Sweet Magnolia’s JoAnna Garcia Swisher talks about making out with Chace Crawford on Gossip Girl and the unexpected plot twist involving her now-husband
When the name Chace Crawford is mentioned today, it is his role as The Deep in The boys – whose last season was just broadcast on television TV schedule 2024 – is probably the first thing that comes to mind. However, he will always and forever be remembered for his role in the gossip Girl pour as Nate Archibald. Now we get a blast from the past as Sweet Magnolias JoAnna Garcia Swisher talked about working with Crawford and how her trip to New York to make out with him on camera led to an unexpected turn in her life that also involved her now-husband, Nick Swisher.
If you now Relationships in Sweet MagnoliasGarcia Swisher plays a central role in it. She is one of the main characters in the series and at the end of the third season her character Maddie is still with Cal. In the meantime, in the grand plan of gossip Girl Relationshipsher role as Bree Buckley didn’t play a major role at all, as she only appeared in four episodes.
However, it was a life-changing job for the actress because that is how she met her husband. She told this sweet story with She knowsand explains:
When I was first asked to be on Gossip Girl, I thought, “Who wouldn’t want to spend the summer in New York City making out with Chace Crawford?” But the unexpected plot twist was that I ended up making out. So, I made out with Chase Crawford on screen, but I made out with my husband because that’s where I met Nick (Swisher).
To give a little context: JoAnna Garcia Swisher appeared in four episodes (more precisely, the first, second, third and fifth episodes) of Gossip Girls third season, which aired in 2009. She played a lover of Nate’s whom he met over the summer, and the two had a very short and dramatic relationship – which is normal for this series.
They had a passionate relationship that included kissing, and it ended with a bang and betrayal.
In real life, Garcia Swisher’s romance had a much happier ending. She went on to explain that she met her husband in the big city and they married in 2010. It sounds like an enchanting meeting, as she explained:
I met Nick probably a few days after I came to New York City to shoot Gossip Girl.
At that time, Nick Swisher, a former professional baseball player, played for the New York Yankees, who won the World Series in 2009. So it was a very good year for the couple!
Accordingly PeopleThe two dated for less than a year before getting engaged in May 2010. They have now been together for 14 years and have two children – Emerson Jay Swisher, who was born in 2013, and Sailor Stevie Swisher, who was born in 2016.
Both are still doing well! JoAnna Garcia Swisher leads the Sweet Magnolias pour since 2020, and the series has been renewed for a fourth season. Meanwhile, her husband retired from baseball in 2017 and is now a special advisor to the Yankees and co-owner of Baseball United, according to his Instagram.
And now, don’t think I’ve forgotten where this story began. Chace Crawford is doing great too! He’s part of one of the The best shows from Amazon Prime – The boys – and this is currently entering its final season.
And considering that all this started because of gossip GirlI guess there’s a reason she says, “You know you love me.”
