Kristen Bell is defending her husband, Dax Shepard ‘s interesting second date tactic of stealing gum from her mouth and chewing it. The Nobody Wants This actress, 44, shared the story during her Monday, September 23, appearance on The View after cohost Sunny Hostin asked her about it. “Dax also said that on your second meeting, he took the gum that you had been chewing and put it in his own mouth,” Hostin, 55, began, noting that the move “divided the hosts” and audience.
“Did that gross you out at the time or is it hot?” Bell replied, “Let me start with the fact that, that’s not meant to create a divide. He didn’t ask you to take his gum, did he? OK, then there really shouldn’t be a divide about this. It was an experience we had.
” She continued: “I personally thought it was very cute and it was the indicator, after we had been talking and chatting for awhile and I was like, ‘Oh this guy’s kinda cute and special.’ And then I guess I was being flirty and took it out of my mouth and then he took it. And I was like, ‘Well.
..’ I said, ‘Understood.
’” Bell and Shepard, 49, are no strangers to talking about their longtime romance and some of the wild things they hear about themselves. During an appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show earlier this month, Shepard set the record straight about rumors that he and Bell are swingers after fellow celebs jokingly questioned why they weren’t invited to their “swing parties.” “There was the most .