Lake Bell and Ex-Husband Scott Set ‘Parameters’ for Introducing Kids to New Partners

Lake Bell is open about coparenting her two kids with ex-husband Scott Campbell — and that includes how the two navigate dating as single parents.

Bell, 46, explained in an interview with Parents.com published on Monday, April 14, that since she and Campbell, 47, divorced in 2020, they have established rules about introducing their kids to new partners.

“Scott and I had parameters around it, and now we trust each other to decide when the time is right,” she said. “But I generally don’t rush into it. If I’m still hanging out with someone five or six months in and they’ve shown that they care about meeting them, then OK. It can also happen sooner if they have their own children. Because if the kids despise each other, it can’t go any further. You can’t glue these kids together.”

The pair share son Ozzi, 7, and daughter Nova, 11, and raising them has come with its own challenges. Ozzi nearly died at birth after being born at home with his umbilical cord around his neck and Nora was diagnosed with epilepsy in 2020.

“We went through the trenches together,” Bell said of Campbell. “And so we have respect for each other, sort of like army buddies.”

Bell and Campbell laid the groundwork for their philosophy in coparenting therapy, which they attended for two years after their divorce.

“Even when we didn’t want to go and it was annoying or difficult, we still went,” the It’s Complicated actress explained. “We did it for the good of our children and for us, too. We’re in each other’s lives no matter what, so we can resent each other for all the things or do something about it.”

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Bell has been stressing the importance of respect and communication between coparents since she and Campbell officially called it quits.

“[We can] never think, ‘Oh, we had that one conversation that was good, and therefore, now we’re good for the rest of our lives.’ It’s an evolution, you know?” she shared in a 2022 exclusive interview with Us Weekly. “It’s a constant, it’s any rapport, but it’s, like, the most important rapport of my life. It’s for our children’s sake.”

She even called Campbell a friend and likened coparenting with him to running a business.

“I do have an infrastructure, which I’m very grateful for that,” she explained. “Our caregivers, my ex-husband and I are really tight. We’re good friends. Like, we work together. There’s a business that’s being run, you know? And so, in order to make sure that the children feel like they know what the week is gonna be, what the schedule is, they don’t feel like they’re being upended. That’s really the job.”