Dax Shepard has revealed that he was completely unaware of the massive uproar caused by his wife 's about their marriage.
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Dax Shepard Responds to Kristen Bells Controversial Post
Dax Shepard has revealed that he was completely unaware of the massive uproar caused by his wife Kristen Bell's controversial Instagram post about their marriag...
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Back in October, the actress sparked outrage when she shared a message celebrating their 12th anniversary.
In the caption, Bell joked about how her husband once promised, ‘I would never kill you,’ a remark that left many fans accusing her of being trivializing - particularly given that October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
Dale Margolin Cecka, Director of the Family Violence Litigation Clinic at Albany Law School, told The Daily Mail at the time that comments like Bell's 'normalize abuse and silence survivors.'
As criticism mounted, Bell had no choice but to restrict comments on the post.
Six months on, Shepard is finally breaking his silence on what went on behind the scenes.
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‘I was alerted by someone that this whole thing was happening,’ he admitted on Monday’s episode of his podcast Armchair Expert, which featured comedian Nikki Glaser as a guest.
Dax Shepard has revealed that he was completely unaware of the massive uproar caused by his wife Kristen Bell's controversial Instagram post about their marriage
‘I was alerted by someone that this whole thing was happening,’ he admitted on Monday’s episode of his podcast Armchair Expert , which featured comedian Nikki Glaser as a guest; (Bell pictured in 2025)
‘Kristen knew through her publicist, but didn’t tell me. So, I actually didn’t know, and this was brought to my attention after a week and a half... I had no clue.’
As Shepard recounted to Glaser, ‘Someone comforted me, and I had to go to Kristen, like, "What are they talking about?" She’s like, "Oh, that post I had."’
The jarring caption, shared to mark their 12th wedding anniversary in October, quickly ignited global outrage
'Happy 12th wedding anniversary to the man who once said to me: 'I would never kill you. A lot of men have killed their wives at a certain point. Even though I'm heavily incentivized to kill you, I never would,' the Frozen star, 45, wrote
‘Kristen knew through her publicist, but didn’t tell me. So, I actually didn’t know, and this was brought to my attention after a week and a half... I had no clue,' (pictured 2025)
‘But I didn’t do it because I’m friends with you,’ she admitted. ‘And I was like, "I don’t want to make his life harder."’
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‘I definitely want to hear it,’ Shepard encouraged.
Glaser pulled out her iPhone and read the joke: ‘Die, My Love. If I Had Legs, I’d Kick You. Sorry, Baby.’ She added, ‘These are not just Dax Shepard captions for his anniversary post. These are movies nominated tonight.’
Shepard laughed, but Glaser explained why she ultimately scrapped the joke: ‘I didn’t do it because, also like, it was old news by then.’
Despite her decision to cut the joke, Shepard admitted that the couple’s overshare remained a hot topic at the Golden Globes.
By then, the media had moved on to a joint interview the couple did with Cher, Bell’s costar in Burlesque (2010), where the music legend didn’t hold back her thoughts on Shepard.
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‘You’re lucky,’ Cher quipped. ‘She’s definitely the better half… you must have something that I don’t see.’
The following days saw the couple fielding questions about the interview on the Golden Globes red carpet. ‘Every interview we did was about Cher,’ Shepard told Glaser.
‘The thing that drives me nuts is, like, we released it. We posted it,’ he continued. ‘I think it’s hilarious. That’s why I posted it.’
Danielle Pollack, Policy Manager for the National Family Violence Law Center at GW Law, also blasted the post to the Daily Mail last year.
'While dark humor is sometimes used to diffuse the seriousness of domestic abuse and homicide, making flip comments can inadvertently undermine the gravity of these issues and how DV is handled and viewed by society and systems,' Pollack said. 'The reality is that femicide is the leading cause of death for pregnant and postpartum women the U.S., and worldwide every day many women are murdered at the hands of their intimate partners or ex partners.'
Pollack warned that if survivors feel society doesn't take abuse seriously, 'they can be less incentivized to escape their abuser,' adding that 'flip comments by public figures do send a signal.'
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