Nobody Wants This fans have been waiting to see Gossip Girl star Leighton Meester join her husband Adam Brody in the Netflix romcom.
16:33, 23 Oct 2025
Nobody Wants This season two welcomes Noah star Adam Brody’s real-life wife onto the set but they weren’t the only couple in front of the camera.
While actress Leighton Meester is best associated with sharp-tongued Blair Waldorf from Gossip Girl, she is also the wife of Nobody Wants This actor Adam Brody.
It was announced earlier this year that Meester had been cast in a guest role for season two with the actress cropping up in episode five, Abby Loves Smoothies.
The 39-year-old is behind mummy influencer Abby Kaplan, Joanne’s (Kristen Bell) high school nemesis after she cut off her Felicity American Girl Doll’s hair.
They are forced to reunite though as Joanne attends Abby’s Brit Bat, a Jewish baby naming ceremony that Rabbi Noah is invited to lead.
It is during this particular episode that, unbeknown to fans, we meet the other half of a real-life couple from the Nobody Wants This main cast.
Upon welcoming Noah and Joanne, Abby introduces her husband Gabe, portrayed by actor Joe Gillette who is dating Jackie Tohn, the actress behind Esther.
They have been together since at least 2021 when she first appeared on his Instagram in a group photo of a cabin holiday.
In 2023, she shared an adorable birthday tribute to her other half, posting: “Today we celebrate the birth of this absolute fox.
“Listen, we love each other and support each other and talk (so much) to each other and laugh at / with each other. Oh boy, what a find. Love you.”
Last month, leading lady Bell opened up to Entertainment Weekly about both Brody and Tohn’s real-life partners joining the cast for season two.
She laughed: “It got so incestuous. I had a blast on set saying, ‘Jackie's boyfriend is playing Adam's wife's husband and Adam's wife is playing Jackie's boyfriend's wife.’ It was like breaking the sim.”
Nobody Wants This is available to watch on Netflix.