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Kristen Bell has come under fire from fans after making an 'insensitive' joke about husband Dax Shepard not murdering her.
The Veronica Mars star, 45, took to Instagram on Saturday to share a snap of her and Dax - who have been married since 2013 - to celebrate their anniversary.
She wrote: 'Happy 12th wedding anniversary to the man who once said to me: "I would never kill you.
'"A lot of men have killed their wives at a certain point. Even though I'm heavily incentivized to kill you, I never would."❤️'
The post was badly received by fans, who pointed out that Bell had made the 'joke' during Domestic Violence Awareness Month highlighted the rising cases of femicide.
Taking to the comment section, they wrote: 'Thats a wildly sad and insensitive thing to say considering it's domestic violence awareness month and thousands of women have died a the hands of the man they trusted...';
'Kristen there's no way you posted this during domestic violence awareness month,';
'It really does show a side to her that at minimum, it's tone deaf. But they have been doing very concerning things for a while. Specially when he had relapsed,';
'The number one cause of death for pregnant women is their partner. Super tone deaf hun,';
'Hey! i've been a fan for a while. I just wanted to say that please don't joke about domestic violence. Please keep in mind that this is something real that lots of people suffer on a daily basis. And the text could be triggering for victims,';
'Incredibly insensitive! I'm just shocked she posted this,'; 'That's….a very weird thing to say,';
'Is femicide not a thing in the US? Here in the Netherlands a woman is killed by her (ex)partner every 8 days. So to post this and call it sweet or a joke is wild to me,';
'Domestic violence isn't a joke,'; 'Domestic violence and violence against women aren't jokes Kristen,';
'1. Congratulations! 2. I know the caption is supposed to be cute, funny, but worldwide a women is killed every ten minutes by their partner...#stopviolenceagainstwomen,';
'How can any self respecting woman stay with a man who "jokes" like that? I'm not even a very serious person, but that would have me leaving so fast your head would spin.'
It comes after Bell revealed her husband couldn't get enough of her on-screen kiss with Adam Brody — and even celebrated it with his friends.
While speaking at the inaugural Televerse event in Los Angeles in August, the actress revealed that her spouse, 50, was on an off-roading trip when Netflix dropped season one of her hit series Nobody Wants This.
Even miles away, he still found a way to show his support by sending her a voice memo.
Over background music from the scene — and 'screaming' of 'Oh my god!' — Bell said she got to hear Shepard and his buddies cheering as her character, Joanne, finally locked lips with Noah (Brody).
Looking back on it, the mom-of-two said his excitement 'says a lot' about how invested he was in the fictional couple's romance.
In the scene, Noah and Joanne are talking on the street when he tells her to put down her ice cream and bag so he can kiss her.
Both Brody and Bell revealed that the script described it as 'the world's greatest kiss,' which only raised the stakes and their nerves.
Bell joked that the scene came with 'max pressure' and that she and Brody were determined to do it justice.
In the [first kiss] moment, it is meant to give the audience the passion of these two people and their comfort together, because comfort can be incredibly passionate,' Bell explained.
'It's a deep, beautiful emotion, and we don't associate it with kissing very much.'
After each take, she recalls running over to Foster and asking: 'Was it cute? Was it hot? Did you like it?'
When asked why she scripted it as 'the world's greatest kiss' without any further instructions, Foster admitted that she gets self conscious writing 'sexy moments' and using 'romance novel lingo.'
'I don't know how to say, he sweeps his hands in her hair and she locks eyes... that just weirds me out!' she confessed. 'I think that was more laziness on my part. But there was definitely some strategy behind the kiss.'