Keeping it honest. Anna Faris has been open about her thoughts on marriage and relationships since her split from Chris Pratt, and she never backs down from the truth.
The House Bunny actress and Marvel star separated in August 2017 after eight years of marriage. The couple met on the set of the movie Take Me Home Tonight in 2007 and got engaged the following year, exchanging vows in an intimate ceremony in Bali in July 2009. They welcomed son Jack in August 2012.
During their marriage, the “Anna Faris Is Unqualified” host spoke out several times about how being in the public eye affected their relationship.
“We grapple with a lot of the ideas of being a public couple,” the Scary Movie star said during a 2016 episode of her podcast, adding that false rumors about Pratt’s infidelity had affected the pair. “I just remember feeling so hurt in a way that bothered me, because I didn’t want to think of myself as somebody who could be affected by … tabloid s–t.”
The Unqualified author said she knew the rumors weren’t true but couldn’t help thinking about what the public thought about her.
“I take pride in how great my relationship is with Chris, but having said that, of course, in this crazy world where he’s off doing movies and I’m in L.A. raising our child, of course I’m going to feel vulnerable, like any normal human would,” she explained at the time. “It made me feel incredibly insecure.”
Since the former duo finalized their divorce in 2018, Faris has opened up about what it’s like to coparent Jack, as well as how the exes work to stay civil since moving on with other partners. Pratt married Katherine Schwarzenegger in June 2019, and they welcomed daughter Lyla in August 2020. Faris, for her part, confirmed her engagement to cinematographer Michael Barrett in February 2020.
“What Chris and I try to do is to communicate openly,” the Mom alum, 41, told Women’s Health in 2018. “We reiterate that there aren’t rules to this. We have a lot of love and friendship, and our big goal is to protect Jack. I cherish my family, my close friends, my child — that makes the rest of it worth it.”
For Halloween 2018, the former spouses and their significant others proved Faris’ point when they went trick-or-treating together with Jack and their new partners.
“I think it’s just the general idea of just making sure that [Jack’s] surrounded by a lot of love and happiness,” the What’s My Number star told Us Weekly in 2018. “We’re really good at that.”
Faris confirmed in July 2021 that she and Barrett eloped at a courthouse in Washington state.
Keep scrolling to read Faris’ most candid quotes about marriage and relationships:
“For me, I think after every breakup, at some point I realize that there were a lot of things I ignored that I really shouldn’t have,” the Baltimore native said during a May 2021 episode of her podcast, noting that she didn't open up to friends about the difficulties in her marriage. “I think it stunted me in a lot of ways. One of them being that I never talked about any issues, so to the people, even who I was closest to, I’m sure things were more transparent with my relationship with [first husband] Ben [Indra], but with Chris, I think that we both protected that imagery even within our close circles.” Faris was married to Indra from 2004 to 2008. Matt Baron/Shutterstock
“My two other marriages were with actors and I don’t think we did a great job of eliminating competitiveness,” the Overboard star said during a March 2021 episode of her podcast. “Or at least I didn’t, being a proud person and not wanting to reveal vulnerability.” She added that she thought she had changed somewhat since realizing that about herself. “Any hint of competitiveness and comparison, I didn’t handle that very well, I don’t think. And I hope I’ve grown from that.” David Fisher/Shutterstock
During a 2019 conversation with Kat Von D, Faris recalled a past relationship in which someone had cheated on her but didn't specify who she was talking about. “I’m pretty oblivious sometimes," she said. "Especially in relationships. Of course, I don’t want to believe that anything [is wrong], but there was that gut feeling that was starting to grow more and more. Not to be too gender-specific, I do think as women we’re sort of taught to suppress fear or suspicion, because we might be deemed as suspicious or neurotic or crazy.” She later found out that the ex really was cheating, and was upset with herself for suppressing her instincts. “The fact that I felt those things and I chose to bury them [stinks]," she said. Todd Williamson/January Images/Shutterstock
In 2019, the Movie 43 star said that she and Pratt had discussed their shared hope of being able to celebrate the holidays together with their new partners. "Our goal was to have group Thanksgiving dinners together and to be at that place,” she said during an episode of the "Divorce Sucks" podcast. “Do we do that sooner or later? Grudge-holding is not something that Chris and I do. 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? How do we make sure that everybody that we love feels safe, and that we also respect the love we have for each other?” MB/MEGA
After Pratt proposed to Schwarzenegger, Faris publicly expressed her happiness for the couple. “I so subscribe to the idea of, like, expanding, like, family and love with Jack,” she said during a January 2019 episode of her podcast. “[Katherine’s] awesome.” Matt Baron/Shutterstock
"I don't know if it's too grumpy and cruel to say in a sense, but if I could tell my 8-year-old son one thing that maybe he would stick to, I would really encourage him to not get married in his 20s," the star said during a May 2021 episode of her podcast. Invision/AP/Shutterstock
Prior to her engagement to Barrett, Faris told Dax Shepard she wasn't sure she wanted to marry again. “I am a romantic," she said during a 2018 episode of his "Armchair Expert" podcast. "I believe in a partnership, I believe in companionship. I just don’t know if I believe in a ceremony of a wedding. If she did marry again, she said she would “need to figure out what the purpose is” before walking down the aisle. “Is it safety for your children?" she asked. "Is it convention? Is it so other people respect your relationship more? … For me, I’m just not quite sure where it fits.” Richard Shotwell/Shutterstock
In 2019, the Observe and Report star admitted that it can be difficult to stay cordial with exes. “I do want to reiterate though that I f—king acknowledge — we all do, everyone acknowledges — that there is bitterness and pain with all breakups and that hopefully makes us human,” she said during an episode of her podcast. “But the long game is just the worst, being the bigger person. It just is. It f—king sucks until, then when it happens though, is that everyone’s happy.” Broadimage/Shutterstock
“I love love!" the actress told Women's Health in 2018, adding that she still believes in the idea of happily ever after. "Like all of us, I need a sense of human connection and intimacy. At the end of a workday, I feel exposed and kind of raw. I want to be with someone I can confess to, and who can confess to me.” Carlos Tischler/Shutterstock
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