Kristen Bell Says She's 'Competitive' With Husband Dax Shepard —Excepton the Pickleball Court (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Photo: Kristen Bell InstagramThe family that plays together slays together!Kristen Bellsays that she andDax Shepardlove playing pickleball on the weekends, so much that they drew a court on their driveway.“Oh, it getsused, let me just say that,” Bell, 44, tells PEOPLE, noting that they mostly play for fun and keep the trash talk to a minimum.“We’re competitive together all the time, but we’re nice when we’re playing pickleball,” she says. “We’re not trying to make each other break a hip or anything.“Dax Shepard kristen bell 2023.Peru Williams/Variety via GettyBell, who currently stars in the new Netflix seriesNobody Wants This, got married to the 49-year-old actor and podcast host in 2013. The pair are parents to daughters Lincoln, 11, and Delta, 9.While she prefers to keep her kids private and off social media, she does say the new school year has been great so far — except for an adjustment to a new school and a new amount of schoolwork.“It’s a grade that requires them to acknowledge more responsibility,” she says. “So I’m doing my best to support that and not make it too serious. Like saying, ‘Look, if you forgot that homework, you forgot that homework. It’s not like you’re not going to get into college. Let’s be realistic. It’s sixth grade. But at the same time, let’s try to do better tomorrow.'“Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell with their daughters on Instagram.Kristen Bell/InstagramBell is also starting anew, in a way. After taking a few years off, she’s excited to get back to working on a series again.She says thatNobody Wants This(which also starsAdam Brodyand is out Sept. 26) was exactly the type of project that appealed to her.Based partly on the real-life experience of creator and executive producerErin Foster(daughter of musicianDavid Foster), the show focuses on Bell’s character, a confidently agnostic sex podcast producer, falling in love with a kind rabbi (Brody).“I liked it so much because it felt like a very modern take on romance, and the characters are not 22, they’re, like, 38,” she says. “It addresses everything from the perils of dating apps to more serious topics like what it means for people with different backgrounds and outlooks on life to bridge those differences in the name of love.“TheVeronica Marsalum also says that “it was time” to get back to work — her only concern was that it would be fun to shoot.“I’m definitely drawn to projects where I think I’m going to have a good time experientially versus going through some intense hardship and hoping for a great creative outcome,” she says.“I guess I’m a lazy artist.” She corrects herself: “Ajoyfulartist.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Nobody Wants Thisis now streaming on Netflix.

Photo: Kristen Bell Instagram

The family that plays together slays together!Kristen Bellsays that she andDax Shepardlove playing pickleball on the weekends, so much that they drew a court on their driveway.“Oh, it getsused, let me just say that,” Bell, 44, tells PEOPLE, noting that they mostly play for fun and keep the trash talk to a minimum.“We’re competitive together all the time, but we’re nice when we’re playing pickleball,” she says. “We’re not trying to make each other break a hip or anything.“Dax Shepard kristen bell 2023.Peru Williams/Variety via GettyBell, who currently stars in the new Netflix seriesNobody Wants This, got married to the 49-year-old actor and podcast host in 2013. The pair are parents to daughters Lincoln, 11, and Delta, 9.While she prefers to keep her kids private and off social media, she does say the new school year has been great so far — except for an adjustment to a new school and a new amount of schoolwork.“It’s a grade that requires them to acknowledge more responsibility,” she says. “So I’m doing my best to support that and not make it too serious. Like saying, ‘Look, if you forgot that homework, you forgot that homework. It’s not like you’re not going to get into college. Let’s be realistic. It’s sixth grade. But at the same time, let’s try to do better tomorrow.'“Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell with their daughters on Instagram.Kristen Bell/InstagramBell is also starting anew, in a way. After taking a few years off, she’s excited to get back to working on a series again.She says thatNobody Wants This(which also starsAdam Brodyand is out Sept. 26) was exactly the type of project that appealed to her.Based partly on the real-life experience of creator and executive producerErin Foster(daughter of musicianDavid Foster), the show focuses on Bell’s character, a confidently agnostic sex podcast producer, falling in love with a kind rabbi (Brody).“I liked it so much because it felt like a very modern take on romance, and the characters are not 22, they’re, like, 38,” she says. “It addresses everything from the perils of dating apps to more serious topics like what it means for people with different backgrounds and outlooks on life to bridge those differences in the name of love.“TheVeronica Marsalum also says that “it was time” to get back to work — her only concern was that it would be fun to shoot.“I’m definitely drawn to projects where I think I’m going to have a good time experientially versus going through some intense hardship and hoping for a great creative outcome,” she says.“I guess I’m a lazy artist.” She corrects herself: “Ajoyfulartist.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Nobody Wants Thisis now streaming on Netflix.

The family that plays together slays together!

Kristen Bellsays that she andDax Shepardlove playing pickleball on the weekends, so much that they drew a court on their driveway.

“Oh, it getsused, let me just say that,” Bell, 44, tells PEOPLE, noting that they mostly play for fun and keep the trash talk to a minimum.

“We’re competitive together all the time, but we’re nice when we’re playing pickleball,” she says. “We’re not trying to make each other break a hip or anything.”

Dax Shepard kristen bell 2023.Peru Williams/Variety via Getty

Peru Williams/Variety via Getty

Bell, who currently stars in the new Netflix seriesNobody Wants This, got married to the 49-year-old actor and podcast host in 2013. The pair are parents to daughters Lincoln, 11, and Delta, 9.

While she prefers to keep her kids private and off social media, she does say the new school year has been great so far — except for an adjustment to a new school and a new amount of schoolwork.

“It’s a grade that requires them to acknowledge more responsibility,” she says. “So I’m doing my best to support that and not make it too serious. Like saying, ‘Look, if you forgot that homework, you forgot that homework. It’s not like you’re not going to get into college. Let’s be realistic. It’s sixth grade. But at the same time, let’s try to do better tomorrow.'”

Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell with their daughters on Instagram.Kristen Bell/Instagram

Bell is also starting anew, in a way. After taking a few years off, she’s excited to get back to working on a series again.

She says thatNobody Wants This(which also starsAdam Brodyand is out Sept. 26) was exactly the type of project that appealed to her.

Based partly on the real-life experience of creator and executive producerErin Foster(daughter of musicianDavid Foster), the show focuses on Bell’s character, a confidently agnostic sex podcast producer, falling in love with a kind rabbi (Brody).

“I liked it so much because it felt like a very modern take on romance, and the characters are not 22, they’re, like, 38,” she says. “It addresses everything from the perils of dating apps to more serious topics like what it means for people with different backgrounds and outlooks on life to bridge those differences in the name of love.”

TheVeronica Marsalum also says that “it was time” to get back to work — her only concern was that it would be fun to shoot.

“I’m definitely drawn to projects where I think I’m going to have a good time experientially versus going through some intense hardship and hoping for a great creative outcome,” she says.

“I guess I’m a lazy artist.” She corrects herself: “Ajoyfulartist.”

Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

Nobody Wants Thisis now streaming on Netflix.

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