Chris Pratt was spotted on a rare outing with Jack, the 12-year-old son he has with ex-wife Anna Faris.
The 45-year-old Guardians Of The Galaxy star was spotted taking a stroll with his son in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
The duo looked cheerful as they walked down the path together.
Pratt was married to Jack’s mother, Anna, from 2009 to 2018 and has since remarried Katherine Schwarzenegger.
The actor and Katherine, 34, are now expecting their third child together. They already have daughters Lyla, four, and Eloise, two, together.
Chris Pratt was spotted on a rare outing with Jack, the 12-year-old son he shares with ex-wife Anna Faris
In 2021, Chris drew criticism for his early birthday post in honor of Katherine, praising her for having a “healthy” daughter while son Jack struggled with medical conditions following his premature birth.
Some followers found his post insensitive, while others saw it as a dig at Anna.
“Guys. Seriously. Look at the way she looks at me! I mean. Find someone who looks at you like that!! You know!? We met in church,” he wrote in the caption.
“She has given me a wonderful life, a beautiful healthy daughter, she chews so loudly that sometimes I put my earplugs in to drown it out, but that’s love! She helps me with everything. In return, I occasionally open a jar of pickles. That’s the business. Her heart is pure and it’s part of me.
“My greatest treasure, next to my Ken Griffey Jr Upper Deck Rookie card. And if you know, you know it says a lot. Her birthday is in about 6 weeks. So if I don’t get her something, I’ll tell her to look back at this post. Love you sweetheart.”
Users criticized his caption as “ableist” (and other things), because Jack was born two months premature, weighed only 3 pounds, suffered a massive brain hemorrhage and spent a month in the neonatal intensive care unit.
He had a number of hernia and eye surgeries and also had “a little heart problem,” Anna said.
Anna wrote in her 2017 memoir Unqualified that Jack developed only mild problems with his leg muscles and vision during his otherwise healthy childhood.
In a 2022 interview with Men’s Health, Chris admitted he was shocked by the response, saying, “I was like, ‘Find someone who looks at you the way my wife looks at me.’ 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’s given me a beautiful, healthy daughter.'”
The duo looked cheerful as they walked down a path together
Cracked: The interview comes a year after Chris was criticized for an early birthday message he posted in honor of Katherine, in which he praised her for having a “healthy” daughter after son Jack struggled with medical conditions following his premature birth.
Pratt with his then-wife Anna Faris and their son Jack in 2017
The actor and his wife Katherine Schwarzenegger are now expecting their third child together
‘And then a bunch of articles came out saying, ‘That’s so embarrassing. I can’t believe Chris Pratt would thank her for a healthy daughter when his first child was born prematurely. That’s such a dig at his ex-wife.’
“And I was like, that’s f**ked up. My son is going to read that someday. He’s nine. And it’s set in digital stone. It really bothered me, man. I cried about it. I was like, I hate that these blessings in my life—for the people closest to me—are actually burdens.”