Dax Shepard gave Armcherries a long-awaited special guest this week, as the actor welcomed his ex-girlfriend, Briegh Morrison, onto his newest podcast series, called “Mom’s Car.”

Shepard and Morrison were in a nine-year open relationship before ultimately splitting, with Shepard going on to later marry his now-wife, Kristen Bell.

He spoke about how nervous he was to move on after his near-decade with Morrison.

“The breakup was manageable, but I will say ― for a while, I did think, ‘Well, I’ll never be in love with someone again ― in that way. I had a deep fear.’ I’m like, ‘Oh, I don’t think I’ll ever really feel the way I felt about Briegh with anybody.’ I was quite scared of that. ”

Shepard added that he didn’t have any regrets about the two’s relationship, though he was “very disoriented for a while” after their split, which took him about a year to come to terms with.

Shepard pictured in conversation with his ex-girlfriend, Breigh Morrison.Shepard pictured in conversation with his ex-girlfriend, Breigh Morrison.

Morrison spoke about her experience with falling for someone else while she was dating Shepard, and how it was ultimately right to end the two’s relationship. Despite it being the best decision, she did struggle with one aspect of the breakup in particular.

“One of the hardest things about when we broke up was that I really had my head around we were gonna have kids,” she said, as Shepard said “yes” in agreement. She added that the two had a house at the time and having children “was gonna be this thing that I want.”

“I was getting on in years,” Morrison shared, as the two had a pact to have kids when she turned 30. She would go on to meet her now-husband, Marvel Studios executive Brad Winderbaum on her 30th birthday.

Shepard said he felt similarly worried about kids when he met Bell.

“I was a bit panicked, cause I was 32 when I met Kristen. I was thinking like I’m supposed to be getting [Briegh] pregnant right now,” he shared. “My timeline was like at 32, I was going to start to become a dad.”

Shepard and Bell would go on to welcome two daughters, Lincoln, 12, and Delta, 10.

Shepard and Bell recently marked 12 years of marriage together.

Bell celebrated her anniversary with the “Parenthood” actor in an Instagram post on Saturday that sparked backlash for both what she said, and the timing of the post.

Shepard and Bell attend the 2025 Time100 Gala on April 24 in NYC. Shepard and Bell attend the 2025 Time100 Gala on April 24 in NYC.

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“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’m heavily incentivized to kill you, I never would,’” Bell said in the caption of her post.

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