{"id":41053,"date":"2024-11-11T12:50:54","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T17:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=41053"},"modified":"2024-11-11T12:50:54","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T17:50:54","slug":"chris-pratt-criticized-after-bucking-trend-of-celebrity-endorsements-urging-unity-instead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2024\/11\/chris-pratt-criticized-after-bucking-trend-of-celebrity-endorsements-urging-unity-instead.html","title":{"rendered":"Chris Pratt Criticized After Bucking Trend of Celebrity Endorsements, Urging Unity Instead"},"content":{"rendered":"
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While many celebrities who backed Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019s presidential run lament her loss to Donald Trump, actor Chris Pratt has remained fairly quiet after calling Americans to unity prior to the election. Writing for his mother-in-law, Maria Shriver\u2019s, Sunday Paper<\/em><\/a>, he avoided endorsing either candidate. \u201cLike so many of us, I\u2019ve been doomscrolling my way through this election season. And I see things from both sides,\u201d he wrote. \u201cI understand that people\u2019s lives and rights are on the line. I also see that there are millions of people who feel overlooked and invisible to our government and are desperate for something to change.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pratt pointed to his own upbringing as a poor kid growing up in small-town America. \u201cYet even though my life has drastically changed, I\u2019m trying to make sense of the election through the eyes of Americans on both sides.\u201d He turned his focus to how the country could move forward after the election. He recalled his own devastation after losing a wrestling game and how one day he realized that losing was just as much a part of life as winning. \u201cI feel as though we live in a time now when so many people have yet to learn that lesson. Sometimes your team doesn\u2019t win. The 2024 presidential election is three days away as I write this. The biggest game of all time approaches.\u201d He stated he realized there were differences between a sports game and an election, but that Americans still had to find a way to connect to each other. \u201cHow do we become a nation of honorable winners and graceful losers?\u201d he asked. \u201cIt starts with remembering no matter who wins or loses, there are still going to be people who need help in this country. Find them. Be of service.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pratt\u2019s letter was a break from his Avengers<\/em> co-stars, who appeared in an ad to support Harris. It\u2019s also a break from his own family, with both Shriver and Pratt\u2019s father-in-law, Arnold Schwarzenegger, having previously voiced support for Harris<\/a>. Pratt received criticism for the op-ed, with his critics calling the op-ed \u201cbanal.\u201d \u201cPratt is trying to make it seem like this is any other election. Like Obama vs Romney, for instance. But it\u2019s actually the most critical election of my lifetime. What we do in this moment, over the next 24 hours, matters very much,\u201d said one critic<\/a>. Another took issue with his \u201cboth sides\u201d approach. \u201cWhile he does not endorse either candidate, and the site is from a former Democrat (now independent) Maria Shriver, it upsets me to see Chris Pratt play \u2018both sides have good ideas\u2019 with what is at stake for me.\u201d Pratt has not responded directly to the criticism, though some sources have said he was \u201csurprised.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While many celebrities who backed Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019s presidential run lament her loss to Donald Trump, actor Chris Pratt has remained fairly quiet after calling Americans to unity prior to the election. 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