If there weren’t enough reasons to love Chris Pratt (even though People didn’t pick him as “Sexiest Man of the Year”, which is a damn shame), here’s another one. The 36-year-old star of Jurassic World posted an adorable video of his three-year-old son, Jack to honor World Prematurity Day on his Instagram account. In the quick clip, Jack is coloring while fashionably sporting Harry Potter-esque specs and a green bucket on his head. In the background, Chris and his 38-year-old wife Anna Faris sing “Ding, Dong the Witch is Dead.” My cuteness meter is at 11 right now. It appears to be an older video which Chris is just posting now.
Back in 2011, Chris and Anna excitedly announced that they were expecting, and we knew they’d make adorable (and funny) kids. The couple got a scare when Jack came into the world 9 weeks prematurely. Anna talked about the ordeal with Redbook magazine back in March, recalling, “My water broke in the middle of the night at seven months. We rushed to the hospital and they were able to halt active labor with magnesium. But on the seventh day, I went into labor again. I was in denial. For hours I was like, ‘I’m, just having indigestion.’” Fortunately, after a month-long stay at the hospital, Jack was released and hasn’t experienced any further health problems. And, judging by this video, he’s already showing some of Mom and Dad’s humor and charm.
This isn’t Chris’ only delightful story involving kids. While filming Passengers (and NOT cheating on his wife) with Jennifer Lawrence in Atlanta last month, Chris took some time to visit with the young patients at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. He posed for pictures, handed out toys and signed autographs.
Say what you want, but I think Chris is definitely one of the Hollywood “good guys.” Anna recently admitted on her new podcast, Anna Faris is Unqualified, that she had to kiss her share of frogs before landing her Prince Charming. She chalked her dates with narcissistic jerks as life lessons and says, “But I did learn, at least, from some of those relationships what kindness was and how I wanted a guy who was actually — who was nice and kind.”
If that’s not a ringing endorsement, I don’t know what is. I don’t care what People says, kindness and compassion (and loving your family) make Chris the “Sexiest Man Alive” in my book.
Photos credit: Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, WENN.com, Instagram/Chris Pratt and Anna Faris
There’s a big place in my heart for all premies being the auntie of a doll boy who was born at 25 weeks, Such a scary time that was, but now he is a beautiful healthy seven year old. Thank God for him every day.
He’s MY Sexiest Man Alive <3 Anna Faris is so lucky, I want a Chris Pratt of my own!
My daughter was born at 31 weeks. Weighed 3lbs. Scariest time of my entire life. She’s six now and amazing
My sister’s boy wasn’t due until February, but was born on November 14, 2008. So blessed that he is so perfect and healthy. Very happy for you Elisabeth and your daughter. May she live a happy and healthy life!
My daughter was born at 26 weeks, weighed less than 2 lbs. 3 months in NICU, hardest time I ever had to go through, don’t wish it on anyone. She’s 20 now and absolutely perfect, beautiful and independent. We were very, very lucky. I have a special place in my heart for all preemies. Chris Pratt is a doll, love him anyway and now more than ever – I had no idea his son was premature too.
My daughter was born at 33 weeks at 5 lbs and spent 20 long days in the NICU. Leaving the hospital without your baby is one of the worst feelings. Thankfully she’s now a happy, healthy kindergartener.
Mom to a 31 weeker – 2 lbs 13 oz, and a 35 weeker – 5 lbs 8 oz (thanks, preeclampsia!). Chris Pratt’s willingness to discuss his son’s prematurity has definitely warmed my heart and made me feel less isolated in my experience. Seeing photos of his son reminds me of the horrible ROP exams my daughter had to endure, the attempts to wean her off of the breathing machine, and just how terrifying and horrible it was to see my daughter suffer immensely her first few weeks of life – but it also reminds me how far we have come. My son’s premature birth and NICU experience was a piece of cake comparatively, though I was beyond pissed it happened again (was told I had a 7.5% chance of another premature birth).
I know he’s got his downfalls (namely, hunting), but I’ll take my preemie parent role models where I can!
I agree with all of what you said. It is such an isolating, lonely feeling and there was no one to share what I was going through because not many people could relate.
On a superficial note, Did you take progesterone shots the second time? I went into spontaneous preterm labor with my first so my high risk specialist recommend them and I took them weekly with my second pregnancy and made it full term. Well 37 weeks exactly when my 2nd daughter was born.
Preemie mom here too! 32 weeks, 2.5 lbs, 5 weeks in hospital. Pre-eclampsia and HELLP. She’s 5 now and you’d never know she’d been a preemie. Her sister is 3, and she was a take-home baby at 38w5d, 7 lb 11 oz. I lucked out and happened to live in a city with a PE/HELLP research centre.
Take home baby made me laugh out loud!
@AJ I didn’t have spontaneous preterm labor or PPROM or anything – that must have been so scary, I’m sorry that you had to go through that. I had preeclampsia and had to be induced because I was at very high risk for a stroke or seizure. In my daugter’s case, she had also stopped growing at 29 ish weeks so she wasn’t handling the preeclampsia well either. They caught it earlier with my son, but was told risk of recurrence was 7.5%. Sigh.
@lurker – would you be willing to share what your preventative care was for preeclampsia and hellp the second time around? I was on baby aspirin, which I think helped me go much further in the pregnancy before that damn preeclampsia headache and high bp started, but I was told there was nothing to do beyond that. I understand if this question is a bit too personal, of course. Thanks either way!
Kindness and compassion aren’t words I can bring myself to use when discussing a man who (by his own admission) shoots animals just for the hell of it, because it’s fun.
(I don’t buy that other hunters are doing it solely for the meat either… but the flagrant lack of respect for their lives is an off-putting red flag. This isn’t me being a debby downer animal rights extremist… this is based on a lifetime of empirical evidence dealing with people who genuinely enjoy taking the lives of small, defenseless animals like squirrels and rabbits.)
That said… if I didn’t know about that side of him, I’d definitely use the words. He seems like one of the rare “good guys” in Hollywood, and I hope the many blind items about Anna cheating (which are sadly more believable than the tabloid stories about the reverse) are completely fabricated, because this little dude seems to be thriving with his two funny and loving parents. I hope he’s being raised to be gentle and lovely and sweet… and that Anna puts her foot down when it comes to grooming him to enjoy taking lives.
I’ll still watch his movies and gush about Andy and April… but I couldn’t scroll past those two words without saying SOMETHING.
/rant over
thanks for posting this, I was just coming to say the same thing.
hunting for fun isn’t sexy. hunting in our society is not even necessary, and I side eye anyone who feels the need to shoot animals in north america.
also that header is so very awkwardly worded.
where are blind items about Anna cheating?
You lost me at “Anna cheating”.
Yes, you do sound like you hope Anna is not cheating and like you only wish good things on him.
I didn’t know he hunts and while I strongly disagree with hunting as a hobby, I’m also getting so tired of animal rights rants that are so full of judgment I can barely finish reading/listening to them. None of us live kind and compassionate lives if you look at it from that angle. If one thing negates everything else. I’ve said this before on this blog but do you buy clothes from big brands? Do you own a cell phone/computer/tablet? Do you own jewelry? I could go on. If the answer to any of those is yes, you support slave labor, exploitation, and the destruction of our environment. You might argue that you can’t help it but he can help hunting animals. Only, that’s not true. So my point is, a little less judgment until your own behavior 100% ethical? Maybe?
There’s a flaw in your logic somewhere. I’m getting to it.
So because I am not perfect, I don’t have the right to stand up for those who can’t for themselves? Because yes, I don’t have a lot of money and have to shop at walmart, this means I am unqualified to loathe someone who hunts for sport?
By your definition I shouldn’t try to help anyone, ever. Forget Raif, forget the red cross, forget human trafficking. Forget trying to help refugees, forget trying to do what I can with what I’ve got? forget Palestine, I had to buy milk at walmart today.
Illogical. If we had that attitude, we’d do nothing for anyone, ever.
I will always try my best to stand for those who cannot, human or animal.
“So because I am not perfect, I don’t have the right to stand up for those who can’t for themselves?” Where did I say that? I didn’t. I said don’t judge others so harshly.
My point is actually your point. One flaw does not negate every nice thing about you, every good thing you do. That’s what I said. And that’s what you said. My problem is your level of judgment and you’re not alone in it of course. Standing up for animal rights is awesome in my book and I am very unhappy that Chris Pratt apparently hunts for fun. But none of us lead lives that are 100% ethical. So to say Chris Pratt is not kind or compassionate because he hunts? Buying cheap sh*t at Walmart is okay because you don’t have a lot of money? It’s a necessity and hunting is not, that’s the only difference. Doesn’t make Walmart any better.
And by my definition, we should do our very best to help others. And at the same time realize that nobody is perfect and as soon as you think you’re in a morally superior position, you’re automatically not. Of course you picked the milk from Walmart because what is there to say then? Not much. Except, do you not own cheap sh*t you don’t really really need? None of us need a TV, none of us need 5 pairs of jeans or more, none of us need as many clothes as most of us own. All I’m saying is, calm down with the sanctimony.
Yes, that is kind of the point she’s making? Animal rights obsessives think that anyone who doesn’t share their obsession with animal rights is a “bad person.” In fact, it is entirely possible to not share that obsession and still not be a bad person. By all accounts, Chris Pratt is a kind, compassionate person who really seems to like cheering up sick children. That he doesn’t view hunting the way animal rights obsessives do doesn’t make him a bad person.
Brittney, your statements are ridiculous. He hunts animals so that discounts all of the good work he does for children with disabilities? Give me a break. He is not out sniping the children, he is out hunting animals that are not endangered. You have the most irrational logic that I have read in a very long time. What do you do for your community? I’m sure you will reply with some witty, I’m better than you response but I wouldn’t buy it. My daughter is severely disabled, my husband hunts and he is one of the most caring and loving fathers that I have ever known. He is also a pillar in our community. Your logic is a joke.
Chris comes from a particular background. I don’t have a huge problem with someone humanely killing a wild animal and eating it. Those animals have a much better life than those that are farmed in sometimes pretty poor conditions, which most people, including me, eat. If you’re going to eat meat, far better it’s a deer that has roamed in natural conditions rather than a factory farmed pig or chicken. And threads about CB’s beloved prince Harry seldom mention his hunting. Hunting is not something I especially applaud, and some comments CP has made about shooting coyotes were a bit dubious, but I keep a sense of proportion. Frankly, the celebs snorting coke and taking other drugs are in a small way supporting massive international crime and thuggish cartels, a lot worse that shooting a turkey.
I think you guys are getting wrapped around the axle here–one doesn’t have to be an animal rights obsessive to have problems associating kindness and compassion with a guy who shoots living creatures so he (in his OWN WORDS) can ‘enjoy watching them die.’
That’s not obsessive about animal rights, that’s simple human decency.
So there’s a point at which that behavior and dialogue, while it doesn’t discount children’s hospital visits and the like, does make it more difficult to root for the guy.
Kylie Jenner visits children’s hospitals as well (with Tyga)–are you going to cheer for everything else she does as well?
THIS exactly.
So factory farming is somehow okay but putting an animal down instantly after a life of freedom to eat its meat isn’t? I buy organic food and ethically raised meat and animal products. I only eat free range eggs. I also hunt. And no, I do not hunt squirrels and rabbits. I contribute to funds that preserve wildlife habitat and my family improves our hunting land by planting native grasses and removing invasive plants. I also foster rescue dogs. To say we are not compassionate or humane is straight up ignorance and it doesn’t sound like you’re doing much to stop greenhouse gas emissions or animal suffering yourself. The self righteous indignation is not welcome or appreciated.
I’ve always liked Chris Pratt, but now I think I am in love!!! May have to change my name to MrsCPratt!!!!!! What a sweet guy!!!!!!
Such a beauitful little boy and fam
I seem to remember a story a while back when Guardians of the Galaxy was either filming or had just been released and Chris snuck into the custom department and borrowed his outfit and visited kids in the hospital to cheer them up. He may not be saving the world but he’s made many sick children happy. And that’s very cool.
Their son is just so cute! He seems so healthy and lively and happy. And his glasses are adorable.
But it wouldn’t be People Magazine if their SMA (or MB, for that matter) weren’t woefully out of touch.
I totally agree, though. Chris Pratt would have been an infinitely better choice. I loved him for years. I adored Parks & Rec from the first episode and I recall when he started popping up in legitimately good movies/in serious roles on a regular basis. When Zero Dark Thirty came out after Moneyball I remember thinking to myself, “wow, it’s really happening for this guy. How awesome is that?” (What’s up to all those Everwood episodes I suffered through for my best friend? If I only knew then . . .)
Oddly enough I was just talking about him the other night – saying that he seemed to genuinely be a good guy for the most part. I’m sure he has his problems just like everyone else in the world, but he seems to be one of the few people in Hollywood who seem to care about being kind, and not just for the sake of publicity.
Their son looks exactly like Faris… adorable.
And Chris Pratt is hot as hell!! Why *didn’t* they name him Sexiest Man Alive? He would have been perfect.
They didn’t want to have to Chrises whose breakout hits were in Marvel movies two years in a row, I’d wager.
I like Chris Hemsworth (not sure if that’s how you spell it) but I still think he didn’t deserve it last year. On the other hand, Chris Pratt in the last two years has had blockbuster successes with the Lego movie, Guardians, Jurassic world. I think back in the day he wouldve been Sexiest Man Alive. George, Brad, Denzel, all of them successful those years they got chosen. Now we get Adam Levine, I’m worried that they’ll put Bieber next.
Pratt has a lot going for him and I’m surprised he didn’t get Sexiest Man Alive this year since he seemed to be the runner-up last year and that was before Jurassic World.
I’m cautious about certain things with him, such as the big game hunting. His enthusiastic championing of gun ownership and usage doesn’t sit well with me. He’s definitely indicated that he’s conservative and I wonder what that entails exactly. He grew up in a poor family and there’s some messiness there because apparently they all want him to support them now and he won’t because he thinks they are mooching.
All of those things are fine with me right now, I just suspect if he remains a famous movie star for the next 10 years he’s eventually going to start revealing things I’m not going to like which right now he ‘s wisely keeping to himself.
The guy bores me to absolute tears but shout out to preemies, my brother being one and having a hole in his heart that led to surgery and a huge scar on his chest.
My 17 year old amazing son was a preemie too – he was born 6 weeks early, due to preeclampsia. Love the March of Dimes.
Adorable!
@Corey: welcome to CB! I like your positive posts!
Appreciate the Pratt love Corey, more Chris please.
He does seem like a nice guy with a genuine interest in helping sick children; he does have a personal interest, but he continues to take the time and that is good to see. I am a little cynical at times; Bradley Cooper put my back up when he visited the Boston bombing victims in hospital and pictures ended up all over the place. When other stars from the film visited it was very low profile and all that surfaced were a couple a tweets from staff and no photos at all. To me that is a good indication of motivation.
I love Chris Pratt, I was a fan of his before most people ever paid him any mind. I’m so happy for his success and I think he’s so well deserving.
As much as I’m not in to hunting and it wasn’t something the men in my family did, being from upstate New York I understand the culture of it. Chris is from the Midwest no? I’m not saging I agree with it or that it’s not an outdated form of masculinity but animal activist who act like their cause is the judgment test of life exhaust me. There are many issues in the world and being a good person, husband, father is about so much more than shooting some Wild turkeys and deer.
I appreciate you covering him. I think he’s hilarious, and he seems like a really good husband and dad. He also spends a lot of time cheering up sick children. I don’t see him and Anna on the pap stroll every week. They are extremely likable to me.
Nothing personal, I do not like this writer’s style, it is bad fit and disappointing to see this site go in this direction.