Dax Shepard and Cher can agree on one thing: Kristen Bell deserves the best.
While interviewing the pop icon for his Armchair Expert podcast episode posted Monday (Jan. 5), the actor asked his guest who would be a better partner for his famous wife than him. “I know you think she could do better,” Shepard said of Bell, who joined in for the conversation and blushed as Shepard posed the question. “Who would be your pick?”
In response, Cher said of her Burlesque costar, “The truth is, I trust her.”
“So, you must have something that I don’t see,” she continued to Shepard. “And you seem like a good dad.”
The discussion came shortly after Shepard had touched on his past struggles with substance abuse, at which point he’d noted how grateful he feels to have ended up marrying Bell, with whom he now shares two girls. In the moment, Cher had quipped, “You’re lucky. She’s definitely the better half.”
“I understand, nobody’s good enough for her,” Shepard later added of the Nobody Wants This star, who then came to her husband’s defense.
“There’s a lot to this man … Trust me, he’s a slow burn, but you’re gonna learn to love him,” Bell assured Cher. “He’s almost too good for me.”
One thing the trio could definitely agree on was that a husband’s ability to support his wife’s success makes him more attractive. “I’ll tell you thing you should like about me,” Shepard told Cher. “I’m not threatened by [Kristen] shining. I love it. The shinier she gets, the better.”
“Alexander’s that way, too,” Cher responded, referencing her boyfriend, rapper Alexander “AE” Edwards. “The more I shine, the more he has fun.”
Cher’s podcast appearance comes ahead of the highly anticipated second part in her memoir series, which is expected to arrive later this year. The first part, Cher: The Memoir, was published in November 2024.
The first book delves into her tumultuous relationship with Sonny Bono, Cher’s ex-husband and former Sonny & Cher bandmate. On the podcast, the Grammy winner also touched on staying on good terms with Bono after their split — but “not with his wife.”
“No, because she’s trying to take all my money,” Cher added cheekily of Mary Bono, who recently appealed the former’s win against the latter in their legal battle for Sonny & Cher royalties. “It’s been fascinating.”
Watch Cher’s full appearance on Armchair Expert below.
