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Mitch Holleman, Reba McEntire, Joanna Garcia and Christopher Rich in ‘Reba’ in the early 2000s. Photo: Michael Caulfield Archive/WireImage

JoAnna García Swisher is opening up about her enduring bond with TV parents Reba McEntire and Christopher Rich.

On the most recent episode of Kate and Oliver Hudson’s Sibling Revelry podcast, Swisher reflected on what it was like working with McEntire on the country music legend’s early 2000s sitcom Reba.

“She’s the best. She is such a incredible human, just, like, just in general,” Swisher, 45, who played McEntire’s daughter in the show, said.

“She’s just a girl that has big dreams … And so you see there’s like a very real humility, appreciation,” the Sweet Magnolias star continued. “She is such a huge star, and she just still amazes me with her, you know, like, ‘I can’t believe this is happening to me’ vibe.”

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Nearly two decades after Reba ended its six-season run, Swisher said she’s remained close to her TV family. She mentioned how she recently took her own two daughters to see McEntire perform, and got to hang out with the “Fancy” singer.

“The girls love her so much. She’s so good to my girls,” Swisher said. “I just told her, I was like, ‘You know, looking back on all those pictures in that time in my life, I was so lucky to be a working actress on a television show that was beloved, but also, you know, that I had, like, real people that cared about me and made sure I was safe.’ ”

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JoAnna Garcia and Christopher Rich at the "CMT Giants" Honoring Reba McEntire held at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, CA. The event took place on Thursday, October 26, 2006.

JoAnna Garcia and Christopher Rich in 2006.SBM/Plux/Shutterstock

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Swisher went so far as to say that McEntire and Rich, who played her father on Reba, “stepped in” to fill the parental void after she lost her own mom and dad. Rich, she said, officiated her 2010 wedding to New York Yankees outfielder Nick Swisher, while McEntire and Melissa Peterman, who played her stepmother in Reba, were bridesmaids.

“When something amazing happens for my kids,” Swisher said, “I send pictures. These are people that genuinely are so excited to, like, see that and be a part of our lives and a part of our world.”