Podbit · Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Dax admitted he responded to a sperm bank ad in the UCLA college newspaper around 1999–2000, wanting the money. He also admitted he may have omitted family cancer history from the health questionnaire. Fortunately, he was rejected for low sperm count — saving him from a very complicated future.
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After Ashley hangs up, Dax and Monica take a moment to marvel at what DNA testing has done to the concept of sperm-donor anonymity. Dax offers a surprisingly personal disclosure: he answered a sperm bank ad in the UCLA Daily Bruin around 1999 or 2000, filling out a health questionnaire while motivated primarily by the $100 fee. He admits he may have omitted a family cancer history to qualify. His parting observation is darkly comic: he would have felt compelled to get involved with any resulting children — especially if they struggled with addiction — because he would have felt he 'gave them those genetics.' He was spared, he notes with clear relief, by an insufficiently high sperm count [1] — Dax Shepard "Dax admitted he responded to a sperm bank ad in the UCLA college newspaper around 1999–2000, wanting the money. He also admitted he may hav…" 14:14 .
Dax revealed he tried to donate sperm at a UCLA-affiliated clinic in 1999–2000 but was rejected due to low sperm count — and admits he may have omitted health history to earn the $100.
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