Dax Shepard I expected nothing less Cher when the pop star made now-viral comments about her marriage to Kristen Bell on his podcast.
“I think we both expected this,” 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, who couldn’t be bigger.”
Co-host of Shepard’s “Armchair Expert” podcast, Monica Padmanadded: “There were a couple of great headlines, but people have to go and hear the whole thing, because everything she says is perfect.”
Shepard also said that he and Bell “thought it was hysterical.”
Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard hit the 2026 Golden Globes red carpet together after their awkward podcast interview with Cher days earlier. The ‘Armchair Expert’ host, 51, donned a black and white tuxedo alongside his wife, who wore an asymmetric black Giorgio Armani Privé dress with multicolored flourishes across the chest. The (…)
Shepard made similar comments in a red carpet interview Entertainment tonightexplaining that he and Padman, 38, posted a clip of Cher’s comments because they “thought it was funny.”
“It was so good. We kept it because it was great,” she said before joking that Bell handed her “divorce papers” after listening to the podcast. Shepard then noted how things can be misinterpreted online, adding, “The Internet is a dangerous place.”
Cher, 79, went viral after her appearance on the Jan. 5 episode of “Armchair Expert,” as she offered a trenchant commentary on Shepard’s marriage to Bellher old and old friend burlesque to cost
“(You’re definitely the better half (in the relationship)),” Cher told Bell, who also appeared in the episode.
“Who would be your dream match for her? Because I know you think she could be better, and I don’t disagree,” Shepard asked Cher.
While Cher didn’t have a name to offer in response, she did call Shepard a “good dad,” and Bell agreed that he’s the “best dad ever.”
“The truth is, I trust her. So you must have something that I don’t see,” Cher added.
Shepard tried to defend herself, pointing out “what you would like from me.”
“I’m not threatened by its brightness. I love it. The brighter the better,” he said.
Bell said, “This man has a lot.”
Shepard made it clear at the end of the conversation that she held no hard feelings about Cher’s comments.
“I adore you and I understand that no one is good enough for (Bell),” she said.
Dax Shepard made sure his wife Kristen Bell looked perfect as she posed for photos on the red carpet. Shepard, 51, joined Bell 43 at Amazon MGM and Vanity Fair’s awards season celebration in Los Angeles on Saturday (January 10), where they were all smiles in black outfits coordinated by him and hers. While Bell posed solo in the (…)
Shepard and Bell married in 2013 after six years of marriage. The couple later welcomed daughters Lincoln, 12, and Delta, 11.
A day after sharing her reaction to Cher’s comments, Shepard said she sometimes feels insecure when people compare her looks 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?’ “Top 10 Girls With Ugly Boys Lists,” she said during the Monday, January 12, episode of her podcast. “I’ve dealt with it less now since the podcast, but for the first 12 or 13 years we were together, there were hundreds of these lists of ugly guys with pretty girls, and I’m always on it.”
Shepard said he is usually “so hurt and insecure” when he first hears or sees such comments, but then becomes “defensive and arrogant.”
“I’m like, ‘Go meet my other friends. All have been beautiful. Fuck it, right? I have this defensive attitude,” he continued. “And then when I calm down, I get really into it. I’m like, you know, it’s really interesting. I think I know what’s going on. And it just sticks us in elementary school and school, which is like, there are strata. You were born into them. One does not have to migrate north or south. It’s morphed into this whole system that we’ve been trained in.”
Shepard explained that she sees negative comments about her appearance from men more often than from women.
“Guys are saying, ‘Kristen is 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 I could achieve anything? I thought it would be comforting for guys like me who look normal. I think it’s the opposite.”