Kristen Bell spoke about the “real” struggles in her and Dax Shepard’s marriage that will unfold in season 2 of Nobody Wants This.
The actress, who recently celebrated their 12th anniversary in a controversial Instagram post, told People magazine on Thursday that they are in a relationship where “opposites attract.”
The Emmy nominee said her character Joan is the same as her boyfriend Noah Rocro, played by Adam Brody.
“My advice to Joan is to calm down a little bit,” Bell told the magazine. “I feel like she can get excited very quickly, and it takes a lot of patience to get herself from ‘me’ to ‘we.’
“There are people who feel like the opposite of me, and I certainly feel that way,” the Gossip Girl alum continued.
She clarified, “That doesn’t mean we couldn’t make it work or didn’t want to make it work.”
“It took a lot of patience on both sides to figure out what the compromises were, and a general understanding that we were probably going to have different points of view on almost everything, and we needed to figure out a way to honor those discussions,” Bell explained.
The “Good Place” alum married Shepard, 50, in October 2013.
The couple have daughters Lincoln, 12, and Delta, 10.
To celebrate her “Hit and Run” co-star’s anniversary on Friday, Bell posted a photo of herself on her partner’s lap cuddling him.
“Happy 12th wedding anniversary to the man who once said to me: ‘I will not kill you. Many men have killed their wives at some point. I have a strong motive to kill you, but I will never kill you,'” she wrote.
Many social media users condemned the caption, which was shared during Domestic Violence Awareness Month, as well as advocacy group National Network to End Domestic Violence.
On Tuesday, a representative for the organization told Page Six: “There is nothing funny about domestic violence ‘jokes’ that trivialize the very real fear, trauma and pain that millions of victims and survivors face every day.”
Bell missed an appearance on the “Today” show the next day, but appeared on the red carpet Thursday, but has yet to address the viral backlash.
Notably, she restricted Instagram comments on her posts.
If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this article, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 800-7997233 or text “BEGIN” to 88788.
