Dax Shepard: 'My dad and I were a match made in hell'
Dax Shepard was talking to Taron Egerton on his Armchair Expert podcast when he opened up about his complicated relationship with dad Dave, who died in 2012 after losing his battle with lung cancer.
Dax Shepard says he and his father were a “match made in hell”.
The Parenthood star was talking to Taron Egerton on his Armchair Expert podcast when he opened up about his complicated relationship with dad Dave, who died in 2012 after losing his battle with lung cancer.
He mused: “I think we were very similar more than I ever wanted to admit. I think the way we got injured and the way we protected ourselves was just like a match made in hell, for the most part.”
Meanwhile, Taron said that he’d had a “fairly functional relationship” with his dad when he was growing up, but noted that it had “become more difficult” as he was growing up.
He admitted: “I haven’t spoken to him for a number of years now. I’m reluctant to talk in too much detail about him because he’s living his own life and doing his own thing.
“I’ll always love him. I do love him. I just don’t think we work very well in terms of our relationship. There was a point where I pushed the ejector seat and haven’t haven’t seen him since.”
It’s not the only thing the two actors have in common, either, as they had similar feelings about how their mothers were seen by other people.
Dax said: “I remember, dude, my mom has big boobs. My mom would occasionally wear a f---ing white tank top and I just remember like, ‘Oh f*** man. We’re going to the grocery store. She’s in the white tank top. There’s gonna be like weird dudes that just start talking to her.’
“I hated it.”
And Dax’s thoughts were echoed by Taron, who said he had also grown up with an “attractive” mother.
He said: “My mother is, and has always been, an attractive woman. I can remember that as a boy.
“I can remember the feelings of rage and I can remember the feelings of inadequacy and I can remember not knowing what to do with all of that, and, probably, also wanting her to be looking at me more than them.”
