Kristen Bell is uncertain if her husband, Dax Shepard, will be joining as her plus one at the 2025 SAG Awards, acknowledging that “he’s his own man.”
Bell, 44, who became the first-ever host of the SAG Awards in 2018, returns to host Sunday’s ceremony. She will also compete for Best Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as agnostic sex podcaster Joanne in Netflix’s Nobody Wants This.
Still, the Good Place alum is unsure if Shepard, 50, will be there to support her in person or from the comfort of their own home.
“He’s his own man and I support him,” Bell told People in a new interview. “I don’t know if he’ll even come because to be honest, we don’t have very many babysitters who are ever available and he has to watch the children.”
The couple of more than a decade share two young daughters Lincoln, 11, and Delta, nine.
“Sometimes he’s just like, ‘We have no babysitter, God bless, I hope you do great and have a fun night,’” Bell shared.
Last month, Shepard went viral after Bell caught him redhanded watching Sunday Night Football at the 2025 Golden Globes.
That night, Bell posted an Instagram video showing her podcast husband with his phone propped between his legs at the awards show. “#Priorities,” she captioned the clip.
She had been nominated in the Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series — Music or Comedy category for her role in Nobody Wants This. However, Bell didn’t end up winning the award, which instead went to Hacks star Jean Smart.
Bell was announced as the 2025 SAG Awards host last November before multiple wildfires broke out in the Los Angeles area. Following the blazes, which destroyed thousands of homes and structures, the Veronica Mars star said she thought all 2025 awards shows should be canceled so the money could go to fire victims.
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She later came to the realization that “these awards shows are a huge part of Los Angeles’ economy, employing hundreds, if not thousands, of gig workers: drivers, hair and makeup artists, musicians.”
“It’s actually paramount we have them so these people can work,” Bell said. “At first, it felt superfluous to have an awards show. Then I thought, I know so many people who lost homes in the fire. All they’re begging for is a night of normalcy and funny laughs. I felt like we could give them both.”
The 2025 SAG Awards will be available to stream live on Netflix on Sunday, beginning at 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT. You can find the full list of nominees here.
