Kristen Bell Explained Why She And Dax Shepard Are So Open About The Difficulties In Their Marriage
"We started quarantine needing a little marriage house cleaning."
We all know Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard aren't afraid to get brutally honest about the difficulties they've experienced throughout their relationship.
They've been open about the "tremendous amount" of therapy it takes to maintain their marriage, and even get real about how often they fight. Back in January, Kristen revealed they'd recently had a fight so bad they "blacked out".
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According to Kristen, the fight started over her leaving a note for Dax asking him to do something around the house, and ended with her crying, sleeping on the couch, and not talking to him for three days.
"I don't actually remember what happened," she said during an appearance on the Life Is Short podcast. "But what transpired was a lot of volume, a lot of harsh words being thrown around, and it was an angry, angry fight about how nobody does anything for anybody else."
Well, during an appearance on E's Daily Pop on Monday, Kristen explained exactly why she and Dax are so forthcoming about the not-so-glamorous sides of their relationship.
When asked if she ever gets mad at Dax for the personal things he shares about their relationship, Kristen answered that she doesn't, because she trusts that he has her best interests at heart.
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"Even if my knee-jerk reaction is, Why did he share that?!, my second thought isn't, He's out to get me," Kristen said.
She went on: "We decided a long time ago that ... there was sort of no getting around it. We could try to take all questions about our relationship off the table for the rest of our lives, and just be incredibly boring, or we could sort of open the kimono — as they say — and allow people to see what our marriage is like."
And in the spirit of being open, Kristen revealed that when they first began quarantining due to the coronavirus, she and Dax had a fight so huge that they didn't speak to each other for three and a half days.
"We started quarantine needing a little marriage house cleaning," she admitted. "We had a huge fight, and then we didn't talk for three and a half days, and then we made up and now we're fine."
The couple previously revealed during an interview with Katie Couric that they had been "at each other's throats" since they began quarantine.
However, Kristen also said she's generally been thankful that their family has been able to spend more time together.
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"I'm a homebody in general, so I've gotta say, I love the fact that our life has kind of gotten smaller," she said. "Our whole tribe just stays in and plays a game at night."
You can watch Kristen's full interview on E's Daily Pop here:
