Chris Pratt in June 2022. VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images Chris Pratt broke his silence on the backlash surrounding an Instagram post of his from 2021. In November, the actor praised wife Katherine Schwarzenegger for giving him a “healthy” daughter.
While some interpreted the comment to be a dig at Pratt’s ex, the actor said he “cried” over the backlash. Chris Pratt sparked backlash in November after praising his wife Katherine Schwarzenegger for giving him a “healthy” daughter in an Instagram post, and now the actor is finally opening up about the emotional toll of the experience. In a new interview with Men’s Health, the “Guardians of the Galaxy” star relived the controversy surrounding his post about Schwarzenegger.
“I said something like, ‘Find someone who looks at you the way my wife looks at me. ‘ And then I gave her some shit in the thing and said, ‘But I love you. I’m so thankful for my wife — she gave me a beautiful, healthy daughter,'” Pratt recalled.
“And then a bunch of articles came out and said, ‘That’s so cringeworthy. I can’t believe Chris Pratt would thank her for a healthy daughter when his first child was born premature. That’s such a dig at his ex-wife,'” the actor continued.
According to the “Parks and Recreation” actor, the backlash was “fucked up. ” “My son’s gonna read that one day. He’s nine.
And it’s etched in digital stone,” Pratt said. “It really fucking bothered me, dude. I cried about it.
I was like, I hate that these blessings in my life are — to the people close to me— a real burden. ” Katherine Schwarzenegger and Chris Pratt at the premiere of “Avengers: Endgame” in April 2019. Getty/Jeff KravitzPratt and Schwarzenegger tied the knot in 2019, after about a year of dating.
They share two children together: daughters Lyla, born in 2020, and Eloise, born in May. Before his relationship with Schwarzenegger, Pratt was married to actress Anna Faris for eight years. They divorced in 2018 but have continued to co-parent their 9-year-old son, Jack, who suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and spent nearly a month in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) after being born nine weeks early.
Pratt and Faris later learned that the hemorrhage did not cause major permanent damage and resulted in slight vision impairments and a non-life-threatening heart problem, Buzzfeed News reported. The exes now share joint legal and physical custody of Jack. In the Instagram post from November, the actor praised his second wife, but some viewed Pratt’s comments as a put-down to Faris and Jack.
“She’s given me an amazing life, a gorgeous healthy daughter, she chews so loudly that sometimes i put in my ear buds to drown it out, but that’s love!” Pratt wrote in the post. “She helps me with everything. In return, periodically, I open a jar of pickles.
That’s the trade. Her heart is pure and it belongs to me. ” Faris’ name subsequently trended on social media, as some users rushed to her defense following Pratt’s comments.
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