Chris Pratt cried when Twitter turned on him for praising his ‘healthy’ daughter with Katherine Schwarzenegger

Chris Pratt revealed in a new interview that he “cried” one particular time he was put through the social media ringer because he celebrated having a “healthy” daughter, Layla, with his current wife, Katherine Schwarzenegger.

For Pratt’s November 2021 tribute to his wife and new daughter, he was accused in an onslaught from his online critics of covertly shading his first wife, Anna Faris, and being blatantly insensitive to their 9-year-old son, Jack.

“I said something (on Instagram), like, ‘Find someone who looks at you the way my wife, (Katherine Schwarzenegger), looks at me,”’ Pratt, 43, explained in the new July/August 2022 cover story for Men’s Health. “And then I gave her some (expletive) in the thing and said, ‘But I love you. I’m so thankful for my wife — she gave me a beautiful, healthy daughter.”

The sticking point for many was Pratt’s statement about his daughter, who was born in August 2020. People were quick to point out that Faris has been open about the fact that Jack was born with serious health issues. For example, one person tweeted:

Wonder how his son with Anna Faris feels about “gorgeous healthy daughter” pic.twitter.com/dpe8854h31

— Maria Teresa (@MTRomano) November 4, 2021

In reply to such comments, the “Jurassic World: Dominion” star said to Men’s Health: “That is (expletive) up. My son’s gonna read that one day. He’s 9. And it’s etched in digital stone. It really (expletive) bothered me, dude. I cried about it.”

People on Twitter said that Pratt himself had said things online that could one day hurt his son to read. One person tweeted: “I love Chris Pratt. but the ‘healthy daughter’ part is what made me wince. Although he may not have meant it as an insult, it sort of came off that way. Imagine how that will make his son feel, if he ever reads it?”

When Jack was born two months prematurely in 2012, he was diagnosed with cerebral hemorrhaging and other issues. As Faris wrote in her memoir, there were fears there would be lingering health issues, according to The Blast.

“The pediatric neurosurgeon sat Chris and me down to tell us that Jack had some severe brain bleeding and there was a chance that he could be developmentally disabled” the actress recalled.

The couple had to wait 18 months before finding out that, fortunately, there were no issues with Jack. He would have some problems with vision and the muscles in his legs, but he was expected to make a full recovery after surgery and live a normal life. Pratt and Faris divorced in 2018.

Since that Twitter blow-up, Pratt and Schwarzenegger have welcomed a second daughter, Eloise, who was born last month. The “Guardians of the Galaxy” actor called his daughters “blessings” and talked about how celebrity is “a real burden … to the people close to” him.

In the Men’s Health story, Pratt reflected on why he has become such a regular target of Twitter pile-ons. Even though he’s a blockbuster movie star and well-liked by his co-stars, he has become a polarizing figure in popular culture. He’s the target of occasional and unpredictable flareups of Twitter hostility, in part because of his suspected conservative politics and religious beliefs, and because people question whether he voted for Donald Trump.

A fair number of people also just don’t seem to like him, as evidenced by a fierce Twitter debate that erupted in October 2020 over who was the best or worst of the “Four Hollywood Chrises” — Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Chris Pine and Chris Pratt. The internet swarm began with people picking Pratt as the one who needed to go.

“You don’t ever wanna get caught complaining or anything,” Pratt told Men’s Health writer Mickey Rapkin. “Cause I have so many blessings. I consider everything a blessing truly in my life,” but he also admitted to Rapkin he sometimes wonders: ‘Why are they coming after me?”

Later, Pratt acknowledged to Rapkin that a statement he made at the MTV Movie Awards a few years ago, about God being “real” and wanting what’s “best for you,” could have ignited certain misconceptions about him and his world view that have persisted.

“Maybe it was hubris. For me to stand up on the stage and say the things that I said, I’m not sure I touched anybody,” Pratt said.

“Religion has been oppressive as (expletive) for a long time,” Pratt continued. “I didn’t know that I would kind of become the face of religion when really I’m not a religious person. I think there’s a distinction between being religious — adhering to the customs created by man, oftentimes appropriating the awe reserved for who I believe is a very real God — and using it to control people, to take money from people, to abuse children, to steal land, to justify hatred. Whatever it is. The evil that’s in the heart of every single man has glommed on to the back of religion and come along for the ride.”