In Hollywood, big and expensive celebrity weddings are the topic of conversation in the city. From Kim and Kanye’s 2014 wedding that reportedly cost the couple $ 2.8 million, to Beyonce and Jay-Z’s $ 8 million flower arrangement for their 2008 wedding, there always seems to be a competition to see how much celebrities can beat themselves.
But Hollywood boyfriends Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell took a different route when they said “Yes, I do” in 2013. There was no costly flower arrangement and not a single famous guest. In fact, even compared to “normal standards”, they didn’t spend much at all.
Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard met through mutual friends
Although they have only been married since 2013, Bell and Shepard met in 2007. At the time, Bell was starring in the CW hit, Veronica Mars, and Shepard’s biggest hit to date was the 2004 film, Without palette.
The couple met at a mutual friend’s birthday party. After their initial meeting, the two met again to attend a hockey game. While they may seem like a perfect match, the actor says he wasn’t exactly sure at first about his future wife. The reason? The actress was apparently a little too cheery.
But Shepard changed her mind and the couple started dating. In 2009 the couple got engaged, but the engagement was short-lived. Ironically, the reason for the breakup may have had something to do with the fact that he didn’t want to get married and she did.
The couple initially delayed getting married
Obviously, the couple found their way back together. But even though they were committed to each other, they intentionally chose no walking down the aisle Bell and Shepard are strong advocates for equal rights. As such, they did not think it was correct to exchange their votes until all Americans had the same right. In 2013, the Supreme Court rejected a challenge to Proposition 8, legalizing marriage for all California residents.
The couple celebrated the news, deciding that it was finally time to make it official. After Bell asked the question with a cheeky tweet, the couple officially became husband and wife on October 17, 2013. But instead of having an elaborate wedding, the couple went to the justice of the peace, spending only $ 142 on her little wedding.
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When Bell sat down for an episode on The Motherly Podcast, she surprised fans by sharing that she wasn’t initially sure she wanted children. The actress says that when she met her future husband, they had a serious conversation about the children.
She said to the host, “I was the one who doubted. I was like whoa, whoa, whoa, let’s just hold on, okay? Let’s talk about this because we love our lives, we like to travel. Is this what we want?”
But eventually, the actress changed her mind, and the reason is then Kristen Bell. According to the actress, it was a conversation with co-star Jason Bateman that finally opened her mind. Bell explains: “He said, ‘Well, you love your dogs, right?’ And I said, ‘Yes.’ And he said, ‘OK, imagine if one day your dog stands on its hind legs and looks at you, and just says,’ Oh my God, I love you… ‘
Today, the couple has two children. Lincoln Bell Shepard was born on March 28, 2013 and his sister Delta was born on December 19, 2014. The actress has recently been the victim of embarrassment to his mother due to some of the decisions he made with his youngest daughter, but to that
