Chris Pratt is getting candid about the work he put in to make his marriage work.
After finalizing his 2018 divorce from Anna Faris, the Guardians of the Galaxy actor started dating Katherine Schwarzenegger, after they were reportedly introduced by her mother Maria Shriver.
The couple tied the knot in 2019, and since then have welcomed three children, daughters Lyla, five, and Eloise, three, and son Ford, one, who joined the Marvel star’s son Jack, 12, who he shares with the The House Bunny actress.
Chris, recently speaking with his good friend Rob Lowe on his podcast on SiriusXM, Literally! With Rob Lowe, recalled how in addition to his and Katherine’s wedding at San Ysidro Ranch in Montecito, California, they also had a ceremony at St. Monica’s Church in Santa Monica, through which he and Katherine did premarital counseling.
“Part of getting married at St. Monica’s church is doing premarital counseling,” he explained, adding: “We did like, six sessions with this guy who was, by the way, the best thing in the world.”
St. Monica Catholic Church is a Catholic parish in Santa Monica and Chris is likely referring to Pre-Cana, a mandatory Catholic marriage preparation program for engaged couples, named after the wedding at Cana where Jesus performed his first miracle.
© GettyChris further shared that among the topics of discussion the priest wanted them to agree on before marriage was when celebrations for Christmas start and stop. And among their list of “directives” they agreed to for their relationship, he said was: “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.”
“We talked about it beforehand, so now we’re on board,” he went on, adding how going through Pre-Cana helped them get any potential arguments out of the way. “It’s like 300 potential landmines and [you can] diffuse them beforehand. And that way, if you have an issue, you talk about it and you hash it out.”
“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 figure out why are you coming from this [belief]?” he noted.
© Instagram“This therapist who’s basically diffusing a bomb, but in a way that’s not gonna cause an argument or a fight. ‘Cause a lot of this stuff can make you angry or upset or triggered or whatever. So I definitely recommend [it] for anybody,” Chris maintained.
© InstagramKatherine has also been candid about the work she did prior to marrying Chris, which included seeking help from a step-parenting coach. “It’s been incredibly helpful for me and also just understanding my role as a step-parent,” she said during an appearance with her husband on the Parenting & You With Dr. Shefali podcast in July.
“Step-parenting, like parenting, has no handbook. Because I have the benefit of being in both roles. Step-parenting is extra confusing because you aren’t a parent, you’re not a nanny, you’re not an assistant. You have responsibilities in all of those areas but you’re not either of them,” she added.
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