Overview
- Bell marked her 12th wedding anniversary with a post quoting her husband saying he would never kill her, a line widely read as a joke about domestic homicide.
- The National Network to End Domestic Violence said there is nothing funny about jokes that minimize victims' fear, trauma and pain.
- Her Instagram post remains public with comments limited, and neither Bell nor Dax Shepard has issued a substantive response.
- Therapists and other mental-health professionals criticized the caption as terribly insensitive, while some followers defended it as dark or inside humor.
- Media attention amplified the fallout, with NBC's Dateline weighing in on Instagram, and coverage noting Bell's past public support for survivors.