Dax Shepard Reveals That He Originally ‘Did Not Want a 2nd Child’ With Kristen Bell
usmagazine.comA change of heart. Dax Shepard revealed that he and his wife, Kristen Bell, originally only wanted to have one child.While giving advice to an “Endless Honeymoon Podcast” caller who was debating whether or not to expand their family, the “Armchair Expert” host, 47, said he initially “did not want a second child.” The Parenthood alum then explained what made him and Bell, 42, reconsider.“So, I think for Kristen and I, we had two thoughts.
One is we travel a lot. It’s not fair to bring this little human everywhere we go and deal with only adults. We owe it to her to give her a playmate that travels with us,” he said during the Tuesday, October 25, episode. “We love her enough to do something we don’t really want to do, which is, have a second ’cause we were so absolutely happy with just the one.”The Top Gear America host and Bell exchanged vows in 2013 and welcomed daughters Lincoln and Delta in 2013 and 2014, respectively.
Shepard shared that the second reason that he and the Frozen star wanted two kids was to prevent spoiling their oldest daughter.“Our kids are already so privileged beyond belief.
It rattles both of us being from very modest backgrounds. So, minimally to make this spoiled b—h, my firstborn, live in the same room with another person and have to share everything,” he said. “I needed a force of compromise and sharing and discomfort, ’cause I wasn’t gonna give it to her in the other ways.
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