Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard: Just married!
Beloved celebrity parents Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard married quietly in a simple ceremony at the Beverly Hills County Clerk's office last week.
Huge congrats to celeb parents Kristen Bell, 32, and Dax Shepard, 38!
The beloved actors — and Mom and Dad to daughter Lincoln, 7 months — tied the knot in a simple, bells-and-whistles-free private ceremony at the Beverly Hills County Clerk's office last Thursday, October 17.
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TMZ reported the big news first, and Kristen later confirmed it Saturday, tweeting, "Wife coffee tastes way better than regular coffee in the morning :) @daxshepard1." Awwww, she's hard not to LOVE.
The Veronica Mars actress and her Parenthood hubby reportedly went to the County Clerk's office to get a marriage license. When a court employee offered to marry them right then and there, they agreed, went to the nearest available courtroom and tied the knot. TMZ says the couple had a cameraperson with them and that Kristen was crying.
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Surprised that they were married at the county clerk's office? TMZ says it's no surprise at all. According to them, Kristen has talked about it in the past. "I feel like we get enough attention in our daily lives," she has said, "and we just want something sort of private that involves pen and paper." Makes sense.
Kristen and Dax's marriage is kind of a big deal — not only because we love this Hollywood couple soooo, but also because they've been engaged so long (since 2009), having vowed not to get married until the ban on same-sex marriages was lifted. Indeed, as we reported, when Proposition 8 was overturned in California and the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was lifted, back in June, Kristen proposed to Dax on Twitter: "@daxshepard1 will you marry me? Xo #marriageequality #loveislove."
AND, just the other day, Friday, October 18, the new mom was spotted wearing her new wedding band...
Kristen was photo'd here on her way to a friend's house with an armful of clothes and a post-wedding smile on her face, in Los Feliz, Sunday, October 20.
Aaaaand a closeup...
No details yet on any additional wedding plans. Of course, I'll keep you posted!
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Congrats again to Kristen and Dax!
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Haley Overland is a writer/editor at Today's Parent. Our resident celebrity queen, she dishes out all the sweetest scoop on celebrity families at our Celebrity Candy blog. She has interviewed celeb moms like Jennifer Garner, Jessica Alba and Jillian Michaels, and has shared her expertise on CTV’s ETalk. Haley also has an award-winning personal blog, CheatyMonkey.com, where she writes about everything from motherhood to yoga, her dog “Betty White” and what it's like to be Clive Owen's girlfriend. Haley has two kids, whom she fondly refers to online as “The Monkey” and “The Rascal.”