Dax Shepard Responded To Accusations That He Is “Abusive” To Kristen Bell

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Ellen DurneyTue, November 10, 2026 at 9:24 AM UTC

Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell met in 2007, got engaged in 2009, tied the knot in 2013, and share two daughters, Lincoln and Delta.

Christopher Polk / Getty ImagesThe couple never shies away from telling us the intimate details of their marriage, meaning that they're often the subject of intense relationship discourse. So, let's take a quick look back at just some of the things they've shared with us over the years.

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Firstly, they're very honest about how much they argue; Kristen has said that they have arguments so intense that they black out, and that they disagree on "90 percent of the issues on the planet." Their extreme stubbornness meant that they started having couples therapy within the first six months of their relationship, and Dax said in 2017 that he and Kristen "are opposites" and that it's "taken a tremendous amount of work and therapy for [them] to coexist."Earlier this year, Kristen also said that she still cries "weekly" due to the challenges of married and family life, calling it "brutal." "It’s hard," she confessed. "Do not think because I am on your television that it is easy for me."

Savion Washington / Getty ImagesOn top of that, Dax has previously joked about hitting Kristen. And there was also that time when she celebrated their 12th wedding anniversary on Instagram by telling the world that Dax once said to her: "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."

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Most recently, the two made headlines after Kristen revealed that Dax flirts with other people in front of her — a confession made all the more confusing by the fact that this is apparently his way of flirting with her. "He's gonna have zero interaction with this girl for the rest of his life. The chances of him ever having another conversation with her are so microscopic," Kristen said, adding that she loves to be present while he "actively smiles at people and gives them compliments" in front of her. "That's why it makes me fluttery inside. That's why it gives me butterflies."

Stefanie Keenan / Getty ImagesWith all this in mind, it's not surprising that people sometimes have concerns about their marriage. The flirting discourse had people online "begging her to file for divorce." "I’ve never wanted two people to divorce so badly," echoed another X user, while someone on Reddit labeled their marriage a "humiliation ritual."

Adela Loconte / Getty ImagesAt the start of this year, Cher — who worked with Kristen on the 2010 movie Burlesque — said what many of us have been thinking and told Dax to his face that she thought Kristen could do better. "The truth is, I trust her," Cher told Dax on an episode of his Armchair Expert podcast after he asked who her dream partner choice for Kristen would be. "So you must have something that I don't see."

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And now, amid all the chatter about the recent flirting revelation, Dax has responded to accusations that he is "controlling" and "abusive" towards his wife of 13 years.

CBS Photo Archive / Getty Images"Another round of me being a terrible person was in the media, and I avoided that," he said on this week's episode of the Armchair Expert podcast. "But then it hit Kristen’s doorstep really hard, and then I got to find out everything that people are saying about me."

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard / Viayoutu.beDax went on to express frustration over claims that he is in any way "abusive" towards Kristen, saying, "[The] weird narrative that is surrounding me as like controlling, abusive, now flirting with people in public, which I don’t do… It’s so frustrating."

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The podcast host said the claims are especially upsetting because he has dedicated his "whole life to being the opposite" of the abusive men he grew up around. "I don’t ever yell at my children. I don’t yell at my wife," he said. "To have given it my all to be the opposite of what now some group of people is saying I am, it’s hard."

Robert Kamau / Getty ImagesConcluding, he said that the accusations are also "deeply insulting" to Kristen. "She’s what, she’s sitting in a house with her two daughters and modeling some abusive relationship? Like, it’s very offensive to her," he said.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard / Viayoutu.beThere you have it. You can find the episode here.

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