Chris Pratt has had his justifiable share of controversial moments all through his profession.
Whereas Pratt turned well-known for his function of the lovable Andy on Parks and Recreation, the actor has additionally raised eyebrows for insensitive feedback he’s made over time.
In 2020, a meme went viral asking individuals to decide on which Hollywood Chris “has to go” between Pratt, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth and Chris Pine. So many individuals chosen Pratt that he began to pattern on social media.
Pratt jokingly addressed the meme on his Instagram Tales, writing, “I made it into the finals! I’m in the finals! I was picked last. It was very traumatic. Anyone who’s been picked last knows how that feels.”
Maintain scrolling to see Pratt’s controversies over time:
Blue-Collar Illustration Feedback
Pratt raised eyebrows in 2017 after he claimed that blue-collar Individuals weren’t properly represented in Hollywood.
“I don’t see personal stories that necessarily resonate with me, because they’re not my stories,” he stated in an April 2017 interview with Males’s Well being. “I think there’s room for me to tell mine, and probably an audience that would be hungry for them. The voice of the average, blue-collar American isn’t necessarily represented in Hollywood.”
Shortly after his remarks made headlines, Pratt admitted he made a mistake.
“That was actually a pretty stupid thing to say. I’ll own that,” he wrote through X on the time. “There’s a ton of movies about blue-collar America.”
His Scorching Tackle Subtitles
One month after he made his blue-collar remarks, Pratt made headlines when he instructed his followers to make use of the complete quantity and “not just read the subtitles” when watching a video he put out. The Marvel star was referred to as out by the deaf and hard-of-hearing group for his insensitive request. Pratt later apologized with a video of him utilizing signal language.
“So when I made a video recently with subtitles and requested that people turn up the volume and not just ‘read the subtitles’ it was so people wouldn’t scroll past the video on mute, thus watching and digesting the information in the video. HOWEVER, I realize now doing so was incredibly insensitive to the many folks out there who depend on subtitles,” he wrote through a prolonged Instagram assertion. “More than 38 million Americans live with some sort of hearing disability. So I want to apologize. I have people in my life who are hearing-impaired, and the last thing in the world I would want to do is offend them or anybody who suffers from hearing loss or any other disability. So truly from the bottom of my heart, I apologize. Thanks for pointing this out to me. In the future, I’ll try to be a little less ignorant about it.”
His Non secular Affiliation
Rumors swirled in 2019 that Pratt, who has been candid about his religion, was a member of the controversial Hillsong Church. The now disgraced megachurch has had anti-LGBTQIA+ views. On the time, Pratt shared that the church he attended was tolerant to all and implied that his divorce from ex-wife Anna Faris was the same expertise to being a member of the LGBTQIA+ group.
“I go to a church that opens their doors to absolutely everyone,” he wrote through his Instagram Story in February 2019. “Despite what the Bible says about divorce my church community was there for me every step of the way, never judging, just gracefully accompanying me on my walk. They helped me tremendously, offering love and support. It is what I have seen them do for others on countless occasions regardless of sexual orientation, race or gender.”
Three years later, Pratt publicly slammed the rumors about him being concerned in Hillsong.
“I never went to Hillsong. I’ve never actually been to Hillsong. I don’t know anyone from that church,” Pratt stated in a June 2022 interview with Males’s Well being. “Religion has been oppressive as f–k for a long time. I didn’t know that I would kind of become the face of religion when really I’m not a religious person.”
Anna Faris Shade
Pratt and Faris, who share son Jack, divorced in 2018. The next yr, he tied the knot with Katherine Schwarzenegger. Whereas Pratt and Faris had been on good phrases after their cut up, he raised eyebrows in 2020 when social media customers thought he shaded the actress in a publish thanking Schwarzenegger for giving him a “healthy” daughter. (Faris and Pratt’s son Jack was born prematurely.)
Pratt later revealed that he “cried” when he noticed that individuals interpreted his thrilling information as a dig at Faris and Jack.
“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,’” he stated in a June 2022 interview with Males’s Well being. “That is f–ked up. My son’s gonna read that one day. He’s nine. And it’s etched in digital stone. It really f–king bothered me, dude. I cried about it.”
L.A. House Demolition Drama
Pratt and Schwarzenegger obtained backlash in April 2024 after they determined to demolish their Los Angeles residence. The pair bought the historic Zimmerman home in order that they may very well be near Schwarzenegger’s mom, Maria Shriver. The house was initially in-built 1953 and plenty of preservationists had been upset in regards to the couple’s option to demolish it.
“Saddened (also angered frankly) to learn of the demolition of the Zimmerman House,” author DC Hillier wrote through Instagram. “Once located in Los Angeles’s Brentwood neighborhood the home was designed by Craig Ellwood in 1953, with landscaping designed by the acclaimed Garrett Eckbo. Actor Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger bought the property because Schwarzenegger wanted to be close to her mother, who owns two properties across the street.”
Pratt and Schwarzenegger haven’t addressed the criticism.