{"id":135793,"date":"2025-10-21T10:07:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T10:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/135793\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T10:07:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T10:07:08","slug":"kristen-bell-faces-backlash-for-tone-deaf-anniversary-post-quoting-husband-dax-shepard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/135793\/","title":{"rendered":"Kristen Bell faces backlash for ‘tone-deaf’ anniversary post quoting husband Dax Shepard |"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Kristen Kristen Bell<\/a>‘s attempt at a humorous anniversary tribute to her husband, Dax Shepard<\/a>, has taken a sharp turn, sparking significant online criticism. The actress is facing backlash for a three-sentence message that many followers have slammed as “tone-deaf” and “insensitive,” particularly as it lands during Domestic Violence Awareness Month.<\/p>\n

A quote that missed the mark for many<\/p>\n

On Saturday, the \u2018Nobody Wants This\u2019 actress, shared a photo on Instagram<\/a> of herself and Shepard to mark their 12th wedding anniversary. In the caption, ‘The Good Place’ actress recalled words her husband once said to her, but the message was lost on many.Bell 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\u2019m heavily incentivized to kill you, I never would.”<\/p>\n

Backlash erupts over ‘tone-deaf’ message<\/p>\n

While some fans may have understood the couple’s specific brand of humor, many were quick to condemn the post. The comment section lit up with criticism, accusing the mother-of-two of minimizing a very sensitive subject.”Domestic violence isn\u2019t a joke,” one user commented, while another follower asked, “is this… supposed to be funny?”\"CommentsThe timing of the post was a major point of contention for many. One user pointed out, “During Domestic Violence Awareness Month? Tone deaf and insensitive.” Several others told the actress it was a \u201cjoke\u201d that she would consider the post \u201csweet.\u201d Bell has not yet commented publicly on the uproar.<\/p>\n

An anniversary she almost forgot<\/p>\n

This all comes after the ‘Veronica Mars’ alum admitted she nearly forgot their anniversary, which was on Friday. A reporter from Entertainment Tonight reminded her at the ‘Nobody Wants This Season 2’ premiere the day before.While stopping to talk on the red carpet, she thanked the reporter for the reminder, saying, \u201cYou know I don\u2019t remember that. Oh, shoot. I\u2019m so glad that you told me.\u201d She added that while they had a date night planned, she didn’t think Shepard, 50, had remembered the date either.The couple, who share two daughters, Lincoln, 12, and Delta, 10, first met in 2007 and tied the knot in 2013.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kristen Bell‘s attempt at a humorous anniversary tribute to her husband, Dax Shepard, has taken a sharp turn,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135794,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[268],"tags":[80993,7187,434,78609,80994,18,117,19,17,23325],"class_list":{"0":"post-135793","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-anniversary-post","9":"tag-backlash","10":"tag-celebrities","11":"tag-dax-shepard","12":"tag-domestic-violence-awareness-month","13":"tag-eire","14":"tag-entertainment","15":"tag-ie","16":"tag-ireland","17":"tag-kristen-bell"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}