Chris Pratt Calls for Calm on RFK Jr. Amid Policy Backlash: “There’s Certain Things That Would Be a Good Thing to Have”
Chris Pratt is opening up about his family connection to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and asking people to take a more reasonable view on politics. The Marvel and Jurassic World star spoke about RFK Jr. during an appearance on Bill Maher’s Club Random podcast.
Pratt’s wife, Katherine Schwarzenegger, is RFK Jr.’s cousin, making the relationship personal.
Pratt praised some of RFK Jr.’s initiatives, especially those aimed at improving children’s health. “There’s certain things [that RFK Jr.] oversees that seem to be supported in a bipartisan way — like getting terrible toxic stuff out of our kids food,”
Pratt said. “I think that’s a great thing. If you just do that, that’s amazing. I’d hate to be so mired in hatred for the president that any success from his administration is something I’d be having an allergic reaction to. To be like, ‘Oh, well, if they do it, I don’t want it to happen. I’ll put Clorox in my children’s cereal myself!’ Be reasonable here. There’s certain things that would be a good thing to have. I want them all to be successful.”
RFK Jr. has made reducing ultra-processed foods and environmental toxins in food a key part of his Make America Healthy Again initiative. He has also spoken out against technology-heavy, sedentary lifestyles for children and the overprescribing of medications.
Pratt also shared what it’s like interacting with RFK Jr. in person. “I’ve spent a number of occasions hanging with him [in a] strictly family dinner kind of vibe,” Pratt said.
“I really got along with him well and think he’s great. He’s funny, he’s wonderful. I love him … [But] when you jump on the bandwagon with the most divisive president ever, it makes sense that you’re going to be made to look terrible. So I don’t know what to believe [about his reported policies]. It’s not like I say to Bobby, ‘Let’s talk about this’ while we’re playing cards or having fun or having dinner. I’m not going to pick his brain to find out exactly which of those things are true. I just assume that none of them are? For the most part, I wish him well.”
Pratt said his skepticism about media reports comes from his own experience in Hollywood, where he has faced criticism for his Christian beliefs. “Politics, it’s a nasty business,” he said. “There’s a certain level of this in Hollywood because I’ve seen in Hollywood how the person you are can be such a contrast to the person that people being told that you are, and you can go, ‘Wow, that [perception] is pure fiction.’ … Am I going to shine a light of 70 million people onto this?”
Bill Maher agreed with Pratt, pointing out that most people don’t have firsthand access to what’s actually happening. Pratt added, “It sours the notion of ‘sources close to him say…’ No they didn’t. You don’t have a source close to me who says that.”
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