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Dax Shepard Tells Ex on Podcast He Feared He’d Never Love Again After Their Split

A “Mom’s Car” Armchair Expert conversation revisits their nine-year open relationship to explain how it informed an amicable breakup.

Overview

  • The Oct. 21 Armchair Expert episode features Shepard driving ex Briegh Morrison for a candid “Mom’s Car” discussion with co-host Aaron Weakley.
  • Shepard describes the split as amicable yet says he carried a deep fear he would not fall in love again and felt disoriented for a period afterward.
  • Morrison says the breakup was painful because she had prepared for children and a settled life as she felt time pressures mounting.
  • After parting, Shepard later married Kristen Bell and they share two daughters, while Morrison married Marvel executive Brad Winderbaum.
  • Shepard says he remains friends with exes and notes Bell was initially uneasy with that dynamic before becoming comfortable over time.