Chris Pratt and Anna Faris’ Ups and Downs: Son Jack’s Premature Birth, Divorce and More

Credit: Jim Smeal/BEI/Shutterstock

Chris Pratt and Anna Faris’ Ups and Downs: Son Jack's Premature Birth, Divorce and More

A long history. Chris Pratt and Anna Faris were married for eight years before announcing their separation in August 2017. “We tried really hard for a long time, and we’re really disappointed. Our son has two parents who love him very much and for his sake we want to keep the situation as private as possible moving forward. We still love each other and will always cherish our time together,” they said in a joint statement shared via social media at the time. The pair met in 2007 while filming Take Me Home Tonight. “When I first met Chris, I was constantly looking for proof that he was not as great as he seemed," Faris wrote in her 2017 book Unqualified. One year after the actors began dating, they got engaged, eloping in Bali in 2009. Pratt gushed about his then-wife during a 2015 Reddit AMA. “Anna is a great wife. Very patient and understanding. Very supportive. So kind and genuine always,” he wrote at the time. [jwplayer RwPAwI43-zhNYySv2] The duo faced hard times together when their son, Jack, was born nine weeks prematurely in August 2012. The Guardians of the Galaxy star spoke about the scary first days of his son’s life during a speech at the 2014 March of Dimes Celebration of Babies Hollywood Luncheon. “He had jaundice, so they put a blindfold on him and he slept beneath [a] creepy light and he had a PICC line, which is an IV that runs up his arm into his heart. He had a feeding tube and just wires in and out, and he lived in that incubator. That was his first crib,” Pratt shared. Despite their 2018 divorce, the former spouses have always put Jack first, remaining committed coparents as they each moved on with other people. Pratt married Katherine Schwarzenegger in June 2019, welcoming daughters Lyla and Eloise with her in 2020 and 2022, respectively. Faris, for her part, quietly married Michael Barrett in 2021. The House Bunny star spoke about her desire for her and Pratt to take a group vacation with their new partners during a 2019 appearance on the “Divorce Sucks!” podcast. “Grudge-holding is not something that Chris and I do,” she said. “So, we wanted to make sure, of course, that Jack was happy, but that we were happy and supportive of each other and that we could have this fantasy idea of, ‘Do we all spend Christmas together? Do we all vacation together?'" Keep scrolling for a timeline of Pratt and Faris' ups and downs through the years: [podcast_block]

Credit: Jim Smeal/BEI/Shutterstock

Chris Pratt and Anna Faris’ Ups and Downs: Son Jack's Premature Birth, Divorce and More

A long history. Chris Pratt and Anna Faris were married for eight years before announcing their separation in August 2017. “We tried really hard for a long time, and we’re really disappointed. Our son has two parents who love him very much and for his sake we want to keep the situation as private as possible moving forward. We still love each other and will always cherish our time together,” they said in a joint statement shared via social media at the time. The pair met in 2007 while filming Take Me Home Tonight. “When I first met Chris, I was constantly looking for proof that he was not as great as he seemed," Faris wrote in her 2017 book Unqualified. One year after the actors began dating, they got engaged, eloping in Bali in 2009. Pratt gushed about his then-wife during a 2015 Reddit AMA. “Anna is a great wife. Very patient and understanding. Very supportive. So kind and genuine always,” he wrote at the time. [jwplayer RwPAwI43-zhNYySv2] The duo faced hard times together when their son, Jack, was born nine weeks prematurely in August 2012. The Guardians of the Galaxy star spoke about the scary first days of his son’s life during a speech at the 2014 March of Dimes Celebration of Babies Hollywood Luncheon. “He had jaundice, so they put a blindfold on him and he slept beneath [a] creepy light and he had a PICC line, which is an IV that runs up his arm into his heart. He had a feeding tube and just wires in and out, and he lived in that incubator. That was his first crib,” Pratt shared. Despite their 2018 divorce, the former spouses have always put Jack first, remaining committed coparents as they each moved on with other people. Pratt married Katherine Schwarzenegger in June 2019, welcoming daughters Lyla and Eloise with her in 2020 and 2022, respectively. Faris, for her part, quietly married Michael Barrett in 2021. The House Bunny star spoke about her desire for her and Pratt to take a group vacation with their new partners during a 2019 appearance on the “Divorce Sucks!” podcast. “Grudge-holding is not something that Chris and I do,” she said. “So, we wanted to make sure, of course, that Jack was happy, but that we were happy and supportive of each other and that we could have this fantasy idea of, ‘Do we all spend Christmas together? Do we all vacation together?'" Keep scrolling for a timeline of Pratt and Faris' ups and downs through the years: [podcast_block]

Credit: Peter Brooker/Shutterstock

2007

The duo met on the set of Take Me Home Tonight. At the time, Farris was still married to her first husband, Ben Indra, but they separated one month after filming began. She moved on with Pratt that same year and finalized her divorce from Indra in February 2008.

Credit: Sipa/Shutterstock

2009

After getting engaged in 2008, Pratt and Paris eloped while visiting friends in Bali. "We aren't going to involve the family at all,” Paris told Us Weekly of their wedding plans ahead of the elopement.

Credit: MBB Images/BEI/Shutterstock

2012

The couple welcomed a son, Jack, who was born nine weeks premature. “He was born at three pounds,” Faris told GQ in 2014.“We were told, ‘OK, you need to be prepared for raising a special-needs child.’ And we felt like it was devastating, but it also felt like, you know, ‘We can do this.'”

Credit: Chris Pizzello/AP/Shutterstock

2015

Pratt gushed about his compatibility with his then-wife during an interview with Women’s Health. "If you're like Anna and myself, we’re very similar. We married ourselves because we have comparable egos and abnormally high self-esteem,” he told the outlet.

Credit: Chelsea Lauren/Shutterstock

2016

While accepting the MTV Movie Award for Best Actor for Jurassic World, Pratt thanked Faris. "Our son was destined to be tough, but thanks to you he will be smart, too,” he said.

Credit: David Fisher/Shutterstock

2017

The pair announced they were separating after eight years of marriage in August. That December, Pratt officially filed for divorce.

Credit: Invision/AP/Shutterstock

2018

Pratt opened up to Entertainment Weekly about the split. "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," he said. “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."

Credit: Invision/AP/Shutterstock

2019

In January, the Lego Movie actor proposed to Schwarzenegger. During an episode of her podcast, Faris said, "Chris texted me this morning and he was like, 'I proposed to Katherine last night.' And I was like, 'Ahh, that's amazing.' I texted him back, like, 'I just wanted to remind you I'm an ordained minister.'"

Six months later, Pratt and Schwarzenegger tied the knot.

Credit: Shutterstock (2)

2020

Faris confirmed her engagement to Barrett during a February episode of The Late Late Show With James Corden. The pair went on to secretly elope, which the Scary Movie star revealed on her podcast in July 2021.

Pratt, for his part, welcomed his first daughter with Schwarzenegger, Lyla, in August 2020.

Credit: Jim Ruymen/UPI/Shutterstock

2021

Pratt received backlash for a November Instagram post in which he thanked Schwarzenegger for giving him a “healthy”daughter. Some fans interpreted it as a dig at Faris, who gave birth to Jack nine weeks early.

The Parks and Recreation alum spoke to Men’s Health about the criticism during a June 2022 interview. “My son’s gonna read that one day. He’s 9. And it’s etched in digital stone. It really f-king bothered me, dude. I cried about it,” he told the outlet.

Credit: Jim Smeal/BEI/Shutterstock

2022

Pratt and Schwarzenegger welcomed their second daughter, Eloise, in June. That same month, Faris referred to herself as a “divorce veteran” during an appearance on Chelsea Handler’s “Dear Chelsea” podcast.