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Kristen Bell: No Plans to Wed Dax Shepard Until Gay Marriage Legalized

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Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard have been engaged for nearly two years, and they still have no plans to tie the knot any time soon.

How come?

In an interview with The Advocate, the “House of Lies” star reveals they want to wait until gay marriage is legal throughout the United States.

Bell tells the mag, “The reason we’re not rushing to get married is because I don’t feel appropriate taking advantage of a right that’s denied to my best friends.”

“That’s why we’ve been so hesitant,” she says, explaining, “Dax and I have talked about it a lot, and this issue is very important to both of us. We’re just standing up for what we believe in. Period.”

One of the best friends Bell is referring to is Zachary Quinto, who came out last fall.

The actress, who’s been close with Quinto for 13 years and starred with him on “Heroes,” says she’s “wildly proud” of his decision to come out, noting, “He has known exactly who he is since the day I met him.”

Bell also talks about Shepard in the interview, calling him “the most charming, adorable human walking the planet.”

Of course, how could she not love a man who surprised her with a sloth on her birthday?

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  • Ahahha

    Stupid much?

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_STGHC2F2CUJS4ZPNDARUIVJRUI Nancy K

    Bullshit. She just wants to latch onto any excuse not to go through with it. She doesn’t give a crap about equal rights for every citizen. She should at least be honest to her fiance.

  • rayna

    One or the other doesn’t want to get married.

  • Boxergal

    this is the dumbest shit i have ever heard of just as i thought it was when charlize theron said about marrying stewart townsend it just a stupied excuse not to get tied down do these actresses really think these politicans really give a rats ass if they get married or not i dont think so

  • Danny

    How is this stupid or fake? This isn’t something I’d necessarily do, but I think it’s a very good decision for both of them. It is a right that many people don’t get, so why abuse it until everyone can have the same human right?

  • Stacy

    Kristen bell was also engaged to a different guy before Dax for four years and never got married. Trust me this girl first want the commitment this is an excuse. So it’s 7 total years of being engaged with two different men

  • STFU!

    Ummmm, Brangelina tried this stunt already a few years ago….to date, they still are not married. The hell makes u think ur relevant enough to get it done, seein as how ur both barely C-listers?! Lmfao! Have a seat please!

  • Sup

    She costars on a TV series, but she’s barely a C-lister?! Maybe you should “STFU”!

  • Sup

    One of my clients has been engaged to her (male) partner for ten years, they have two kids, and they don’t plan to marry until gay marriage is legal. Why? Her best friend is gay, and he can’t marry his love. If more people took such a stance, the world would be a better place.

  • Stacy

    OK, so was this the same stunt Kristen Bell pulled when she was engaged to that Kevin guy for FOUR years before she met Dax? She just doesnt want to get married.

    Or is this a PR stunt to get people not to notice she just lost her 3.2 million house in L.A. to foreclosure?

  • Aeryn

    What tv series? lol. I didn’t know she was doing anything after heroes.

  • Aeryn

    That excuse makes me want to roll my eyes. I think a large part of Hollywood is using the whole gay platform to be in the headlines. B-C-D list celebs that use this excuse are just copying off of Brangelina.

    It’s not like holding off their marriage will actually get gay marriage approved so there’s no reason to make such statements.Dumb. If she cares so much, why doesn’t she do something to get the legislation passed.

  • Hayley

    Get over it. So what if she is choosing to wait until Gay Marriage is legalized. I think it is awesome!!! Her best friend is gay and cant marry the one he loves so she probably thinks why should she be able too. we live in a cruel world and we need people like her to stand up and make this issue known. If she didnt want to get married, she wouldnt be engaged in the first place.

  • Lee

    sheesh people. she doesn’t think she’s relevant enough to make the change herself, she just doesn’t feel comfortable utilizing a right many of her closest friends don’t have – and if that works for them then good for them. how about you read the full interview anyway, you’ll get a better idea of what she’s saying and why. http://www.advocate.com/Print_Issue/Spectator/Kristen_Bell_Saved_By_the_Bell/

    and Stacy, as for her relationship with kevin mann – they went out for 4 years so it’s a bit of a stretch to claim she was engaged to him for that long too. in fact it was never confirmed that she was engaged to him at all, it was just assumed.

  • higglty pigglty

    “House of Lies” which is her 28th credit since “Heroes” including three projects in post and one in preproduction…guess you haven’t been following the dotted line of her career as closely as you thought.

  • Ross

    So for all that time she blows off anyone who asks her about marriage plans and she has said many times it is nobody’s business. Then all if a sudden the same month news leaks out she decided to walk away from paying her mortgage on her 3.2 million dollar mansion and it is foreclosed she then drops this bomb linking her non marriage with the gay marriage issue. That is a very nice job by her publicist if I must say myself. Starting to get negative flack about being one of the problems killing the housing market for people and all of a sudden getting a nice positive story out there

  • Lee

    Well then, i for one am super impressed that her publicist managed to shift the entire print order of a publication in order to ensure that some good press gets out there ASAP – because lord knows the world hates her after the whole sloth incident.

    Just so you know, this interview would have taken place 4 – 6 weeks ago, because thats how far in advance monthly magazine publications work (i’m not talking out my ass, i’m in the industry). This therefore means that her publicist had nothing to do with the timing of the release. Also, if you take the time to read the actual article you will find that she admits to blowing people off when they have asked the question in the past… and then she goes on to explain why. it all makes more sense in the context of the interview.

    PS, i’m not saying that a foreclosed house is a good thing, or acceptable – although i will point out we don’t actually know the details of what happened there except from what a tabloid gossip site has posted. All i am saying is that the timing of the two things aren’t related.

  • Lee

    Well then, i for one am very impressed with her publicist, since he / she has the power and influence necessary to change an entire publications print schedule, just to get some positive press out there ASAP – because lord knows this woman needs it after that whole sloth incident – everybody hates her now. (hopefully all sarcasm is duly noted.)

    My point is that this interview would’ve taken place in the last 4 – 6 weeks because thats generally how the monthly publication scenario works. (I’m not talking out my ass either, i am in the industry). This means therefore that her publicist was not in control of when this article was released that was already set ages ago. Also, i repeat, if you read the actual article in question and see what she is saying in context (including her answer as to why she has blown off the question in the past) u may at least appreciate where she is coming from. (or maybe not – to each there own).

    PS. i am not saying that the house foreclosure thing was acceptable, although i will point out that we don’t know the full story since our only information on it has come from a tabloid site. But that is neither here not there – and another conversation entirely, what i am trying to say is that these two things are not related, that is all.

  • Lee

    Wow, i do go on a bit don’t I (twice). Sorry about that. my internet went loopy and i doubled my post in error.

  • Ross

    Good point. The publicist told them to give Ellen show the sloth home video to pre-empt the foreclosure with a positive distraction. Basically I am sick of Hollywood celebs constantly preaching politics from their soap box telling Americans how to live their life and spend their money and if they do do this or that they are bad. And then in their personal lives they are hypocrites screwing over taxpayers and homeowners like this example

  • guest

    Just maybe Kristen or Dax or both are either gay or not interested in marriage and have a friendship of convenience. If it works for them thats great.

  • Debtykie

    so, you all taking a stand so you put your whole life on hold for something like gay marriage.
    oh you don’t wanna get married ok, i got it. in regards to gay marriage, i remain confused, live
    life to the fullest with your choices but, this stand makes no sense you’re not proving anything
    except you probably will not ever get married.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=634906943 Den Eice

    Didn’t Brad Pitt and Angelina pull that same crap?

  • Da Le

    It’s funny that she’s so big on Gay Marriage and her boyfriend wrote such a homophobic and racist move HIT AND RUN.

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