Anna Faris has opened up about her 2017 divorce from Chris Pratt in a new Variety interview published Saturday, describing the years after the split as a period of intense public scrutiny. The ‘Scary Movie 6’ star, 49, told the trade that her podcast was the project that got her through the breakup of her eight-year marriage.
Faris Breaks Her Silence on the Pratt Divorce
The interview, published June 13, 2026, comes nearly nine years after Faris and Pratt announced their separation. People magazine and Entertainment Weekly each ran their own write-ups of the piece on June 15, and both outlets picked up the same set of direct quotes. The interview is part of a wider press run tied to Scary Movie 6, which opened earlier in the month.
Faris answered a question about the public attention with a single sentence that doubled as a summary of the period. “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.” The line was the one that ran in headlines the next morning, and the rest of the interview ran with it. The same sit-down is the source both write-ups drew on.
The Podcast She Calls Her Lifeline
Unqualified, the advice podcast Faris hosted from 2015 to 2023, was the project she turned to most during the divorce. The show paired her with celebrity guests and listeners writing in with questions on everything from relationships to career moves, a format Entertainment Weekly described as rooted in a habit she had on ski lifts of starting ten-minute intense conversations with strangers. The format, by her telling, was always meant to be a small, controlled space, built for connection outside the Hollywood press cycle.
Faris told the outlet the show was the throughline of the period. “I’m lucky that at that time I had my podcast,” she said. “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.”
Faris did not use the show to air the divorce itself. She told the outlet the show was where she started thinking about a version of retirement built on writing rather than acting. Faris stopped hosting the podcast in 2023, and Unqualified stopped sharing new episodes in 2024. By the time of the June sit-down, the show existed mainly as a back catalog and a personal reference point for her.
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.
Faris, in a Variety interview published June 13.
Eight Years, One Son, One Quiet Split
Faris and Pratt married in an intimate ceremony in Bali in 2009, two years after meeting on the set of the 2007 film “Take Me Home Tonight.” They welcomed their son, Jack, in 2012, and the family lived publicly through Pratt’s rise to Marvel-led stardom. In August 2017, the two released a joint statement saying they had separated after eight years of marriage.
A month later, Faris told People the two were “incredible friends” and focused on co-parenting Jack. “There is still so much laughter in our lives together, and he is so proud of me, still. We watched each other grow, and he still cracks me up all the time,” she said at the time. Pratt gave his own read of the split to Entertainment Weekly in 2018, with a one-line summary: “Divorce sucks.” He added, in the same interview, that the two had “a great kid who’s got two parents who love him very much.” The two have, in the years since, framed their post-split relationship as a co-parenting arrangement around Jack.
- 2007: Faris and Pratt meet on the set of Take Me Home Tonight
- 2009: They marry in Bali
- 2012: Son Jack is born
- August 2017: They announce their separation
- October 2017: Faris tells People they remain “incredible friends”
- 2018: Divorce is finalized; Pratt tells Entertainment Weekly “Divorce sucks”
Both Halves of the Family, in 2026
Both halves of the family have remarried. Faris eloped with cinematographer Michael Barrett in 2021, two years after the two were first linked. Pratt married author Katherine Schwarzenegger in June 2019, and the couple have since welcomed three children together.
Jack, now 13, splits time between the two homes, a detail People noted in its June 15 write-up. In the years between the divorce and the Scary Movie 6 reunion, Faris worked in films like The Estate (2022) and My Spy: The Eternal City (2024), and turned toward voice work. Faris has not made a habit of discussing Pratt or the divorce in the years since, and the June sit-down was her first extended on-the-record comment on the subject. The October 2017 People piece and the 2018 Entertainment Weekly interview remained the only direct quotes on file from either side until this month.
Both moved on with new partners and new children in the years that followed. Faris told the outlet she is “in the midst of a comeback,” and that the opportunities in front of her feel “more bountiful than they’ve ever been.”
- 8 years: Length of Faris and Pratt’s marriage
- 2017: Year the couple announced their separation
- 2018: Year the divorce was finalized
- 13: Age of their son Jack in 2026
- 3: Children Pratt shares with Katherine Schwarzenegger
What She Said in Earlier Interviews
Faris has commented on the divorce in the years since, but only briefly. In an October 2017 People interview, she said the two remained “incredible friends” and that there was “still so much laughter in our lives together.” “He is so proud of me, still,” she said at the time. “We watched each other grow, and he still cracks me up all the time.” She added: “Chris and I are really great friends, and I think that we always will be.”
Five months later, in March 2018, she gave a longer read on Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert podcast. “We had an unbelievable marriage and we have a great friendship now,” she said. “And we love our son to death, and I’m really proud of that.” Asked whether she still believed in marriage, Faris answered: “Is it safety for your children? Is it convention? For me, I’m just not quite sure where it fits.” The June interview is the most she has said on the subject since, per Today.com’s 2018 write-up of the Armchair Expert appearance.
A ‘Scary Movie 6’ Reunion That Brought Her Back
Scary Movie 6 opened in theaters on June 5, the sixth installment of a franchise Faris helped launch as Cindy Campbell in 2000. The film reunited her with Marlon Wayans, Regina Hall, and the Wayans family for the first time in 25 years, on a script the brothers co-wrote.
Faris told the outlet the reunion started with a February 2025 phone call from Marlon Wayans. “In February of 2025, he called me, and he said, ‘We’re getting the gang back together,'” she said. “I couldn’t believe it. So, for this to happen in this way has been euphoric for me. I’ve been so sentimental.”
The Variety sit-down is part of a press run tied to Scary Movie 6, which also included a separate Q&A on the role, the script, and a viral “Toy Story 5” rumor she denied. A companion piece on the publishing side, 10 parody films to watch before Scary Movie 6, lays out the genre history the new film belongs to, from Airplane! through the original Scary Movie and into the current revival cluster. The piece, on the same publishing side, covers the Miramax-funded production with a reported $30 million budget under new CEO Jonathan Glickman. The Scary Movie 6 opening sits in a wider cluster of comedy revivals, alongside the 2025 Naked Gun reboot and the 2027 Spaceballs sequel, both of which have been formally announced. Pre-release tracking had put the domestic debut at $43 to $53 million, on a budget the production team reported at $30 million.
Faris’s take on the call and on Cindy Campbell, in her own words, sits in Faris on the 2025 call that started Scary Movie 6. The piece is a different take on the same actress, in a different outlet.
Frequently Asked Questions
When did Anna Faris and Chris Pratt divorce?
Faris and Pratt announced their separation in August 2017, and the divorce was finalized in 2018.
How long were Anna Faris and Chris Pratt married?
They were married for eight years, from a 2009 wedding in Bali to their August 2017 separation.
Is Anna Faris remarried?
Yes. Faris married cinematographer Michael Barrett in 2021, two years after they were first linked in 2017.
What was Anna Faris’s podcast Unqualified?
Unqualified was an advice podcast Faris hosted from 2015 to 2023, in which she interviewed celebrity guests and fielded questions from listeners. In the Variety interview, Faris said: “The podcast helped me a lot during that time.”
Has Anna Faris spoken about the divorce before this?
Yes, briefly. In October 2017 she told People the two were “incredible friends,” and in March 2018 she appeared on Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert podcast and said she was uncertain whether she still believed in marriage.
