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Kristen Bell says husband Dax Shepard was 'screaming' over her steamy on-screen kiss with Adam Brody
Kristen Bell said her husband, Dax Shepard, couldn't get enough of her on-screen kiss with Adam Brody — and even celebrated it with his friends.
While speaking at the inaugural Televerse event in Los Angeles on Friday, the actress, 45, revealed that her spouse, 50, was on an off-roading trip when Netflix dropped season one of her hit series Nobody Wants This.
Even miles away, he still found a way to show his support by sending her a voice memo.
Over background music from the scene — and 'screaming' of 'Oh my god!' — Bell said she got to hear Shepard and his buddies cheering as her character, Joanne, finally locked lips with Noah (Brody).
Looking back on it, the mom-of-two said his excitement 'says a lot' about how invested he was in the fictional couple's romance.
In the scene, Noah and Joanne are talking on the street when he tells her to put down her ice cream and bag so he can kiss her.
Both Brody and Bell revealed that the script described it as 'the world's greatest kiss,' which only raised the stakes and their nerves.
Bell joked that the scene came with 'max pressure' and that she and Brody were determined to do it justice.
'In the [first kiss] moment, it is meant to give the audience the passion of these two people and their comfort together, because comfort can be incredibly passionate,' Bell explained. 'It's a deep, beautiful emotion, and we don't associate it with kissing very much.'
After each take, she recalls running over to Foster and asking: 'Was it cute? Was it hot? Did you like it?'
When asked why she scripted it as 'the world's greatest kiss' without any further instructions, Foster admitted that she gets self conscious writing 'sexy moments' and using 'romance novel lingo.'
'I don't know how to say, he sweeps his hands in her hair and she locks eyes... that just weirds me out!' she confessed. 'I think that was more laziness on my part. But there was definitely some strategy behind the kiss.'
She went on to say that the kiss was designed to anchor the story.
'I think that sometimes as women, there's sort of a universal language that we all know with each other. We have a responsibility when we're creating something that we are telling the narrative of romance to young women,' she told the audience. 'And a lot of it is, have you know their habits that you sort of don't want to emulate, and the idea of showing women a healthy relationship.'
She continued: 'Sometimes as a woman, we want men to talk to us like we're a little delicate and strong, and to support us.'
As the series prepares to return for season two, she explained that Joanne and Noah's relationship will move into more mature territory, facing questions about family and cohabitation.
'Joanne and Noah are now at a place in their relationship for season two where they're asking each other different questions,' Foster shared. 'Everyone's been in the first couple months of a relationship, and everyone's past the threshold where you ask if you and your partner are going to dinner with each other's families or if you are going to cohabitate with one another. There's all of these teeny, tiny things that link you closer to someone else.'
Jackie Tohn, who plays Esther — married to Noah's older brother Sasha (Timothy Simons) — also teased that her character is realizing she wants to embrace joy like Joanne and Noah instead of creating 'self-imposed bad times.'
The show, created by Foster, follows Joanne, an agnostic podcast host, and Noah, an unconventional rabbi, as they navigate love and faith.
Their first kiss, which went viral, resonated with viewers for blending passion and comfort — a balance Bell and Foster both say is at the heart of the series.
Nobody Wants This returns for season two on October 23, 2025.
