Overview

• On Sept. 4, Bell shared an Instagram message thanking Shepard for 21 years of sobriety and wrote that the milestone looks like “hugging life.”
• Her photo carousel showed Shepard embracing their daughters, Lincoln, 12, and Delta, 10, along with a picture of the couple kissing.
• Shepard replied in the comments, joking that the tribute made him cry because he “can’t turn to booze.”
• Friends and fans added congratulations in the comments, with notes from Nina Dobrev, Rachel Bilson, Cheyenne Jackson, Walton Goggins and Terry Crews.
• Shepard first became sober in 2004 and publicly disclosed on his Armchair Expert podcast in 2020 that he had relapsed on prescribed painkillers after vehicle injuries before recommitting to sobriety.