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Who is Chris Pratt’s wife? How the actor met Katherine Schwarzenegger
Hollywood actor Pratt, 44, has spoken about how quickly he “hit it off” with wife Katherine Schwarzenegger, with whom he has two children.
Chris Pratt, who is among today’s guests on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, says he forged an instant connection with wife Katherine Schwarzenegger, whom he has described as “the woman of my dreams”.
How long have Pratt and Schwarzenegger been together?
Pratt got together with Schwarzenegger in 2018, one year after he and fellow actor Anna Faris confirmed they were splitting up after eight years of marriage.
In January 2019, the Jurassic World star announced that he was engaged to Schwarzenegger, who is the daughter of Hollywood icon Arnold Schwarzenegger and the writer Maria Shriver. Five months later, the couple tied the knot in a ceremony in Montecito, California.
“When it’s right, boom”
“God has a fast-forward button,” Pratt told an interview on The Drew Barrymore Show in April 2023. “You know, when it’s right, boom. You get hit, you fall in love, you get married, now we have two beautiful daughters to add to my family and it feels really great.”
Pratt and Schwarzenegger share daughters Lyla, three, and Eloise, who turned two this month. He says the author came into his life when he was “broken.”
“There was a moment in my life where I was really struggling and felt really broken,” the 44-year-old told Barrymore.
“For me, my own journey of finding a higher power and leaning on that and feeling like, ‘Please save me,’ and then feeling saved. And shortly later meeting the woman of my dreams... It’s all about timing. There’s a perfect plan out there for you and I think you have to have faith.”
Pratt met Schwarzenegger through their church, although he joked about how wrong it felt to check her out in a place of worship. “You kind of don’t want to be like, ‘Whoa, who’s that?’ at church,” he explained.
“But I was sneaking some glances and I’m wondering, ‘Who is that? Anyway, what am I doing? Come on, I’m broken, help me. But who’s that?’ So we hit it off. We didn’t start dating right away, but we met there and then later on, ended up going out.”
At the time he met Schwarzenegger, Pratt was going through a very public divorce with Faris. He and Faris have a son together, 11-year-old Jack.
The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon: time, how to watch, guests
Pratt joins sportscasters Erin Andrews and Charissa Thompson on today’s edition of the late-night chat show, which also features the country rock band the Red Clay Strays. The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon airs on NBC at 11:35pm ET/8:35pm PT.