‘Gavin & Stacey’ star Laura Aikman shares family’s reaction to surprise appearance in the show’s finale

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Gavin & Stacey star Laura Aikman shared her family’s reaction to them seeing her appear in the show’s finale.The show’s finale aired yesterday on Christmas (December 25).

The highly-awaited episode came five years after the last special ended on a cliffhanger with Nessa – portrayed by Ruth Jones – proposing to Smithy – portrayed by James Corden, both of who created the series.Aikman who played the character of Sonia – Smithy’s girlfriend and subsequent fianceé – returned for the finale and kept the surprise under wraps from her family.

Now, the actress has shared a video of the moment in which her family found out that Sonia was in the final episode of the show on Instagram.The moment was met with excited screams and squeals from Aikman’s family members.

One yelled, “Press pause,” while another shared, “You never told me.” “We never told anyone,” Aikman replied.A post shared by Laura Aikman (@lauraikman)A caption in the video read: “The moment my family realise Sonia is ruining Christmas again…” while the caption of the Instagram post read: “I take an NDA very seriously.”Gavin & Stacey director Chris Gernon took to his official Instagram account to share a photo of Aikman on set and revealed that her return as Sonia was kept under wraps. “@lauraikman spent the whole g&s shoot being hidden away.