Chris Pratt is being slammed as ‘sexist,’ ‘gross,’ and a ‘narcissist’ for a recent Instagram post in which he gushed over his ‘greatest treasure,’ wife Katherine Schwarzenegger.
On Tuesday, the 41 year old shared a picture of himself with his 31 years-old bride and added an exuberant caption about his love.
But while family and friends of the couple have found his words sweet and heartwarming, other comments have poured in from critics who find his words ‘disturbing’ — and have accused him of talking about Katherine as if she is his ‘possession.’
Many have also taken issue with how Chris praised Katherine for giving him a ‘gorgeous healthy daughter,’ one-year-old Lyla Maria Pratt, which they’ve interpreted as a cruel ableist dig at his nine-year-old son Jack, who was born two months prematurely and suffered health problems.
The look: Chris Pratt, 41, posted a photo of himself with wife Katherine Schwarzenegger, 31, on November 2
Hearts: He gushed over the doting way she’s looking at him in the snap, how she ‘helps him with everything’ and is his ‘greatest treasure’ next to a favorite baseball card
‘Guys. For real. Look at how she looks at me! I’m referring to her. You should find someone who looks at me like that! You know! Chris wrote the following, referring to Katherine’s loving gaze in the image.
He continued, “We met at church.” “She’s given me an amazing and healthy life. She chews so loudly that I sometimes have to put in my headphones to drown it out. But that’s love!
“She helps with everything. In return, she opens a jar of pickles every so often. That’s the exchange.
“Her heart is pure and it belonged to me. My Ken Griffey Jr. Upper Deck Rookie card is my most treasure. That, if you don’t know, is saying a lot,” he said, referring to the Hall of Famer who played for both the Seattle Mariners and the Cincinnati Reds after being drafted number one.
“It’s her birthday within 6 weeks. If I don’t get her something, I’ll tell him to look at this post. Chris ended the message with a pair emojis of red hearts and said, “I love you honey.”
Yikes! Katherine shared the post. He joked about Katherine’s chewing habits and said he may not get her any birthday presents when she turns 32 in six months.
Hollywood star: Katherine & Chris are seen in April 2019 in Los Angeles at Avengers: Endgame’s world premiere
The post has earned over 2.1 million likes, with supportive comments from Katherine’s mom Maria Shriver, Billy Bush, Jason Kennedy, Terry Crews, and former Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, among others.
Katherine seemed to approve of the post and shared it in her Instagram Stories.
But of the thousands of comments that have poured in, many have a less-than-positive read of Chris’ posts, with critics calling him out as sexist, ‘sh***y,’ ‘gross,’ and ‘narcissistic’ for the language he used to talk about his wife — and the unflattering behaviors he seemed to admit to.
‘It’s only cool if you’re looking at her the same man,’ wrote one.
‘I really don’t think this is as great of a post as you think it is,’ commented another with a string of red flag emojis.
One wrote: “This appears as a hostage situation,” while another wrote: “What in male audacity?”
Not impressed: Commenters have called the post ‘gross’ and ‘narcissistic,’ with one saying it ‘fills up a toxic Christian man bingo card’
Several were put off by the way he compared her to a baseball card, with one asking, ‘Did you just describe your wife as a possession?’
“This one post could easily fill up a toxic Christian male bingo card,” wrote another. Pratt made a ‘weird purity/ownership statement about her’ and then went on to gushing ‘about how much you do for your wife for almost nothing.
Others agreed that it was odd for him to be so open to admitting that he didn’t do enough for his wife.
‘Sir…..why are you proud of doing absolutely nothing for your wife and making a dig at not only your ex wife but also your son???? “Yikes,” he said.
Quite a few remarked on how, even in a loving post, Chris chose to name something he didn’t like about Katherine — and also urged him to actually get her a birthday gift.
“Next time that you compliment your wife for her good behavior, consider the casual disrespectful and pathetic negging. You should make sure that you get something for her in six weeks. This is more than enough time,” said one.
Ex-husband Chris and Anna Faris were seen together in July 2014 at the premiere of Guardians Of The Galaxy in Hollywood.
Kiddo: Several have slammed him for not mentioning his nine-year-old son Jack, whom he shares with ex-wife Anna
Other commenters were focused on Chris calling out his wife, and the daughter they shared, but didn’t mention Jack, his son, whom he shares his life with Anna Farris.
One of them wrote: “I cant wait for this to be said about my second family,”
“Did you somehow forget your son ???’?” Another person asked, while another wrote, “Did you somehow forget about your son?”
“Great, but you do have another child,” another voiced support, while another lectured, “Your greatest treasure is your children.” Plural. 2 kids.’
‘What about your beautiful son…? As the child of someone who basically forgot I existed when my younger sibling came along that someone else gave him, it f***in sucks to be treated as lesser than or to have my mom treated as such, too. Another said, “Just saying.”
‘It’s so precious. It almost makes it seem like we forget how quickly you left your last family to get here. God is good, right?” wrote another.
Some commenters focused their attention on Chris’ use the word “healthy” to describe his daughter. Jack was born two months prematurely and has had some health problems
Some of the most outraged commenters focused on Chris’ use, in his description of his daughter, of the word “healthy”, which they considered insensitive to him.
Jack was born two months prematurely and weighed only three pounds, twelve ounces. He was admitted to the NICU for a month and suffered from severe brain bleeding.
Anna says that he also had several eye and hernia surgeries. He also had a “little heart issue” according to Anna. He still has vision and leg muscle problems.
‘A gorgeous “healthy” daughter?’ One commenter wrote: “Seems strange to say. It’s odd that his second child was prematurely conceived and had health issues. It’s an insensitive thing to say IMO.’
‘I notice the emphasis on her “giving” you a “healthy” child. It seems your first child wasn’t good enough,’ wrote another.
“Why not mention that she gave you a healthy girl? Are you bitter about the fact that your son was born prematurely and has serious health issues? Another person commented that it was a passive aggressive statement.
‘As a special needs parent, you triggered me when you said she gave you a “healthy” daughter,’ chimed in another critic. ‘Like implying your last wife didn’t? Your kiddo has special needs and he’s special and healthy too! You should praise her for everything she’s been thru. And him too. Just sayin’, that wasn’t Christian-like, dude.’