{"id":214189,"date":"2025-12-04T01:26:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T01:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/214189\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T01:26:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T01:26:10","slug":"chris-pratt-recalls-first-meeting-katherine-schwarzenegger-at-church-with-his-son-jack-the-rest-is-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/214189\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Pratt Recalls First Meeting Katherine Schwarzenegger at Church with His Son Jack: &#8216;The Rest Is History&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEED TO KNOW<\/p>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Chris Pratt clarified the origin story of his relationship with wife Katherine Schwarzenegger<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Jurassic World actor discussed his faith and career during an appearance on Fox &amp; Friends co-hosted by Steve Doocy<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Pratt revealed that he met his second wife at church with his eldest son, Jack<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Chris Pratt is taking a red pen to his own love story in order to make a correction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Previously, a <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/movies\/chris-pratt-katherine-schwarzenegger-multiple-dates-maria-shriver-set-up-source\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:source had told PEOPLE;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">source had told PEOPLE<\/a> in 2018 that the <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/movies\/jurassic-world-dominion-first-reactions-stuffed-with-nonstop-action\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jurassic World;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Jurassic World<\/a> franchise actor, 46, met his second wife, Katherine Schwarzenegger with the help of her mother, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/maria-shriver-i-am-maria-exclusive-excerpt-11701230\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Maria Shriver;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Maria Shriver<\/a>, 70.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During an appearance on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6385849303112\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Fox &amp; Friends;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Fox &amp; Friends<\/a> on Tuesday, Dec. 2, Pratt cleared the air about this matchmaking narrative. During the interview at Woodland Hills Country Club in Los Angeles, Pratt told co-host <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/why-is-steve-doocy-leaving-fox-and-friends-studio-11725611\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Steve Doocy;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Steve Doocy<\/a> that he actually met the New York Times best-selling author, 35, during a church service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Initially, Doocy, 69, had prompted the <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/parents\/all-about-chris-pratt-kids\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:father of four;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">father of four<\/a> to share more about his mother-in-law playing a part in their introduction. However, Pratt responded by saying that version of the story was &#8220;actually not true.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI was at a church in Hollywood, and I looked over, and I saw her,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;And I know you\u2019re not supposed to be, like, checking out girls at church, but I\u2019m only human. And I thought, \u2018Wow, she\u2019s really cute.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Chris Pratt\/Instagram Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger with their four children via Instagram\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"960\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1c94fd3f4520ea532a72b025b8d6054d.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Chris Pratt\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p> Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger with their four children via Instagram<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Pratt also shared that he was picking up his eldest son, who he shares with ex-wife <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/tag\/anna-faris\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Anna Faris;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Anna Faris<\/a>, from a church program that day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Jack, now 13, met Schwarzenegger at the same time as his dad. Little did he know, she would become his step-mom within a year. In June of 2019, Pratt and Schwarzenegger wed in Montecito, California, during an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/movies\/chris-pratt-katherine-schwarzenegger-wedding-all-the-details\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:intimate ceremony;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">intimate ceremony<\/a> less than a year after he finalized his <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/movies\/chris-pratt-katherine-schwarzenegger-step-out-actor-settles-divorce\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:divorce with Faris;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">divorce with Faris<\/a>, 49.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The rest is history,&#8221; Pratt said.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Katherine Schwarzenegger\/Instagram Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger with son Ford via Instagram\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/47b6f8b51f5c644a69ef6bca46bc9707.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Katherine Schwarzenegger\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p> Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger with son Ford via Instagram<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for<a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/people-news-daily-newsletter-sign-up-8692701\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:PEOPLE&#039;s free daily newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> PEOPLE&#8217;s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The spiritual setting is fitting for the Guardians of the Galaxy actor, who has been open about his religious journey while Jack battled <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/parents\/anna-faris-son-jack-health-book-unqualified\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:health issues;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">health issues<\/a> early in his life. Faris and Pratt were told by a pediatric neurosurgeon that Jack had some severe brain bleeding, risking developmental ability in the future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Pratt shared that his teenager is &#8220;doing so great now&#8221; but his premature birth led to a &#8220;touch and go&#8221; feeling. &#8220;When you&#8217;re in those kind of moments in your life, there&#8217;s a lot of prayer and contemplation,&#8221; he added. &#8220;The tectonic plates of my spiritual life really shifted beneath me, and I emerged much closer to God than I was before.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Pratt shares three younger children with Schwarzenegger, daughters <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/parents\/chris-pratt-katherine-schwarzenegger-daughter-lyla-maria-name-first-photo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Lyla;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Lyla<\/a>,\u00a05, and <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/parents\/katherine-schwarzenegger-shares-first-photos-of-baby-eloise\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Eloise;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Eloise<\/a>, 3,\u00a0and\u00a0son <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/chris-pratt-and-katherine-schwarzenegger-welcome-baby-number-3-8729731\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ford;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Ford<\/a>, who just turned 1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/chris-pratt-first-met-katherine-schwarzenegger-at-church-11861213\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:People;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">People<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEED TO KNOW Chris Pratt clarified the origin story of his relationship with wife Katherine Schwarzenegger The Jurassic&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":214190,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[268],"tags":[328,434,5909,18,117,19,17,5910,116639],"class_list":{"0":"post-214189","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-anna-faris","9":"tag-celebrities","10":"tag-chris-pratt","11":"tag-eire","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-ie","14":"tag-ireland","15":"tag-katherine-schwarzenegger","16":"tag-steve-doocy"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115658699944921548","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214189\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}