I Am Obsessed With Nicola Coughlan And Jonathan Van Ness's Wholesome Friendship
How do I get them to adopt me?
You know Jonathan Van Ness: writer, podcaster, Queer Eye star, and general all-round awesome human.
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And you know Nicola Coughlan: actor, Derry girl, Featherington, and another very awesome human.
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But did you know that the two of them are, like, best friends? It's so wholesome and glorious, and exactly the kind of celebrity news we need right now.
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It all started way back in 2018, when Nicola had a hoodie made with Jonathan's face on it.
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Jonathan slid into her DMs to say they loved it and her, and a beautiful friendship was born.
In January 2019, the pair shared their friendship publicly for the first time.
Obv in love ❤️
Nicola describes Jonathan as her "soul sister."
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In March, she wished Jonathan a happy birthday in a post, saying, "I love you so, so much, from the moment I met you I felt like I'd known you my whole life and I'm so blessed to call you my friend."
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It's rude how adorable this is.
Jonathan visited Nicola on the set of Bridgerton.
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The caption: "Category is: Bring your cutie pie love dove friend to work day💖". MY HEART.
And Nicola has appeared on Jonathan's podcast.
Today on #GC @jvn is joined by his best friend 😂 and the Derry Girl herself, @nicolacoughlan They discuss Ireland, Nicola’s advocacy work and how she continues to use her voice to speak up for women’s rights, the homeless, and LGBTQ+ communities. Listen! https://t.co/Rnc1BSGIpn
Look at these two. 🥺
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Here's them doing a Great British Bake Off bit.
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And here's Jonathan doing Nicola's most iconic line from Derry Girls.
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And while Nicola posted this pic and shared how much she missed Jonathan...
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...the two have been making the long-distance friendship thing work for a while.
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They even play Zoom trivia with friends.
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Jonathan was also part of Nicola's Zoom birthday celebrations, in which all of her friends dressed up as a version of her.
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What a group!
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Of course, Jonathan also celebrated with her in real life last year. In the Before Time.
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At the time, Jonathan wrote, "I'm such a lucky person to be friends with you Nicola!"
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Before that, they also celebrated New Year's together, when people could still do that.
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Basically, they are the epitome of friendship goals and the energy we need in 2021.
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