Kristen Bell made controversial cheating admission as husband Dax Shepard addresses ‘tone-deaf’ anniversary post

In the modern world of dating where non-monogamy is becoming far more normalised, Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard’s odd stances on cheating and monogamy still manage to make headlines whenever they speak out.

They are not alone in their casual nature to this: Comedian Nikki Glaser revealed yesterday that she ‘lets her boyfriend sleep with other women’ and data shows that more and more people are getting into relationships where they aren’t hung up on their partner sleeping with other people.

Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard have been married since 2013, but the Frozen actor made headlines when she said that if Shepard cheated, she wouldn’t be that bothered.

Bell told The Sun last year: “Kind of who cares, to be honest? I also know we’re monkeys. We’re both attracted to other people. We’re married. We’re not dead.”

Bell went on to state that she doesn’t ‘know that everyone has the privilege of this much confidence in their relationship.’

Shepard meanwhile has admitted to a ‘horrendous’ history of cheating on his podcast Armchair Expert, also claiming that Bell suffered from jealousy at the start of their relationship due to him having spent nine years in an open relationship.

The Nobody Wants This star has also stated in the past that she is ‘quite positive we are not meant to be monogamous’, however the pair have both confirmed that they are not non-monogamous or ‘swingers’ despite the semi-frequent nods towards it.

Appearing on The Drew Barrymore Show, Shepard said: "The most exciting tabloid story was that we were Hollywood swingers.

‘My favourite part of that happening was we got a lot of texts from other friends of ours saying, 'How could you not have invited me to the swinger party?' And they were joking, of course,

because they know us, and they know we’re not hosting swinger parties.

"There’s a lot of hot couples out there, but we haven’t crossed that divide with anyone."

Social media fascination with the pair’s relationship turned sour last year, however, when they came under fire for an Instagram post celebrating their 12^th anniversary.

The pair were called ‘tone-deaf’ after, during domestic violence awareness month, Bell posted a picture of her and Shepard with the caption: “Happy 12th wedding anniversary to the man who, after an episode of Dateline, once said to me: ‘I would never kill you. A lot of men have killed their wives at a certain point. Even though I’m heavily incentivized to kill you, I never would.'”

Bell and Shepard were slammed by both social media commentators and experts alike, with domestic violence campaigners criticising the ‘joke’.

Now, Shepard has broken the couple’s silence on the post, talking to Nikki Glaser about it in the new episode of Armchair Expert.

He said: “I was alerted by someone that this whole thing was happening. Kristen knew through her publicist, but didn’t tell me.

“So, I actually didn’t know, and this was brought to my attention after a week and a half... I had no clue.”

Though he spoke out, Shepard did not comment on the joke itself, which many online felt was disrespectful to victims of femicide. One comment on her Instagram post received over 55,000 likes simply saying: "Domestic violence isn’t a joke."