Dax Shepard confessed to flirting with an A-list actress despite knowing she was married at the time.
During a recent episode of his “Armchair Expert” podcast, the 51-year-old actor was discussing his friendship with guests Erin and Sara Foster and how they got close when he was dating actress Kate Hudson,
The conversation then shifted to how Shepard and Hudson became a couple, with the actor’s co-host, Monica Padman, sharing he was “obsessed” with Hudson way before they got together.
“What happened was I was friends with Oliver. I f- – -ing adore Oliver. I was at his house one night playing poker and she came and played and she was still with Chris,” he said. “I just thought she was so f- – -ing beautiful and I was like ‘Oh my god I can’t believe she’s here.'”
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Despite knowing the actress was married, the podcast host said he “gave her everything I had in the reserve tank.”
He recalled leaving that night thinking, “Well, that’s as good of a job as one can do. She’s married. Who cares?” and that he could walk away knowing he had “a great first showing.”
Following Hudson’s separation from Chris Robinson, Shepard ran into her at a dinner hosted by their mutual friend, Steve Brill, and took his chance.
“Now she’s single and I’m like, ‘Let’s see if we can f- – -ing muster up this magic and get it going again,’” he said. “And then I got it going again. And then from that night on we were just together every single day.”
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The two dated for a few months in 2007 but remained friendly following their break-up.
During an appearance on his podcast in November 2019, Hudson and Shepard revealed that they initially were playing a joke on the paparazzi when they walked out of Nobu together holding hands, but then it ended up leading to something more.
“I was acting mad at the paparazzi that they were invading our privacy,” Shepard explained. “And then it just somehow led to hanging out!”
“Then I wanted to have sex with him,” Hudson added. “It was like the perfect move.”
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After they went their separate ways, Shepard began dating actress Kristen Bell, who he tied the knot with in 2013. They now share two daughters, Lincoln, 13, and Delta, 11.
Hudson was later engaged to Muse front man Matthew Bellamy from 2011 until they broke up in 2014. In their time together they welcomed one son, Bingham, 15, who joined Hudson’s son Ryder, 22, from her relationship with Robinson.
She is now engaged to Danny Fujikawa, who she began dating in 2016. They share one child together, a daughter named Rani, 8.