Katherine Schwarzenegger Is Not The Villain In Chris Pratt Reunion Drama

The Moment

Here we go again: a woman leaves the house without makeup and suddenly she’s a walking press release for her feelings.

According to a recent report, Katherine Schwarzenegger, 36, was spotted on a solo shopping trip in Montecito, dressed in black leggings, a sweater jacket, ponytail, sunglasses – you know, the standard “I’m running errands, not filming a perfume commercial” outfit.

The outing came a few weeks after her husband, Chris Pratt, reunited publicly with ex-wife Anna Faris at a charity event at St. Monica’s Catholic Church. The exes, who share 13-year-old son Jack, reportedly hugged warmly and posed for a family photo with their son, while Katherine stood nearby.

From there, the narrative basically wrote itself: Chris and Anna have a cozy reunion… and now Katherine looks “somber” and “subdued” while shopping alone. The implication is clear: is she upset? Threatened? Dramatic music, roll the B-roll.

Or – and hear me out – is she just a tired mom buying something in Montecito?

The Take

I have a very high tolerance for celebrity gossip, but even I draw the line at mood-reading a woman’s ponytail.

This “makeup-free and somber” framing is one of Hollywood’s oldest lazy tricks. A divorced couple manages to co-exist at their kid’s event, someone hugs, and suddenly the new spouse is either the jealous villain or the tragic martyr. It’s like tabloids are still writing fanfic for Dynasty, not 2025 co-parenting.

Let’s break down what we actually have: Chris Pratt and Anna Faris, who split in 2017 and finalized their divorce in 2018, hug at a church charity function. They’ve both remarried. They share a teen son, which means they will be in each other’s lives until at least graduation, weddings, and whatever Jack’s future looks like.

Meanwhile, Katherine steps out to a wine bistro and doesn’t put on a full red-carpet face. That’s the whole “drama.”

The more interesting story here isn’t whatever expression was or wasn’t on Katherine’s face. It’s how we keep trying to turn a very modern, blended family into a love triangle episode of a ’90s soap.

Chris Pratt does come with some PR baggage in this area. Fans have long side-eyed his Mother’s Day posts that shower praise on his mom and on Katherine, while often skipping any mention of Anna – the mother of his first child. In 2021, he also publicly thanked Katherine for giving him a “beautiful, healthy daughter,” which many read as an unintentional slap at Anna, whose son with Chris was born prematurely in 2012. He later told a men’s magazine in 2022 that the backlash made him cry and that he worried Jack might see the criticism one day.

So yes, people are primed to scrutinize anything that even smells like an Anna-Katherine-Chris triangle. But that doesn’t mean Katherine’s errand outfit is a cry for help.

If anything, the reported charity event hug underscores what a lot of divorced parents over 40 already know: at some point, you either choose to be civil for your kid, or you lock into decade-long tension that drains everyone. Pratt and Faris seem to be choosing the first option.

Reading Katherine as some tragic bystander because she happens to be standing ten feet away while they hug is like insisting the extra in the background of a movie is secretly the star. She’s a wife, a mom of three, a stepmom, and – based on everything we’ve seen publicly – an adult who understands her husband had a life before her.

Receipts

Let’s separate what’s solid from what’s just narrative window dressing.

Confirmed:

• Chris Pratt and Anna Faris began dating after meeting on the film Take Me Home Tonight, married in 2009, announced their separation in 2017, and finalized their divorce in 2018, according to court records and past interviews.
• They share one son, Jack, born in 2012. Both have spoken publicly over the years about their co-parenting relationship.
• Pratt married Katherine Schwarzenegger in 2019; they have two daughters together, and he has referred to Katherine as a stepmom to Jack in public posts.
• Anna Faris quietly married cinematographer Michael Barrett in 2021, which she confirmed on her own podcast in mid-2021.
• In a 2021 Instagram post, Pratt thanked Katherine for giving him a “beautiful, healthy daughter.” In a June 2022 magazine profile, he said the backlash over that line upset him and that he worried his son would one day see the criticism.

Reported / Unverified by us:

• Katherine’s recent solo outing in Montecito, described as “subdued” and “makeup-free,” is based on one December 2025 photo report.
• The specific details of Pratt and Faris’s latest reunion at a St. Monica’s Catholic Church charity event – including multiple hugs and Katherine watching from nearby – come from that same report.
• Claims that Katherine and Anna did not interact at this charity event but were cordial during a previous public reunion in June 2025 are also from that single report.

Backstory (For Casual Readers)

If you drifted away from Chris Pratt news somewhere around the third Guardians of the Galaxy, here’s the quick catch-up.

Chris and Anna Faris were a beloved Hollywood comedy couple. They met in the late 2000s while filming Take Me Home Tonight, married in 2009, and welcomed son Jack in 2012. After nearly a decade together, they announced their separation in 2017, citing irreconcilable differences, and their divorce became final in 2018.

Pratt’s star power exploded during and after the marriage – Marvel, Jurassic World, the whole franchise parade. In 2019 he married Katherine Schwarzenegger, an author and the daughter of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver. They now share two daughters and a very public faith-forward, family-centered image.

Anna, meanwhile, moved into a quieter, more private lane, marrying Michael Barrett in 2021 and keeping most of her personal life off the red carpet, while still working in comedy and film.

What’s Next

Realistically? Probably more family photos, more joint appearances for Jack, and more opportunities for people to over-analyze whoever is standing where in the frame.

If Pratt posts another Mother’s Day tribute that leaves out Anna, fans will almost certainly call it out again. If he leans into a more inclusive message that openly acknowledges all the mothers in his life – his mom, Anna, and Katherine – that could cool down some of the long-running tension in his comments section.

For Katherine, the healthiest move may be exactly what we just saw: live her life, run her errands, and refuse to perform some big emotional arc every time her husband shares a moment with his ex. Not every woman married to a famous man has the time or patience to act out a soap opera storyline for the cameras.

And for the rest of us, especially those of us who’ve lived through divorce, step-parenting, or blended families, there’s a bigger question: Are we rooting for these people to figure out a stable, grown-up dynamic, or are we only satisfied if someone looks miserable in sunglasses?

Sources: Charity event and Montecito outing details from an online entertainment report dated December 30, 2025. Relationship timeline and divorce dates from prior public records and interviews. Pratt’s “healthy daughter” comment and reaction from his 2021 Instagram post and a June 2022 men’s magazine profile. Anna Faris’s remarriage confirmed on her “Anna Faris Is Unqualified” podcast in July 2021.

What do you think: are we being fair to Katherine here, or have we all gotten a little too comfortable turning perfectly normal co-parenting moments into melodrama?