Claims extracted
21
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
0%
0 of 21 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
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“You told me you didn’t believe in marriage,” the “Nobody Wants This” actress told Shepard.
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actress → tell → Shepard
“You told me why.
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You → tell → me
I didn’t think there would ever be an answer because I was like, ‘I kind of like that tradition.’”
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I → think → tradition
Per Bell, Shepard reasoned at the time, “A piece of paper filed at a courthouse somewhere in California is not going to dictate how I treat you.
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I → reason → you
So I’m going to treat you well and act like your partner for the rest of your life, but it has nothing to do with that piece of paper.”
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it → go → paper
Despite being more “traditional,” she admitted that, at the time, the “Parenthood” actor made a “pretty decent point.”
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actor → admit → point
“I was like, ‘OK well, he treats me like his wife, so who cares?'”
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who → treat → wife
Shepard, 51, added, “There was some anarchist point of view of like I don’t have to ask the state of California if we can be together and then ask them if we cannot be together.”
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we → add → them
The podcast host also noted he had a negative perception of marriage since he and the “Veronica Mars” actress both come from broken homes.
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he → note → homes
However, after the couple spent a “beautiful Christmas Eve” with his family, Shepard decided to pop the question.
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Shepard → spend → question
“We were in bed that night, and you were kind of expressing gratitude for this little family we were making,” he recalled.
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he → express → family
The “Hit and Run” actor had bought a ring and was going to surprise Bell, 46, with a proposal at her favorite restaurant a month later, but that moment felt too perfect.
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moment → hit → restaurant
“And I was like, ‘Oh, this is the moment I’m going to try to recreate in a month at Stanley’s over a salad, but it’s happening.’
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it → go → salad
I was like, ‘F–k it, I’m just gonna go get the ring now.’”
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I → f → ring
Shepard then recalled going to their bedroom closet and rummaging through a jacket pocket to find the engagement ring.
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Shepard → recall → ring
In that moment, Bell suspected a marriage proposal was about to happen.
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proposal → suspect → moment
“She’s already crying by the time I got back to the bed,” Shepard said with a laugh.
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Shepard → cry → laugh
“He got down on one knee, and he said, ‘Will you marry me?’
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you → get → me
And then I started sobbing really, really hard because that was very overwhelming of something I didn’t think was coming,” the “Good Place” actress recounted.
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actress → start → something
The pair began dating in 2007 and announced their engagement in 2010.
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pair → begin → 2010
Bell and Shepard welcomed daughter Lincoln in March 2013, seven months before they tied the knot at the Beverly Hills County Clerk’s Office.
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they → welcome → Office
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