When it comes to favourite Hollywood couples, the list can’t be written without mentioning the
Princess of American comedy, Anna Faris, who found her prince in the Jurassic World star,
Chris Pratt. But when love is in the public’s air, it comes with some challenges and rumours that can
break even the strongest of relationships. Was there another woman? Or was the couple
just running a little low on love? Well, stick around as we find out what happened.
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Faris and Pratt both grew up in Washington, just 20 minutes away from each other, but remained
strangers until their first movie together, Take me home tonight. Before this, the two were
practically living the same lives, with so much in common, it’s no wonder their paths eventually
crossed. Amongst many other similarities, the two share a love for dead bugs. We know what you’re
thinking, “Dead bugs?” Yes! In fact, the first time Pratt gave Anna a tour of his apartment,
she spotted a frame of a dead bug and broke into tears, thinking, “I’ve met the man of my dreams.
We both have dead bug collections”. Well, what’s better than having a dead bug soulmate, right?
At the time, Anna was married to actor Ben Indra and waited to finish filming before ending her
relationship. She quickly fell for the 5 Year Engagement actor, and soon after that,
the couple took a lot less than 5 years to tie the knot. For the next few years,
they would go on to live a happy Hollywood married life while parenting their beloved son,
Jack. Together they looked like a poster family, at least in the eyes of Hollywood.
Anna admitted to feeling the pressure of being under the public watch and the need to keep up
with that appearance. For the most part, it was positive opinions about the happy family.
But as we all know, there is always good news, and bad news and the public did not hold back
on the bad. Rumours began to spark that Pratt had stepped out of his marriage, with then co-star
Jennifer Lawrence while they filmed Passenger. Anna’s publicist had already prepared her for
what would come during the shooting of the film “‘Anna, listen, there are going to be paparazzi
all over them.’” Anna was told, “‘There are going to be shots of them laughing together on their way
to set. There are going to be stories circulating, and you have to brace yourself for this.’”
Anna thought she was prepared for this, especially considering Pratt had filmed
with other beautiful co-stars. But, it turns out false coverage hits just as hard as truth.
Did Jennifer only play a role in the film, or was she a passenger in the couple’s relationship too?
The truth didn’t matter for Anna, who remained friendly to the Hunger Games star,
but was admittedly already feeling insecure.
Lawrence apologized, which Anna didn’t think was necessary because she hadn’t done anything wrong.
As much as it was thoughtful of her, the apology didn’t make it any less hurtful for Anna.
She felt reminded every second that her husband was cheating on her. Whether this was true or not,
she still felt like a fool. Because other people seemed to know more than she did about
what her husband had been getting up to. Pratt’s transformation to Hollywood hunk wasn’t making it
any easier for her. The pressures that come with being a Hollywood couple were beginning to put a
strain on their marriage. The 60-pound weight was not the only thing the Marvel super-hero lost.
Shortly after the release of Guardians of the Galaxy vol 2, the two announced their separation.
Anna went on to speak about unfaithful exes in her podcast Unqualified. She spoke of a
previous lover who she was certain had cheated on her. But quickly doubted her own intuition
after confronting him in the middle of the night and receiving “you’re crazy” for a response. For
a while, she convinced herself that she was wrong and that nothing was going on,
which made her stay longer in the relationship than she would’ve. But her gut feeling began to
grow stronger, the actress couldn’t ignore the feeling. It dawned on her that life is
too short for her to be in a relationship where she feels like something is not entirely right.
Although the rumours of Pratt and Lawrence died down, they quickly rose again after
the couple’s separation announcement. People were waiting to see whether there was “another woman”.
Jennifer helped silence the rumours by clearing her name, “I never had an affair with Chris Pratt
on Passengers”. She found it a little humorous that people would assume she was the cause of a
divorce that happened long after she and Pratt had worked together. Circulating divorce papers also
vouched for Jennifer’s innocence, showing that the couple separated due to family differences.
Anna wanted to have a second child, but Pratt had just risen to stardom and was not ready for that
next step. He was finding it difficult to find a balance between his career and family life.
While finalizing the divorce, the couple made sure to keep their son as a priority. As the papers
show, both Pratt and Anna agreed to live within 5 miles of each other to make life simple for
their son Jack, who was 6 years old at the time. Pratt shared his thoughts, saying, “Divorce sucks,
but at the end of the day, we’ve got a great kid who’s got two parents who love him very much.
And we’re finding a way to navigate this while still remaining friends and still being kind to
one another. It’s not ideal, but yeah, I think both of us are actually probably doing better.”
Just a few months after finalizing the divorce, Pratt and Author Katherine
Schwarzenegger began dating. Pratt being one to fall quickly didn’t take
long to propose to the daughter of previous California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger,
who absolutely loves Pratt for his daughter. After meeting her father,
Pratt joked how he would love to get into the gym with the famous Terminator Actor and learn
a few things. Little did Swarznegger know that he would end up being impressed yet intimidated by
his daughter’s boyfriend. The father-in-law has nothing but praise for Pratt’s talent,
his character, but mostly the kindness he shows to Shwarznegger’s daughter. Katherine seems to have
predicted her future with Pratt just a year before they met. She was asked who she would pick out of
the four Hollywood Chrises. After picking Chris Evans first, she quickly changed her mind saying,
“Actually Chris Pratt, Chris Pratt’s been looking good lately, so you never know”.
Anna shared how happy she was for the both by taking to social media to publicly congratulate
them, commenting on both posts of their engagement announcement.
There was clearly no bad blood between the broken-up couple, as Pratt had even taken the
liberty to let Anna know the morning he proposed to Katherine. Anna was also in a happy place,
dating the cinematographer of her latest movie, Overboard, Michael Barret. The couple had actually
begun dating a few months after Anna and Pratt had called it quits. After a while of dating,
the couple had been together long enough to know they were ready to tie the knot.
Barret did not waste time finding a big yellow diamond to make it official.
Both couples are happily married, with Pratt and Katherine having welcomed a little step-sister for
Jack, their baby Lyla. Pratt and Anna are making co-parenting look just as easy as they did before
their divorce. They both only have positive things to share when asked about making things work
with their new families. “Chris and I work really hard to co-parent because we have Jack,”
Anna shared “That is sort of the long game idea and making sure Jack is really happy,
which makes us really happy.” Both the star’s partners get to spend time with little Jack.
In Fact, the two couples joined in on a double date for Halloween, taking a Ninja dressed Jack
trick or treating. As awkward as it sounds, the couples had nothing but smiles on their faces.
It’s hard to believe that after 8 years of a fairytale marriage, everyone but the
broken couple are the only ones bitter about this break-up. But Anna shared her true feelings about
the matter. Of course, she finds herself falling into bitterness at times. Pratt probably does too,
but that’s what makes them human. The loving relationships they both find themselves in, draw
them out of that negativity, helping them focus on the happiness they have going for themselves.
The actors have happily moved on for what seems to be the better,
but the real question is: Will everyone else ever stop secretly wishing that they get back together?
Well they have, so there’s hope that we can too.