Dax Shepard Complains About Financial Insecurity Amid Strikes, Despite Having A $40 Million Ne
Highlights
- Dax Shepard admits to feeling financial pressure due to SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes, despite his reported net worth of $40 million.
- Dax's anxieties about money stem from his childhood experiences of financial insecurity.
- The ongoing strikes may strain Dax Shepard and Kristen Bell's marriage, as they have been open about their past marital problems and the need for counseling.
Many people in the entertainment industry are facing financial insecurity, as the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes wage on. However, some have perceived Dax Shepard's recent comments about how the protests are affecting his finances to be tone deaf, considering his net worth.
During a recent episode of his Armchair Expert podcast, Dax hosted Jason Derulo as a guest and they started discussing how “money fights” can lead to “turmoil” in relationships.
Dax Says His Financial Anxieties Were Caused By A Poor Childhood
Dax admitted he feel the financial pressure caused by the strikes have infiltrated arguments in his personal life.
“I am currently in a, like, two-month spiral of just completely out of hand financial insecurity,” he explained. “This new fear of, ‘I’m gonna somehow be broke or I’m gonna lose everything, podcasting is gonna be over, there’s an actors strike and I’m not gonna act.’ It’s so foundationless, it’s preposterous.”
But the actor said he recognizes that his fear aren’t wholly based on the present situation. Rather, a lot of it stems from his childhood, when he grew up in financial insecurity. Dax says he’s scared about the same happening again, especially now that he’s a father himself.
“It’s not related to reality,” he went on. “It’s from growing up poor. I just can’t shake it. So, to your point, you watch your parents fight about money, you think money’s the problem. But money’s not the problem.”
Dax And Kristen Are Worth Millions, But This Could Hurt Their Marriage
Dax Shepard and his wife Kristen Bell both have serious fortunes to their names. Dax has had a lot of successful television roles, including in It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, King of the Hill, and My Name is Earl, in addition to films like Idiocracy and CHIPS, helping him to amass a reported net worth of $40 million.
Likewise, Kristen is a successful film and television star, with her best-known role arguably being as the lead in Veronica Mars. She’s also reportedly worth an estimated $40 million.
Even though they appear financially secure, the stress of the ongoing strikes could put a strain on their marriage. Dax and Kristen have been vocal about their marital problems before, even admitting to counselling.
“I felt very inauthentic to pretend like it’s easy because it’s not, it is so hard,” Kristen said of working on their marriage in 2022. “We met, we fell in love, we’re both very stubborn people, and year one and two was turbulent, and we thought we need outside opinions.”
Specifically of therapy, the actress explained, “We need a bigger toolbox – everyone’s born with a tiny toolbox – so we went to therapy and we figured out how to disagree but still love each other.”
Kristen and Dax have been married since 2013, though they were together for nearlt decade before officially tying the knot. The Metro Detroit natives began dating in 2007 before announcing their engagement in 2010. The couple shares two daughters, born in 2013 and 2014.
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