Anna Faris Says She Felt 'Sad' After Her Divorce From Chris Pratt

Anna Faris opened up about her "sad" divorce with ex-husband Chris Pratt.

Speaking with Variety, Faris opened up about maintaining the public appearance that she was unaffected even as her eight-year marriage was falling apart behind the scenes.

The Scary Movie 6 actress confessed that the public pressure was nothing she had prepared for, despite spending decades in Hollywood.

She said, "I was feeling sad. Sad. I do feel like I had enough gumption, enough of a core, and I have tried to be careful about how much Hollywood infiltrates, but now I’ve been on a spectrum of fame for 26 years, so I would be naïve to think that it hasn’t shaped who I am at this point. But, f---. The scrutiny."

Reflecting on the relationship during a 2021 episode of her podcast, "Anna Faris Is Unqualified," the actress revealed that she rarely discussed her marital struggles, even with her closest friends.

Faris said, "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 [those] who I was closest to — I’m sure things were more transparent with my relationship with [first ex-husband] Ben [Indra]."

Faris continued that she and Pratt, 46, "protected that imagery even within our close circles."

Faris, 49, told the outlet that her podcast became her safe space during those difficult times.

She said, "I’m lucky that at that time I had my podcast ['Unqualified']. That goes back to the talk radio."

"I wanted, like, four people to listen and to build my own secret community. I wanted an avenue outside of Hollywood as a way to connect with people," she added.

She also recounted an incident on a ski lift, explaining how her desire to connect with strangers helped ease her feelings of loneliness.

Faris said, "I used to do this thing on ski lifts where, if I was on a ski lift with a stranger, I’d say, 'Do you want to have a really intense ten-minute conversation with me? And you can answer any question you want to.'"

She added, "I didn’t disclose a lot on the podcast, but I always felt like I could if I needed to. The podcast helped me a lot during that time, and it made me think: I know I could be happy if I’m writing, because I’ve always loved that, and maybe that’s an avenue to make money. I was thinking of a version of retirement."

Despite the rough divorce, both Faris and Pratt are co-parenting their child Jack.

Now, Faris is happily married to cinematographer Michael Barrett, while Pratt is married to Katherine Schwarzenegger.