Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard cozy together in photos after anniversary drama
Kristen Bell And Dax Shepard looked more in love than ever as they rang in the new year.
On Instagram, Shepard, 51, shared a post full of photos of themselves socializing and enjoying a good time with friends and family as they kicked off 2026 in style.
“Great fun New Year. Huge gratitude to The Richardsons and @justbobbidotcom 💙💙💙 (we’re also laughing because our daughter had all four fingers over all three lenses and yet somehow it was necessary! May all of 2026 go this way :),” he captioned the post on Thursday, January 1.
Over on her own Instagram accountBell, 45, shared similarly cheerful snaps from the same celebrations, captioning it: “Family 2026 🎉🎊🎈.”
The couple started dating in 2007 before tying the knot in 2013. In March 2013, they welcomed their first child, daughter Lincoln, and expanded the family with daughter Delta, who was born in December 2014.
The loved-up post comes after Bell sparked backlash last year after sharing a controversial post to mark their wedding anniversary.
Fans were left divided when Bell uploaded a post of Shepard with their daughters and jokingly praised him for promising to never “kill” her.
“Happy 12th wedding anniversary to the man who once said to me, ‘I would never kill you. Many men have killed their wives at some point. Even though I am heavily encouraged to kill you, I would never do that,❤️,” Bell wrote via the Instagram caption at the time.
“What a wild thing to post during Domestic Violence Awareness Month,” one follower responded in the comments section, while another added, “Domestic violence is no joke.”
Yet another follower commented, “I like Kristen Bell but she shouldn’t have written that post especially during domestic violence month. She needs to apologize.”
However, some of her other followers did not find the post offensive.
“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 user wrote, while another added, “I was in an abusive relationship and I got out. This post is for her husband, not all of us! Why do people need to take it to the next level? She talks to her husband but shares it with us. Not everything has a hidden message!”
After the mixed response, the Nobody wants this star limited comments on the post and skipped a scheduled Today show appearance.
Kristen Bell is celebrating Dax Shepard’s 21-year sobriety journey by sharing some sweet photos of the actor with their kids. Bell, 45, posted a touching message to her husband via Instagram on Thursday, September 4, thanking him for “getting sober.” “This is what 21 years of sobriety looks like,” she wrote […]
Bell and Shepard have both been candid about their relationship journeys over the years, including their rocky beginnings when they briefly went their separate ways.
“I already knew I was in love with him and he was hesitant because he knew he was still dating other people,” Bell said. PopSugar in August 2017. “He sat me down and said, ‘I can’t have this right now. I think you’re great, but I’m still dating other people.’ And then I liquefied and fell to the ground, but I felt incredibly respected that he had the balls to tell me that we weren’t in the same place.
She added, “He called me and said, ‘I don’t know what I was thinking. I was dating someone else, but they’re just not as interesting as you, and I don’t know what I’m doing,’ and he came back. But I still always remind him of the time he broke up with me.”
For his part, Shepard seemed to believe he made the right decision when he spoke about their relationship nearly two decades later.
“I say this all the time, as if Kristen and I were to ever break up, I would only describe this as a still wildly successful relationship,” Shepard shared on a September 2025 episode of his “Armchair Expert” podcast. “Like, we loved each other to death. We had two beautiful children. We had a wonderful time together.”
