Chris Pratt Apologizes to UFC’s Israel Adesanya After Criticizing Win

The Guardians of the Galaxy star dedicated a lengthy Instagram post to his wife Katherine Schwarzenegger in November 2021, thanking her for their “gorgeous healthy daughter,” and referencing, Lyla, their 23-month-old child. The actor faced social media criticism, with many considering Chris’ choice of words to be insensitive to his and ex-wife Anna Faris‘ 9-year-old son, Jack, who has struggled with health issues since he was born seven weeks premature.

What was meant to be a heartfelt message, turned into something that “really f–king bothered me,” the actor told Men’s Health for their July/August issue.

“I said something like, ‘Find someone who looks at you the way my wife looks at me,'” he shared. “And then I gave her some s–t in the thing and said, ‘But I love you. I’m so thankful for my wife—she gave me a beautiful, healthy daughter.’ 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.'”

He added, “And I’m like, 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. I was like, I hate that these blessings in my life are—to the people close to me—a real burden.”