Watch the sweet moment Ruth Jones reunites with Neil the Baby after Gavin and Stacey finale

The Irish Sun

26-05-2025

GAVIN and Stacey fans were given a surprise treat across the weekend with a sweet mother-son reunion live on stage.
At In It Together Festival in Port Talbot, Ruth Jones made an appearance on stage much to the delight of the bank holiday revellers.
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Oscar and Ruth had a sweet reunion on stage
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Ruth beamed as she appeared on stage with Oscar Hartland, who plays Neil
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Coming on stage to introduce a mystery guest, Ruth – famed for playing Nessa Shanessa Jenkins on the BBC favourite – managed to get an extra surprise in herself.
Walking on to the Gavin and Stacey theme song Run by Stephen Fretwell, Ruth beamed as the crowd screamed for her after a countdown.
She blew kisses to the audience before the Porthcawl native switched into Nessa mode, belting out her iconic 'Ohhhh, what's occurrin'?'
Ruth then joked 'I don't really speak like that you know', putting on a mock posh voice.
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But the best was yet to come when she brought out on stage Neil The Baby – reuniting with her on-screen son (played by Oscar Hartland).
The young musician was already performing at the festival with his band Redwood City, but swung by the main stage in order to give fans a treat alongside his fake mum.
The pair shared an adorable hug on stage as he ran at her with his arms wife open, swooping her in for a cuddle.
'My son!' she beamed. 'Are you singing? Isn't he amazing! He takes after his mother, he does.'
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Oscar egged on the crowd, saying hello to them and encouraging them to cheer.
She ended her stint on stage by answering a question about the infamous and mysterious events of the Gavin and Stacey fishing trip, joking: 'I don't know, I wasn't there!'
The quick stint on stage ended with the introduction of The Greatest Showman star Keala Settle.
In It Together Festival is a family event in Port Talbot, with Kaiser Chiefs, Becky Hill and Ronan Keating coming on stage as this year's headliners.
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The sweet moment comes just five months after the official end of Gavin and Stacey, which ended the tale of the Billericay and Barry collective.
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Ruth beamed alongside her on-screen son
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Neil the Baby was the son of Nessa and Smithy's awkward one night stand
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In the final episode - which
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After the win, Ruth teased that she and James Corden - who co-created and wrote Gavin and Stacey with her - could be set for something new.
She said: 'I love working with James Corden, I really do, and I hope that we will carry on working together.
'I think we will. We will, because we just both, like, sort of sitting in a room together. We do a lot of napping, but we do write as well when we get going and, yeah, I just love working with him.'
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In the meantime, she's set to star in new Netflix drama, Run Away, which is currently being filmed.
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Ruth is beloved as Nessa Jenkins
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The beloved series ended on Christmas Day 2024
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