Katie Holmes gave a thumbs-up to comments suggesting she and Joshua Jackson should be a couple.<\/p>\n
Holmes recently shared an Instagram upload<\/a> of herself and Jackson in their new movie, \u201cHappy Hours,\u201d in which she embraces her \u201cDawson\u2019s Creek\u201d co-star. <\/p>\n \u201cWe are so thrilled to be a part of the Tribeca Film Festival this June with our film Happy Hours. So many beautiful people worked on this project. And working with Josh again was a dream,\u201d she captioned the photo on April 16 \u2014 before \u201cliking\u201d a comment from a fan \u201cwish[ing] this was a hard launch\u201d and another suggesting they \u201cshould be a couple.\u201d<\/p>\n A deluge of other comments concluded the same, with one gushing, \u201cThis is the marriage that should have happened in real life \ud83d\ude0d\ud83e\udd70\ud83d\ude0d\u201d and another chiming in, \u201cPlease get married in real life and heal our millenial hearts\ud83d\udc96\u201d <\/p>\n Katie Holmes \u201cliked\u201d comments suggesting she and Joshua Jackson should be together. They\u2019re pictured above in a 2000 photo from \u201cDawson\u2019s Creek.\u201d \u00a9Columbia Tristar\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n Holmes \u201cliked\u201d a comment wishing that a new photo with Jackson \u201cwas a hard launch.\u201d They\u2019re seen above in a still from \u201cDawson\u2019s Creek.\u201d \u00a9Warner Bros\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n Fans weren\u2019t the only ones gushing over the onscreen pairing \u2014 Kimberly Van Der Beek, whose husband James Van Der Beek died in February after a battle with colon cancer<\/a>, wrote \u201c\u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f\u2764\ufe0f Love this.\u201d<\/p>\n Rebecca Gayheart added, \u201cSeeing you two together in this photo makes me happy \u2764\ufe0f\u201d <\/p>\n Reps for Holmes and Jackson did not immediately return Page Six\u2019s request for comment on Tuesday. <\/p>\n Holmes and Jackson, both 47, starred in the beloved WB series from 1998 to 2003 as onscreen couple Pacey Witter and Joey Potter. <\/p>\n The former couple \u2014 who posed for photographers<\/a> during a red carpet reunion in New York City last week \u2014 dated from 1998 to 1999 while filming the beloved series.<\/p>\n The former couple reunited for the film, \u201cHappy Hours.\u201d They\u2019re pictured above on the movie set in December. GC Images<\/p>\n Holmes and Jackson, seen above in a 2000 portrait, dated from 1998 to 1999. Getty Images<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Holmes went on to marry Hollywood legend Tom Cruise in 2006, several months after welcoming their daughter Suri Cruise, now 20. <\/p>\n The pair divorced in 2012, and Holmes has since been linked to Jamie Foxx<\/a>, Emilio Vitolo Jr. and Bobby Wooten III.<\/p>\n Jackson, meanwhile, dated model Diane Kruger<\/a>\u00a0from 2006 to 2016, and eventually married Jodie-Turner Smith<\/a> \u2014 with whom he shares daughter Juno, 6 \u2014 in 2018. The former couple finalized their divorce last May. \u00a0<\/p>\n Jackson previously addressed his current relationship with Holmes<\/a> while discussing Van Der Beek\u2019s cancer diagnosis. <\/p>\n \u201cBusy [Philipps]\u00a0and\u00a0Michelle [Williams]\u00a0are very, very close. And Katie and I are very close,\u201d he said during an April 2025 appearance on the\u00a0\u201cDinner\u2019s on Me\u201d podcast. <\/p>\n They were photographed together at a New York City event on April 14 (above). Roger Wong\/INSTARimages<\/p>\n Holmes once said the \u201cbond\u201d between her and her \u201cDawson\u2019s Creek\u201d co-stars \u201cwill forever be there.\u201d BFA.com \/ BACKGRID<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s not a daily call,\u201d he said of his connections with his former co-stars. \u201cSometimes it\u2019s not a weekly or monthly or even a half-yearly call. But when you\u2019re together, A, there\u2019s always that I know you know.\u201d <\/p>\n \u201cAnd B, there is, you know, these moments, like, these major moments in life are, other than your husband, there\u2019s probably no other people in your life that you are that forged to,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n \u201cBecause you had to go through good and bad and happy and f\u2013k you and don\u2019t talk to me and I love you.\u201d<\/p>\n Prior to that, Holmes included Jackson in comments about her former \u201cDawson\u2019s Creek\u201d co-stars, telling the Sunday Times in 2024 that \u201ceveryone\u2019s grown up and is busy, but the bond will forever be there.\u201d<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t