{"id":94450,"date":"2025-10-21T09:55:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T09:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/94450\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T09:55:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T09:55:07","slug":"kristen-bell-faces-backlash-for-tone-deaf-anniversary-post-quoting-husband-dax-shepard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/94450\/","title":{"rendered":"Kristen Bell faces backlash for &#8216;tone-deaf&#8217; anniversary post quoting husband Dax Shepard |"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/kristen-bell.jpg\" alt=\"Kristen Bell faces backlash for 'tone-deaf' anniversary post quoting husband Dax Shepard\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/> <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/kristen-bell\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kristen Bell<\/a>&#8216;s attempt at a humorous anniversary tribute to her husband, <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/dax-shepard\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">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 &#8220;tone-deaf&#8221; and &#8220;insensitive,&#8221; particularly as it lands during Domestic Violence Awareness Month.<\/p>\n<p>A quote that missed the mark for many<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, the \u2018Nobody Wants This\u2019 actress, shared a photo on <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/instagram\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a> of herself and Shepard to mark their 12th wedding anniversary. In the caption, &#8216;The Good Place&#8217; actress recalled words her husband once said to her, but the message was lost on many.Bell wrote, &#8220;Happy 12th wedding anniversary to the man who once said to me: &#8216;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.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Backlash erupts over &#8216;tone-deaf&#8217; message<\/p>\n<p>While some fans may have understood the couple&#8217;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.&#8221;Domestic violence isn\u2019t a joke,&#8221; one user commented, while another follower asked, &#8220;is this&#8230; supposed to be funny?&#8221;<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Comments on Kristen Bell's post\" msid=\"124717241\" width=\"\" title=\"\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/83033472.cms\" imgsize=\"23456\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/comments-on-kristen-bells-post.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/>The timing of the post was a major point of contention for many. One user pointed out, &#8220;During Domestic Violence Awareness Month? Tone deaf and insensitive.&#8221; 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<p>An anniversary she almost forgot<\/p>\n<p>This all comes after the &#8216;Veronica Mars&#8217; alum admitted she nearly forgot their anniversary, which was on Friday. A reporter from Entertainment Tonight reminded her at the &#8216;Nobody Wants This Season 2&#8217; 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&#8217;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&#8216;s attempt at a humorous anniversary tribute to her husband, Dax Shepard, has taken a sharp turn,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":94451,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[59527,59528,321,56911,59529,93,61,60,21628],"class_list":["post-94450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-anniversary-post","tag-backlash","tag-celebrities","tag-dax-shepard","tag-domestic-violence-awareness-month","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-kristen-bell"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}