Dax Shepard addresses Cher's comments about his marriage to Kristen Bell and says he and Kristen found the 'Armchair Expert' remarks hysterical
Dax Shepard expected nothing less from Cher when the pop star made now-viral comments about his marriage to Kristen Bell on his podcast. “I think we both expected that,” Shepard, 51, said of himself and Bell, 45, in an interview with Access Hollywood during the 2026 Golden Globes on Sunday, January 11.
“That’s why you love Cher, which couldn’t be greater.” Shepard’s “Armchair Expert” podcast cohost, Monica Padman, added, “There was a couple big headlines, but people need to go listen to the whole thing, ‘cause everything she says is perfect.”Shepard made similar comments in a red carpet interview with Entertainment Tonight, explaining that he and Padman, 38, posted a clip of Cher’s comments because they “thought it was hilarious.” “It was so good. We kept it in because it was great,” he said before joking that Bell served him “divorce papers” after hearing the podcast. Shepard then pointed out how things can become misinterpreted online, adding, “The internet is a dangerous place.” Cher, 79, went viral after her appearance on the January 5 episode of “Armchair Expert,” as she offered blunt commentary on Shepard’s marriage to Bell, her longtime friend and former Burlesque costar.“Who would be your dream partner for her? Because I know you think she could be better, and I don’t disagree,” Shepard then asked Cher. While Cher didn’t have a name to offer in response, she did call Shepard a “good dad,” with Bell agreeing that he is the “best dad there ever was.”Shepard attempted to defend himself, pointing out “the thing that you should like about me.”Bell chimed in, “There’s a lot to this man.” Shepard made it clear at the end of the conversation that he had no hard feelings about Cher’s comments.Shepard and Bell tied the knot in 2013 after six years of marriage. The couple later welcomed daughters Lincoln, 12, and Delta, 11. One day after sharing his reaction to Cher’s comments, Shepard opened up about sometimes feeling insecure when people compare his appearance to Bell’s. “I’ve been with Kristen for 20 years, and there have been hundreds of articles about, ‘Why is she with this guy?’ Lists of top 10 hot girls with ugly guys,” he said during the Monday, January 12, episode of his podcast. “I’ve been dealing with that less now since the podcast, but for the first 12, 13 years we were together, there were hundreds of these lists of ugly guys with hot girls, and I’m always on it.” Shepard said he’s typically “so hurt and insecure” when he first hears or sees those comments, but then he gets “defensive and arrogant.” “I’m like, ‘Go meet my other girlfriends. They’ve all been hot. F*** you,’ right? I have this defensiveness,” he continued. “And then when I calm down, I really get into it. I’m like, you know, it’s so interesting. I think I know what’s going on. And it’s just into us in elementary school and in school, which is like, there’s strata. You’re born into them. Someone shan’t migrate north or south. It’s disruptive to this whole system that we have been formatted in.”“Guys are saying, ‘Kristen’s with this ugly guy.’ They’re threatened,” he added. “And I think, shouldn’t that be encouraging? Even if that’s your conclusion, like this four got this 10, isn’t that life-affirming and positive? Like, doesn’t that say you could achieve anything? I thought it would be comforting to dudes like me that are normal-looking. I think it’s the opposite.”
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