Now, an insider has lifted the lid on the pair\u2019s marriage, and revealed that the couple aren\u2019t as united behind the scenes as they appear to be on social media.<\/p>\n
\u201cKristen and Dax are both pretty volatile people and can blow up over the smallest issues,\u201d an insider told the Daily Mail.<\/p>\n
The source claimed that their fights can be so big that they sometimes \u201cdon\u2019t talk for days\u201d despite living together with their children.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey keep their kids in the dark about their arguments,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHer humour can go dark and sometimes be funny. But then she is also oblivious to people\u2019s feelings and will say anything at any time,\u201d the insider continued.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe post was funny to her and Dax, but she didn\u2019t realise the backlash that was coming. It was tone deaf, but at the end of the day, the people that know Kristen know that is the person she is.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bell, 45, and Shepard, 50, first met at a dinner party held for Forgetting Sarah Marshall producer Shauna Robertson in 2007 and were engaged by 2010 with their first child, daughter Lincoln, born in 2013.<\/p>\n
The pair married shortly after the birth and welcomed their second daughter, Delta, at the end of 2014.<\/p>\n
From the moment they went public with their romance, the pair have always maintained an honest connection with their fans, sharing their ups and downs personally and as a couple often \u2013 including struggles with substance abuse and mental health.<\/p>\n
Back in 2019, Shepard hinted at his relationship with Bell being far from smooth sailing.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe definitely had to work really hard at being a couple because we\u2019re both incredibly, painfully stubborn, and we\u2019re pretty much opposites,\u201d he told People.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was like, \u2018That\u2019s the best personality I\u2019ve ever seen on a woman. I need to be around it. I want to be around it when I\u2019m 80, but how?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
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