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Jackie Tohn shares she feels like a member of Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard’s family<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Tohn jokes she\u2019s biologically related to Bell\u2019s daughters Lincoln and Delta and calls them her \u201cbirth children\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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Tohn donates Bell\u2019s daughters\u2019 hand-me-downs to her niece and says the family often includes her in special moments<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Jackie Tohn<\/a> is sharing just how close she is with her costar and good friend Kristen Bell’s<\/a> family.<\/p>\nSpeaking with PEOPLE at the PaleyFest LA Celebrates Netflix’s Nobody Wants This<\/em> panel on Wednesday, April 8, the actress, 45, opened up about her close friendship with Bell. Tohn revealed she’s an “auntie” to Bell’s two daughters \u2014 Lincoln, 13, and Delta, 11, whom she shares with husband Dax Shepard<\/a> \u2014 and joked she’s biologically related to them.<\/p>\n“I tell them all the time that they’re actually my birth children,” Tohn jokes to PEOPLE. “I’m like, ‘It’s so funny, you look just like these Dax and Kristen people, but I carried you both and you’re my children.'”<\/p>\n
Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for <\/strong>PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter<\/strong><\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nKristen Bell and Dax Shepard with their kids.
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Tohn also shares that she will sometimes donate hand-me-downs from Bell’s kids to her niece, who is about Lincoln’s age.<\/p>\n
“I have a real niece who’s the same age as Lincoln, and when Lincoln grows out of her stuff, I often send [it to] my niece Lily,” explains Tohn. “I’m always like, ‘This stuff is from me and Kristen.’ And they’re always so excited. They’ll send her messages. Thank her for all the rad swag that my niece gets to wear to school because it was Lincoln’s.”<\/p>\n
“But it’s amazing, being a member, I mean…I feel like a member of that family,” says the actress. “[There has] been random stuff going on lately, and they called me and they were like, ‘You’re coming to family dinner.’ And I was like, ‘On my way.’ ‘You need to sit at this table with us.’ ‘Coming!'”<\/p>\n\n![\"Jackie](\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/Z_5Aze.azZDoNRPP2rppqw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTQyMDtoPTY0ODtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/people_218\/2444a594402f64bd5e42eef2a8d7dc39\"\/)
<\/div>\nJackie Tohn and Joe Gillette
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Tohn has been dating her boyfriend Joe Gilette since at least 2021. Gilette, who is an actor, writer and director, joined Nobody Wants This<\/em> as a guest star in the second season.<\/p>\n
Jackie Tohn shares she feels like a member of Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard’s family<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Tohn jokes she\u2019s biologically related to Bell\u2019s daughters Lincoln and Delta and calls them her \u201cbirth children\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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\nTohn donates Bell\u2019s daughters\u2019 hand-me-downs to her niece and says the family often includes her in special moments<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Jackie Tohn<\/a> is sharing just how close she is with her costar and good friend Kristen Bell’s<\/a> family.<\/p>\n
Speaking with PEOPLE at the PaleyFest LA Celebrates Netflix’s Nobody Wants This<\/em> panel on Wednesday, April 8, the actress, 45, opened up about her close friendship with Bell. Tohn revealed she’s an “auntie” to Bell’s two daughters \u2014 Lincoln, 13, and Delta, 11, whom she shares with husband Dax Shepard<\/a> \u2014 and joked she’s biologically related to them.<\/p>\n
“I tell them all the time that they’re actually my birth children,” Tohn jokes to PEOPLE. “I’m like, ‘It’s so funny, you look just like these Dax and Kristen people, but I carried you both and you’re my children.'”<\/p>\n
Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for <\/strong>PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter<\/strong><\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n <\/div>\n Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard with their kids.
Credit: Kristen Bell\/Instagram<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nTohn also shares that she will sometimes donate hand-me-downs from Bell’s kids to her niece, who is about Lincoln’s age.<\/p>\n
“I have a real niece who’s the same age as Lincoln, and when Lincoln grows out of her stuff, I often send [it to] my niece Lily,” explains Tohn. “I’m always like, ‘This stuff is from me and Kristen.’ And they’re always so excited. They’ll send her messages. Thank her for all the rad swag that my niece gets to wear to school because it was Lincoln’s.”<\/p>\n
“But it’s amazing, being a member, I mean…I feel like a member of that family,” says the actress. “[There has] been random stuff going on lately, and they called me and they were like, ‘You’re coming to family dinner.’ And I was like, ‘On my way.’ ‘You need to sit at this table with us.’ ‘Coming!'”<\/p>\n
\n \n Jackie Tohn and Joe Gillette
Credit: Axelle\/Bauer-Griffin\/FilmMagic<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nTohn has been dating her boyfriend Joe Gilette since at least 2021. Gilette, who is an actor, writer and director, joined Nobody Wants This<\/em> as a guest star in the second season.<\/p>\n
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