Trending badgeTrendingPosted 2 hours agoSubscribe to BuzzFeed Daily NewsletterCaret DownAfter Her Anniversary Post Sparked Major Backlash, Here Are More Times That Kristen Bell And Dax Shepard Said Eyebrow-Raising Things About Their Marriage, Parenting, And More"I wasn't certain I wanted to be with someone like that."by Leyla MohammedBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestLink This post contains references to jokes about domestic violence. I think it's safe to say that Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell are one of the most open, and most polarizing, couples in Hollywood. For years, the pair - who have been married since 2013, and share two daughters - haven't shied away from sharing the highs and lows of their relationship. Here's a look back at some of the most viral things they've said about their marriage, parenting, and
MORE: 1. Most recently, Kristen sparked backlash with a widely controversial anniversary tribute towards Dax. Alongside a photo of her straddling him, she wrote, "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.'" View this photo on Instagram Instagram: @undefined 2. Amid the backlash, fans uncovered a joke Dax made in 2012 about "hitting" Kristen. While the pair were promoting their movie Hit and Run, Kristen recalled telling Dax that his car sounded like it was "gonna break" after he'd spent two years "souping it up." She said, "He was so excited. We drove to brunch and the first thing I said, five minutes into the ride, I said, 'This sounds like it's gonna break.'" Dax then said, "I was very offended," before quipping, "And then I hit her several times." Open Road Films/Courtesy Everett Collection Kristen jokingly added, "And then I got beat up, and guess what? I never opened my mouth again." 3. Last year, Kristen recalled going to couples therapy with Dax just six months into their relationship. "We went to therapy a lot our first and second year, because we're both really stubborn," she shared on SiriusXM's Where Everybody Knows Your Name with Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson (sometimes) podcast. Kevin Winter / Getty Images 4. Dax has also talked openly about the early days of their relationship, even once admitting that he questioned if he really wanted to be with her. "I never, ever, ever was like, 'Oh, I hope I can keep Kristen,' I was going, 'Do I want to be with a Christian, who has eight people living in her house for free? Who has to get out of a car when there's a dog that doesn't have a leash and ruin her whole day to rescue this dog?' That's great and she's good, but that's not what I wanna do, I'm not that good, I don't want to spend my day finding the owner of a dog," he said in 2019, adding, "I wasn't fearful I would lose her, I wasn't certain I wanted to be with someone like that." Jb Lacroix / Getty Images 5. A couple of years prior, Dax said that it takes "a tremendous amount of work and therapy" for him and Kristen to "coexist." He explained, "We don't believe in The One. [Kristen and I] don't believe in the fairytale. We don't believe that you can meet someone and you have perfectly matching personalities," before adding, "If you want [relationships] to last, they are labor intensive." Savion Washington / Getty Images 6. In 2020, Kristen revealed that she and Dax had gotten into an argument so intense that they both "blacked out." "I don't actually remember what happened, but what transpired was a lot of volume, a lot of harsh words being thrown around, and it was an angry, angry fight about how nobody does anything for anybody else," she shared, adding that the fight ended with her sleeping on the couch and not speaking to Dax for three days. Kristen also admitted that she and Dax never apologized to each other - though they ended up getting a new dog, which made her very pleased. John Lamparski / Getty Images 7. When it comes to parenting, Dax and Kristen have made headlines, too. In 2021, the pair admitted that they tend to only give their daughters - Lincoln, now 12, and Delta, 10 - showers when they start to "stink," with Kristen saying, "I'm a big fan of waiting for the stink. Once you catch a whiff, that's biology's way of letting you know you need to clean it up. There's a red flag. Honestly, it's just bacteria; once you get bacteria, you gotta be like, 'Get in the tub or the shower.'... I wait for the stink." Kevin Mazur / Getty Images 8. A year prior, the couple went viral after revealing that they let their kids - then 7 and 5 - drink non-alcoholic beer. "I'm gonna get a lot of flak for this," Kristen said. "And let me start by saying I don't care. You're allowed to give me any advice you guys want, any of these listeners. You're welcome to tell me I'm a terrible parent. I don't care. I'm a great parent, I think. I'm learning every day...
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