Here's A Full Dive Into Kristen Bell And Dax Shepard's Relationship History
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Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard paint the picture of a happy couple. They are parents to two girls and have been going strong for the last 14 years.
Bell and Shepard first met each other in 2007, but no sparks flew between them. Bell told Today that she felt "no sparks whatsoever" for Shepard when they first ran into each other at a dinner party.
But fate gave them another chance two weeks later and they both found each other at a Detroit Red Wings hockey game and flirted a bit.
"When I met her and her friends, I was suspicious of their unbridled happiness. I thought, 'Something stinks here; they're in a cult.' But slowly I began to see her positive way of looking at the world. She gives people the benefit of the doubt." Shepard later recalled to Good Housekeeping magazine in 2015.
Though the pair was deeply in love, the relationship soon became toxic. There used to be constant fights, slamming doors, and yelling at each other.
A surprising twist came next when Shepard chose to breakup just after three months into the relationship.
"We were dating for about three months, and I already knew that I was in love with him and he was hesitant because he knew he was still dating other people," Bell told Popsugar. "He sat me down and said, 'I can't have this right now. I think you're wonderful, but I am still dating other people.' And then I, like, liquefied and fell to the ground, but I felt incredibly respected that he had the balls to tell me we weren't in the same place."
But the split didn't last long as merely four days later Shepard called her and suggested they get back together, and Bell promptly agreed.
According to Bell, "He called me and he was like, 'I don't know what I was thinking. I was dating someone else but they're just not as interesting as you, and I don't know what I'm doing,' and he came back. But I still always remind him of when he broke up with me."
In December 2009, Shepard proposed to Bell after getting a strong push to do so by Bell's Couples Retreat co-star Jason Bateman. "Stop f—ing around and marry Kristen," was the advice offered by Bateman to Shepard. The couple got engaged over the holidays.
In March 2013 the couple (still unmarried) welcomed their first baby, Lincoln Bell Shepard. A few years ago, Bateman had directed Shepard to "Get her pregnant".
The couple had decided not to marry as long as same-sex marriage was illegal in California. So, when the Supreme Court struck down the Defence of Marriage Act (DOMA) in June 2013, Bell "proposed" to Shepard on Twitter and he affirmed.
.@daxshepard1 will you marry me? Xo #marriageequality #loveislove”
Shepard and Bell decided to tie the knot officially on October 17, 2013. "We got married in a tiny room in the Beverly Hills courthouse, and it was still one of the best days of my life," Bell told CBS.
In December 2014, Bell and Shepard welcomed their second child, another daughter.
In Dax's film CHIPS (based on the 1970s cop drama), Bell starred as his awful ex-wife although she was cast reluctantly for the role as Dax found her "too damn likable."
To prepare for the role of a woman with ample bosom, Bell didn't breastfeed for 24 hours. “I literally did not pump for a full day. I told the kids to find some other food, Daddy’s making a movie,” Bell told USA Today. “It doesn’t feel great, let me tell you. But I was happy to have a little extra to provide for the transformation.”
In January 2018, Shepard made a guest appearance on Bell's hit TV series The Good Place. He starred as a demon who hits on Bell's character Eleanor.
Soon after, Shepard interviewed Bell as his first guest in the inaugural episode of his podcast "Armchair Expert".
In September 2018, Bell celebrated Shepard's 14 years of sobriety via Instagram.
In February 2019 the couple launched a joint business venture, Hello Bello. "As a mom of two, I know how beautifully messy parenthood can be, and that's why we created Hello Bello — a line of premium, super-effective baby care products to take care of your kids from head-to-butt-to-toe," Bell said in a press release.
In October 2020, Bell talked about her decision to "stand by" Dax as he struggled with relapse after staying sober for 16 years.
