, but that her nervousness increased as she ‘sat there waiting for him to spring on her’.
Joanna made these allegations in her new book, Lush!: My Story – From Swansea To Stacey And Everything In Between.
During an interview with The Times to promote the book she was asked more about the incident.
‘Halfway through filming, he starts groping me,’ she told the paper.
Joanna is best known for playing Stacey on the popular sitcom Gavin and Stacey. (Picture: BBC Picture Archives)
‘I hit his hands and said: “What do you think you’re bloody doing? Keep your f***ing hands to yourself! … Jesus, I feel like I’m in Bristol Zoo being mauled by the lions.”
‘He stopped. It was bizarre, a female producer telling you this was going to happen, but it’s what you got used to.’
Joanna cannot name the host for legal reasons, explaining to The Times that her legal team told her to ‘be careful’.
Lush! goes on sale on September 25.
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