Kristen Bell Said She And Dax Shepard Made A Deal To "Role-Play" Apologising After They Fight In Front Of Their Kids

"Whenever we make up behind closed doors, we role-play the next morning."

I think we can all agree that when it comes to celebrity couples, Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard are one of the realest.

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They're always open and honest about the roadblocks they've dealt with in their relationship, from Kristen's revelation that she felt "no sparks" when she first met her husband to their experiences with marriage therapy.

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During an interview with Us Weekly in 2017, Dax said he and Kristen don't believe in the concept of "the one".

"We are opposites," he said at the time, "and it has taken a tremendous amount of work and therapy for us to coexist."

And they also don't shy away from talking about the fact that they fight every once in a while.

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In fact, Kristen recently opened up about a fight they had that got so bad, they "blacked out" and ended up not speaking to each other for three days.

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Speaking on the Life Is Short With Justin Long podcast, Kristen explained that the fight had started because Dax told her he felt "controlled" when she left notes asking him to do things around the house.

"I don't actually remember what happened, 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," she said.

Well, during a recent appearance on The Motherly Podcast, Kristen explained exactly how they deal with resolving said fights when it comes to setting an example for their two daughters.

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She said that she and Dax had made a deal to "role-play" apologising to each other after they realised kids are able to sense tension in adult conversations but don't see the resolution if it happens behind closed doors.

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Kristen explained: "We'll come home, we'll be tense with each other, we'll snap at each other in the kitchen — not realising they're witnessing it. We put them to bed, we go into the bedroom, and just privately we'll say, 'God, I'm sorry I snapped at you, I've had a really tough day.'"

"So [Dax] said, let's make a deal that whenever we make up behind closed doors, that we role-play the next morning," she went on.

Every time we're testy with each other, the next morning I'll say, "Good morning, Daddy — I just wanted to say, last night, I had a really long day and I'm sorry that I snapped at you about, you know, not having the dinner that you wanted." And he would say, "Yeah, Mommy, you're right, I had a hard day too, and I'm really sorry." And then we physically kiss and hug.

Kristen said the solution came from their belief that kids have to witness the adults in their lives doing something in order to learn to do it themselves.

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"You can't give anything to your child that you don't have yourself," she said, using body image as an example. "If you want your child to have a positive body image, you better start having it."

You can listen to Kristen's full interview on The Motherly Podcast here.