I had a college roommate like Kristen Bell.

She had this very weird habit of wanting to be perfect and popular and knowing that was the effect she had on people … then she would play off how unimportant it was to her to be popular and often curse like a sailor or burp or talk about how she hadn’t showered for days and ask people to smell her, knowing they’d just say she smelled like the beach and seashells or something.

Every scene KB was in in the Bad Place show where she was farting in purses or grabbing a handful of shrimp reminded me of that roommate.

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Anonymous wrote:They're so weird and try hard. Like Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively. Just, like, calm down.

They can't. These people are literally addicted to attention. It's a mental sickness.

I feel seen in this thread. They are both so awful . I initially liked his podcast til I realized not only was it all about him but all about a false version of himself that he curates under a guise of honesty.

She once told a story about being in a steak house where a man criticized him for not wearing a jacket. Some ordinary slob but of course they could t let it go … had to make a bug show of paying for his meal and then getting a subtle dig at him along the lines of “Hope you find happiness.” These people are the worst.

I remember the story, I heard him tell it. The weird thing was that it was at one of those buffets so it cannot have been that nice of a restaurant. It was a weird story that didn’t really add up.

Their stories always seem a little off and they totally remind me of Ryan and Blake. I think the problem is Ryan and Dax are 50 or around that and Kristen is 45 so technically one of the first millennials, but let’s face it very close to Gen X. I just feel like that sense of humor is dated and the world is passing them by and people are getting tired of it and evolving.

Anonymous wrote:Their marriage has come under scrutiny based on an awkward joke Kristen Bell made on instagram.
https://nypost.com/2025/10/20/entertainment/kristen-bell-sparks-outrage-over-tone-deaf-anniversary-post-to-dax-shepard/

What do we think?

If Ellen show or whatever it was called was on, she would get to the bottom of the situation

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Anonymous wrote:They're so weird and try hard. Like Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively. Just, like, calm down.

They can't. These people are literally addicted to attention. It's a mental sickness.

I feel seen in this thread. They are both so awful . I initially liked his podcast til I realized not only was it all about him but all about a false version of himself that he curates under a guise of honesty.

She once told a story about being in a steak house where a man criticized him for not wearing a jacket. Some ordinary slob but of course they could t let it go … had to make a bug show of paying for his meal and then getting a subtle dig at him along the lines of “Hope you find happiness.” These people are the worst.

She has amazing on screen chemistry with Adam Brody.

It definitely sounds like her sense of humor. It should probably not be a public/social media joke, but fine for behind closed doors.

She wouldn't be the first to blur those lines. I don't ever want to have to check what social-justice month it is before making an off-color joke, which I like, so I'll keep them off-line.

I don't like him much at all and am luke-warm toward her, but I see no problem beyond poor social media decision.

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Anonymous wrote:Their scrutiny wasn’t about their marriage, it was about making a joke about domestic violence when it was national domestic violence awareness month.

This.

I find them both really annoying in their public personas, especially him. But there's no indication this recent issue has had any negative impact on their marriage. It was just a screw up because Bell made the joke at the worst possible time (during DV awareness) right before she was supposed to promote the second season of her rom com. So she's been MIA during promotion because obviously they decided it would be better for her to lay low.

The thing about these two (and one of the reasons I find them so annoying) is that they seem to really embrace their deep personality flaws as part of their relationship. My brother and his second wife are like this. It's like "omg we're both such selfish, narcissistic screw ups -- we're perfect for each other!" And in a way they are, but it also makes them insufferable to be around.

Agree, though it’s worse than that. It’s more like "omg we're both such selfish, narcissistic screw ups -- we are AWESOME! Too bad you’ll never be as cool as us.”

The word “smug” comes to mind.

PP here. I agree with you but the smugness doesn't really bother me because having seen people (and relationships) like this up close, I know for certain that I have ZERO desire to live like that. Needing constant validation, being unable to just be quiet and happy with myself alone and needing always to have an audience applauding me with over the top enthusiasm? It would be so exhausting. It's exhausting to be around but I think it would be worse to actually live it.

With my brother and SIL, they spend a lot of time loudly and proudly proclaiming how great their lifestyle is and how awesome their relationships is, even though... no one asked. For them a lot of it is trying to prove to my brother's ex and her family that they are "better" than she is, that they are more fun and more chill and cooler. She is a mature adult with a somewhat serious job who is a thoughtful and responsible parent, and diplomatic and mature with the divorce. She doesn't run around trying to prove she's better than they are. She just lives her life and seems fine. And their response is always "Look at us!! We are amazing!!"

It is sad.