Actor Chris Pratt is opening up on the “list of directives” he made with Katherine Schwarzenegger before they got married. The couple tied the knot in 2019 and now share three children together. The “Guardians of the Galaxy” star recently shared a little known secret about his marriage, revealing that they went to couples counseling before tying the knot in order to set some ground rules.
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Chris Pratt Reveals He Went To Couples Counseling Before Getting Married
During an appearance on Rob Lowe’s “Literally! With Rob Lowe” podcast, the “Jurassic World” star revealed that premarital counseling helped his marriage before it even began.
“A part of getting married at St. Monica [Catholic] Church is doing premarital counseling,” Pratt told his “Parks and Recreation” costar, as per Entertainment Weekly. “We did like six sessions with this guy who was, by the way, the best thing in the world.”
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“If you’re somebody who’s thinking of getting married, you should definitely follow this,” he continued. “They ask you questions you would not even think to answer until you’ve been married for eight years, and then something comes up, and you’re like, ‘What do you mean? That’s what you think about that?’ And then you have to negotiate it then. Like re-negotiating every landmine.”
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Chris Pratt Describes Premarital Counseling As ‘Really Great’
Describing the experience as “really great,” he explained how they “came up with this whole list of directives” that they were going to have in their partnership and wedding. This allowed them to confront potential disagreements before they actually happened.
“One of them was that we were gonna play Christmas music on November 1, and that we were gonna take the Christmas tree down December 26,” he explained. “We talked about it beforehand. So now we’re on board.”
Lowe, who has been married to Sheryl Beroff since 1991, said that Pratt’s “list of directives” sounded like a “great idea.”
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Chris Pratt Was Previously Married To Anna Faris
During their conversation, Pratt continued to praise the benefits of going to therapy before getting married.
“And that way, if you have an issue, you talk about it, and you hash it out, every single one,” Pratt continued. “If you agree on it, you move on. But if there’s things you disagree on, you hash it out, and you do the work” to understand your partner.
Confronting disagreements head-on was especially important to Pratt, as this was not his first marriage. The actor was previously married to “Scary Movie” actress Anna Faris from 2009 to 2018. They share one son: Jack, 13. Pratt and Schwarzenegger welcomed three children together: daughters Lyla, 5, Eloise, 3, and son Ford, 1.
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Chris Pratt Feels ‘Shaken’ As New Movie Flops
As The Blast previously reported, the “Passengers” actor is starting to worry that his days in Hollywood might be numbered. His latest movie, “Mercy,” received negative reviews from critics and failed to bring in audiences at the box office.
“Chris is panicking. Full stop,” one source told The Daily Mail in early February. “This is the first time he’s really feeling his age in Hollywood—and it’s shaken him.”
“He always thought he had another decade of bulletproof stardom,” another insider divulged. “Now he’s looking around and realizing the parts aren’t coming like they used to.”
A third source said that Pratt has now become “obsessed with box office numbers and Rotten Tomatoes scores” as a result of the film’s poor performance.
Pratt Worked With The LAPD To Film ‘Mercy’
Late last year, while promoting the film at New York City Comic Con, Pratt told PEOPLE magazine that he worked extensively with the LAPD to bring his character to life. In the film, he plays a police detective accused of murdering his wife. Ultimately, he only has ninety minutes to prove his innocence to an AI judge while being physically strapped to a chair.
“I mean, some of the stunt work we did was really great. We got to drive cop cars and do some cool bar fight stuff,” he recalled before praising the law enforcement officials that he worked with as “heroes.”
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“Man, these guys are heroes,” he continued. “The trouble that they encounter and the trauma they see on a day-to-day basis is really, really staggering.” Despite the poor box office reception, he described the experience of working with the LAPD on the film as “really incredible.”