Kristen Bell seems to be enjoying a solo night at the Critics Choice Awards 2026.
The 45-year-old actress apparently attended the event at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif., on Sunday, January 4, alone, posing for the red carpet alone as she stunned in a black dress with lace trim. Inside the show, Bell was seen sitting on the side Nobody wants that to cost Adam Brody during the host Chelsea Handlermonologue of
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Bell’s appearance at the awards show comes two months after he made headlines tribute to his birthday husband Dax Shepard.
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“Happy 12th wedding anniversary to the man who once told me, “I would never kill you. Many men have killed their wives at one point or another. Even though I’m highly motivated to kill you, I would never do it. ❤️,” Bell captioned an October 2025 Instagram post of her and Shepard cuddling on the edge of a bed.
Some fans criticized Bell’s seemingly casual reference to the couple’s violence.
“Domestic violence is no joke,” one person commented, while another wrote: “1. Congrats! 2. I know the caption is supposed to be cute, funny, but all over the world a woman (sic) is killed every 10 minutes by her partner… #stopviolenceagainstwomen.”
Meanwhile, others in the comments section defended Bell’s message to Shepard.
“I was in an abusive marriage for TWENTY THREE YEARS and I love this post. If you don’t want to be triggered, get off the internet,” one social media user wrote.
Another person replied: “I was in an abusive relationship and I got out. This post is for her husband, not all of us! Why do people have to take it to the next level? She’s talking to her husband but she’s sharing it with us. Not everything has a hidden message!”
Bell eventually limited comments to the Instagram post. She has yet to do so publicly address the controversy.
Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard have become some people’s favorite couple in Hollywood, but others scrutinize their every move. Bell began dating Shepard in 2007. The couple got engaged in 2009, and finally married in 2013. Bell and Shepard welcomed daughters Lincoln (born March 2013) and Delta (born December (…))
Bell and Shepard, who share daughters Lincoln, 12, and Delta, 11, recently took a step back from the spotlight to celebrate the holidays at his home in Nashville, Tennessee.
“We’re going to spend Christmas there and Thanksgiving,” Shepard teased during a November 2025 episode. Jimmy Kimmel Live! while revealing that a close friend fell off the roof while transforming the property into a “winter wonderland” for the couple.
“Our contractor was there and photographed everything,” Shepard said. “So we have great pictures. We’ll think about it this Christmas while enjoying the lights. It went way over the top. … It was there for days just throwing (lights) all over the property. It would take two weeks to get them out.”
Bell added: “The house looks like it’s on fire. It’s so bright.”