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\n Related: <\/span>Dax Shepard\u2019s Ups and Downs: Jonathan Van Ness Drama and More<\/span><\/a>
\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t\tDax Shepard is always one to speak his mind \u2014 which has occasionally landed him in hot water. The \u201cArmchair Expert\u201d podcast host made headlines in September 2023 when he got into a heated discussion with Jonathan Van Ness about gender-affirming care for transgender youth. Van Ness, who is nonbinary and uses all pronouns, broke [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Nanjiani is no stranger to accusations that he\u2019s had jaw implants. The comedian shut down the plastic surgery rumors during his podcast appearance.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople think I got jaw implants or something. I have not. I have gotten no work done. All I did was, I got Botox. And then they were like, \u2018While you\u2019re here, you want to do your forehead too?\u2019\u201d he explained. \u201cAnd I did it.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, Nanjiani said he would \u201cnever do it again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n![\"TCDPARE_EC005-dax-shepard-parenthood\"](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/TCDPARE_EC005-dax-shepard-parenthood.jpg?w=1000&quality=86&strip=all\")
<\/div>Mitchell Haaseth \/ \u00a9 NBC \/ Courtesy: Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u201cI could not move my eyebrows. And I have very expressive eyebrows. And I had a job starting. I was going to act in something two months from then. And I was just terrified,\u201d he recalled. \u201cWhat if I can\u2019t do it? Because what happens is, if you\u2019ve got to make the faces, you stop feeling those things as well.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nanjiani also admitted to getting \u201cmicroneedling.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I want to make this clear: I don\u2019t have jaw implants,\u201d he told listeners.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere in the podcast episode, Shepard got candid about receiving negative comments about his appearance and being called \u201cugly\u201d in comparison to Bell, 45.<\/p>\n\n![\"GettyImages-2255630246-dax-shepard-kristen-bell\"](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/GettyImages-2255630246-dax-shepard-kristen-bell.jpg?w=1000&quality=86&strip=all\")
<\/div>Vivien Killilea\/Getty Images for Vanity Fair<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u201cI\u2019ve been with Kristen for 20 years, and there have been hundreds of articles about, \u2018Why is she with this guy?\u2019 Lists of top 10 hot girls with ugly guys,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve been dealing with that less now since the podcast, but for the first 12, 13 years we were together, there were hundreds of these lists of ugly guys with hot girls, and I\u2019m always on it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Shepard said he\u2019s had a few different reactions to these comments.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m so hurt and insecure when you say that. Then I\u2019m defensive and arrogant. I\u2019m like, \u2018Go meet my other girlfriends. They\u2019ve all been hot. F*** you,\u2019 right? I have this defensiveness,\u201d he continued. \u201cAnd then when I calm down, I really get into it. I\u2019m like, you know, it\u2019s so interesting. I think I know what\u2019s going on. And it\u2019s just [beaten] into us in elementary school and in school, which is like, there\u2019s strata. You\u2019re born into them. Someone shan\u2019t migrate north or south. It\u2019s disruptive to this whole system that we have been formatted in.\u201d<\/p>\n
<\/div>\u201cI could not move my eyebrows. And I have very expressive eyebrows. And I had a job starting. I was going to act in something two months from then. And I was just terrified,\u201d he recalled. \u201cWhat if I can\u2019t do it? Because what happens is, if you\u2019ve got to make the faces, you stop feeling those things as well.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nanjiani also admitted to getting \u201cmicroneedling.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBut I want to make this clear: I don\u2019t have jaw implants,\u201d he told listeners.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere in the podcast episode, Shepard got candid about receiving negative comments about his appearance and being called \u201cugly\u201d in comparison to Bell, 45.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve been with Kristen for 20 years, and there have been hundreds of articles about, \u2018Why is she with this guy?\u2019 Lists of top 10 hot girls with ugly guys,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve been dealing with that less now since the podcast, but for the first 12, 13 years we were together, there were hundreds of these lists of ugly guys with hot girls, and I\u2019m always on it.\u201d<\/p>\n Shepard said he\u2019s had a few different reactions to these comments.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m so hurt and insecure when you say that. Then I\u2019m defensive and arrogant. I\u2019m like, \u2018Go meet my other girlfriends. They\u2019ve all been hot. F*** you,\u2019 right? I have this defensiveness,\u201d he continued. \u201cAnd then when I calm down, I really get into it. I\u2019m like, you know, it\u2019s so interesting. I think I know what\u2019s going on. And it\u2019s just [beaten] into us in elementary school and in school, which is like, there\u2019s strata. You\u2019re born into them. Someone shan\u2019t migrate north or south. It\u2019s disruptive to this whole system that we have been formatted in.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>
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