Dax Shepard breaks down over Kristen Bell’s surprise for his dying father: ‘She’s intuitive like…’ |

Actor Dax Shepard became emotional recounting his father’s final days. His wife, Kristen Bell, seven months pregnant, surprised him by flying to Detroit to offer support. This profound gesture allowed Shepard’s father to feel his unborn grandchild’s belly before he passed away, a moment the family treasures.

Dax Shepard, best known for his role in the beloved drama series ‘Parenthood’ and as the host of the widely popular podcast ‘Armchair Expert’, has never been one to shy away from vulnerability. The actor got emotional in a new interview, recounting one of the most profound moments of his life. He opened up about the final days of his father, Dave Shepard, and the unexpected gesture from his wife, actress Kristen Bell, that moved the entire audience to applause.Shepard, 51, opened up about grief, discussing his father Dave Shepard’s longtime health struggles and addiction journey, which culminated in a diagnosis of small-cell carcinoma in 2012.

A moment Dax Shepard will never forget

Speaking to CNN, the actor expressed gratitude for the many well-wishers from his father’s time in Alcoholics Anonymous. He also recalled that they “put me in the position of them grieving and me having to comfort them.” He grew to “resent” this feeling as he was grappling with his own grief.Shepard stepped outside the Detroit area hospital to call his then-fiancée, Bell, 45, who was seven months pregnant at the time. What happened next left him speechless.“It’s okay,” Shepard recalled Bell saying on the phone. “I’m here. Look to the left.”“Mind you, we live in California, and I’m in Detroit,” Shepard continued through tears. “And I look to my left, and she’s standing there, seven months pregnant. She had flown, she knew I was struggling, and she had flown and not told me and figured out where this hospital was and was standing next to the car. What a champ, you know?”

A goodbye that the family will always treasure

The couple then got to introduce Dave to his unborn grandchild in the hospital room. “He got to feel her belly,” Shepard said, as a photo of the emotional moment was shared on screen to applause from the audience. “Look how cute she looks with that belly,” he added with a laugh.Shepard had previously shared the photo on Instagram in June 2022 to mark Father’s Day. Dave Shepard passed away just three months before Shepard and Bell’s daughter, Lincoln, was born.