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Gavin and Stacey star Joanna Page says she initially stayed silent after being groped by a TV host because she did not want to "make a fuss".

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"It's all very well saying 'you've got to do this, you've got to do that' but you're a woman, you're in there and it's so hard to get jobs anyway and you don't want to make a fuss," she explained.

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Instead, they'd rather make a fuss over their special guests.

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He didn’t want to make a fuss.

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Winslet: The truth is I guess we kind of had to learn the hard way, because when you’re a young actress coming up in the industry, “Oh, you don’t make a fuss. No, no, no, don’t be difficult. Don’t get a reputation.”

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