Jimmy Fallon wants this.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Amid Kristen Bell\u2019s controversy over her Instagram post with her husband, Dax Shepard, the \u201cNobody Wants This\u201d star skipped a planned appearance on the \u201cToday\u201d show <\/a>earlier in the week.\u00a0<\/p>\n But on Thursday night, she dropped by \u201cThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\u201d \u2014 where she didn\u2019t address the backlash.<\/p>\n Kristen Bell during an interview with host Jimmy Fallon on October 23, 2025. Todd Owyoung\/NBC via Getty Images<\/p>\n Kristen Bell during an interview on \u201cThe Tonight Show\u201d on October 23, 2025. Todd Owyoung\/NBC via Getty Images<\/p>\n The controversy began on Saturday, when Bell, 45, made a social media post <\/a>about Shepard, 50, who she\u2019s been married to since 2013. The couple share daughters Lincoln, 12, and Delta, 10.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Instagram photo<\/a> was a photo of Bell and Shepard embracing, 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\u201d<\/p>\n In the comments section, outraged fans accused the \u201cGood Place\u201d actress of making light of domestic violence \u2014 especially since it\u2019s domestic violence awareness month.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cJust an fyi, posting this caption during domestic violence awareness month is unbelievably tone deaf :\/ please reconsider,\u201d one commenter wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n On Tuesday, a domestic violence advocacy group also slammed the \u201cVeronica Mars\u201d alum.<\/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<\/a> in a statement.<\/p>\n They continued, \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<\/p>\n Kristen Bell\u2019s Instagram post on Saturday that started the backlash. kristenanniebell\/Instagram<\/p>\n Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard in an Instagram photo from June 29, 2024. kristenanniebell\/Instagram<\/p>\n Neither Bell nor Shepard has publicly addressed the controversy, but on Wednesday morning, Bell was scheduled to appear on the \u201cToday\u201d show along with her \u201cNobody Wants This\u201d co-star Justine Lupe, according to the NBC show\u2019s schedule<\/a>.<\/p>\n The \u201cFrozen\u201d actress didn\u2019t show up, and there was no mention of Bell\u2019s whereabouts.\u00a0<\/p>\n During Thursday\u2019s appearance on \u201cThe Tonight Show,\u201d Bell and Fallon didn\u2019t talk about the now infamous Instagram post or the public outrage.\u00a0<\/p>\n Kristen Bell during an interview with host Jimmy Fallon on Thursday, October 23, 2025. Todd Owyoung\/NBC via Getty Images<\/p>\n Instead, they discussed an annual trip they usually take with their families and Jimmy Kimmel, how she knits on the set of her Netflix rom-com \u201cNobody Wants This,\u201d <\/a>and\u00a0Halloween costumes.<\/p>\n This year, she said, her family is doing pun mashup costumes, so she will go as \u2018Carrie Bradshaw-Shank Redemption,\u2019 combining Sarah Jessica Parker\u2019s \u201cSex and the City\u201d character with \u201cThe Shawshank Redemption.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Bell described what she will wear: \u201cSo, pink tutu. Spiral the hair. Kind of a jailbird vibe and some boots.\u201d<\/p>\n The \u201cParenthood\u201d actor, meanwhile, will go as \u201cFererri-ana Grande,\u201d she explained, combining Ferrari with Ariana Grande.<\/p>\n Adam Brody and Kristen Bell in \u201cNobody Wants This.\u201d \u00a9Netflix\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n Kristen Bell and Adam Brody in \u201cNobody Wants this.\u201d \u00a9Netflix\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n She also talked about Season 2 of \u201cNobody Wants This,\u201d now streaming, where she plays an agnostic podcaster dating a rabbi (Adam Brody)<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n The \u201cForgetting Sarah Marshall\u201d actress described Season 2 as showing her and Brody\u2019s characters after they\u2019ve already fallen in love.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re like, how do we blend our lives. Do we decide if we should share the same toothbrush?\u201d said Bell. \u201cAll these little\u00a0 tiny decisions you make when you link up with someone and become a \u2018we.\u2019\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t