{"id":324754,"date":"2025-10-22T20:59:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T20:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/324754\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T20:59:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T20:59:10","slug":"dax-shepards-domestic-violence-jokes-resurface-amid-backlash-from-kristen-bell-tone-deaf-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/324754\/","title":{"rendered":"Dax Shepard’s domestic violence jokes resurface amid backlash from Kristen Bell ‘tone-deaf’ post"},"content":{"rendered":"

A video has resurfaced of Dax Shepard joking about hitting wife Kristen Bell just days after the actress faced backlash for her \u201ctone-deaf\u201d anniversary post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Shepard and Bell were being interviewed by SheKnows<\/a> while doing press for their 2012 movie \u201cHit and Run\u201d when he made the off-color joke about striking her. <\/p>\n

In the clip, Bell recalled getting into a car with Shepard after he spent two years \u201csouping it up.\u201d <\/p>\n

Dax Shepard joked about hitting Kristen Bell in a 2012 interview. She Knows\/Youtube<\/p>\n

Bell recalled riding in a car with her husband while doing press for their movie \u201cHit and Run.\u201d She Knows\/Youtube<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was so excited. We drove to brunch and the first thing I said, five minutes into the ride, I said, \u2018This sounds like it\u2019s gonna break,’\u201d Bell said.<\/p>\n

Shepard deadpanned that he was \u201cvery offended.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then I hit her several times,\u201d Shepard joked, prompting Bell to add cheekily, \u201cAnd then I got beat up, and guess what \u2014 I never opened my mouth again.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cHe was so excited. We drove to brunch and the first thing I said, five minutes into the ride, I said, \u2018This sounds like it\u2019s gonna break,’\u201d Bell said. She Knows\/Youtube<\/p>\n

Shepard said he was \u201cvery offended\u201d and joked that he \u201chit her several times.\u201d She Knows\/Youtube<\/p>\n

The reporter then told the couple that they had \u201cquite the interesting relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n

The strange exchange materialized just days after Bell was in hot water for sharing a controversial message on her and Shepard\u2019s 12th wedding anniversary.<\/p>\n

The \u201cFrozen\u201d star shared an Instagram photo of her and Shepard hugging with the caption, \u201cHappy 12th wedding anniversary to the man who once said to me: \u2018I 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.\u2019 \u2764\ufe0f.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bell was seemingly in on the joke and reacted by saying: \u201cAnd then I got beat up, and guess what \u2014 I never opened my mouth again.\u201d Instagram\/Kristen Bell<\/p>\n

The clip resurfaced after Bell faced backlash for her wedding anniversary post for Shepard that she posted to Instagram. kristenanniebell\/Instagram<\/p>\n

Instagram users immediately dragged Bell for posting the message in October \u2014 which is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.<\/p>\n

\u201cjust an fyi, posting this caption during domestic violence awareness month is unbelievably tone deaf :\/ please reconsider,\u201d one person commented on the post. <\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s a wildly sad and insensitive thing to say, considering it\u2019s domestic violence awareness month and thousands of women have died a the hands of the man they trusted\u2026,\u201d a second critic added.<\/p>\n

\u201cHappy 12th wedding anniversary to the man who once said to me: \u2018I 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.\u2019 \u2764\ufe0f,\u201d she captioned the post. kristinanniebell\/Instagram<\/p>\n

Bell was dragged for sharing her words during Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Kristen Bell\/Instagram<\/p>\n

Page Six exclusively reported that a domestic violence advocacy\u00a0group also blasted Bell for her insensitivity. <\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s nothing funny about domestic violence \u2018jokes\u2019 that trivialize the very real fear, trauma and pain that millions of victims and survivors face each day,\u201d a rep for the National Network to End Domestic Violence told Page Six in a statement Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cEspecially during Domestic Violence Awareness Month, we all have a responsibility to support victims and survivors, to invest in proven solutions and to speak about this issue with the seriousness it deserves,\u201d the organization concluded.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Several netizens called her post tone-deaf. Getty Images for Go Campaign<\/p>\n

A domestic violence advocacy group dubbed her message trivializing. Variety via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Despite some of Bell\u2019s supporters defending her, the \u201cNobody Wants This\u201d actress limited her Instagram comments<\/a> amid the heavy criticism. <\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Bell skipped her scheduled \u201cToday\u201d show appearance<\/a> and has yet to address her absence from the interview.<\/p>\n

Bell \u2014who posted about doing press for her Netflix show on Instagram Tuesday \u2014 was nowhere to be seen during what was supposed to be an interview with her and co-star Justine Lupe on the NBC morning show. <\/p>\n

Bell was a no-show on the \u201cToday\u201d show Wednesday amid the fallout. AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

The couple have been married since 2013. Open Road Films\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n

Reps for Bell and NBC did not return Page Six\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n

Bell, 45, and Shepard, 50, tied the knot in October 2013 and share two daughters: Lincoln, 12, and Delta, 10.<\/p>\n

If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-7997233 or text BEGIN to 88788.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A video has resurfaced of Dax Shepard joking about hitting wife Kristen Bell just days after the actress…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":324755,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[185,569,572,172,14042,32551,171,99365,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-324754","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-celebrity-couples","10":"tag-celebrity-marriages","11":"tag-celebrity-news","12":"tag-dax-shepard","13":"tag-domestic-violence","14":"tag-entertainment","15":"tag-kristen-bell","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115419831817596114","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324754\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}