Katherine Schwarzenegger Pratt, wife of Hollywood star Chris Pratt, defended her husband from criticism after he thanked her for giving birth to a “healthy daughter.”

In November 2021, Chris Pratt, married before to actress Anna Faris, who gave birth prematurely to their son Jack, now 10, thanked Schwarzenegger Pratt for her love for him. After his birth, Jack had to spend several weeks in the NICU before the hospital deemed him ready to go home.

“Guys. For real,” Pratt wrote on Instagram. “Look how she’s looking at me! I mean. Find you somebody that looks at you like that!! You know!? We met in church. She’s given me an amazing life, a gorgeous healthy daughter, she chews so loudly that sometimes i put in my ear buds to drown it out, but that’s love!”

“She helps me with everything,” he continued. “In return, periodically, I open a jar of pickles. That’s the trade. Her heart is pure and it belongs to me. My greatest treasure right next to my Ken Griffey Jr Upper Deck Rookie card. Which if you know, you know is saying a lot. It’s her birthday in about 6 weeks. So if I don’t get her anything, I’ll tell her to look back on this post. Love you honey.”

Speaking to Men’s Health, Pratt recalled the reaction from critics to his Instagram post: “And then a bunch of articles came out and said, ‘That’s so cringeworthy. I can’t believe Chris Pratt would thank her for a healthy daughter when his first child was born premature. That’s such a dig at his ex-wife.’ And I’m like, That is f***ed up. My son’s gonna read that one day. He’s nine. And it’s etched in digital stone.”

“It really f***ing bothered me, dude,” Pratt admitted. “I cried about it. I was like, I hate that these blessings in my life are—to the people close to me—a real burden.”

“You don’t ever wanna get caught complaining or anything,” he said. “’Cause I have so many blessings. I consider everything a blessing truly in my life.”

Katherine Schwarzenegger Pratt gave a simple summation of how wrong people were about her husband, telling The New York Times, “I see what people say. But I just know that it’s so far from the reality.”

Director James Gunn told Men’s Health, “It absolutely infuriates me. Chris is unspeakably kind to people; he goes out of his way to help kids. He’s an especially loving father. And there’s a lot of stuff that people have literally just made up about him—about his politics, about who he is, about what he believes of other people, you know?”

Many critics, including celebrities, are weighing in on the new AMC Theatres pricing structure which would charge more for better seats at the movies.

“The Lord of the Rings” actor Elijah Wood recently commented on the situation, saying he believed charging more for preferable locations was unfair to individuals with less discretionary income.

“The movie theater is and always has been a sacred democratic space for all,” Wood tweeted. “This new initiative by AMC Theatres would essentially penalize people for lower income and reward for higher income.”

Actor Seth Green agreed. He wrote of the new pricing structure, “This is absurdly stupid & only creates unnecessary classism. [AMCTheatres] clearly focused on squeezing new profits anywhere possible. Trying to get people back into theaters? Don’t penalize folks with less to spend.”

AMC’s new Sightline program will be implemented at certain theaters in New York, Chicago, and Kansas City on Friday. The company is planning to roll out the initiative nationwide throughout 2023.

Ticket prices will be split into three tiers: Preferred Sightline, which includes the most expensive and popular middle seats; Value Sightline, which are offered for a cheaper price for wheelchair-accessible seating and the front row; and Standard Sightline, which covers all other seats in the theater. 

AMC Stubs A-List loyalty program members won’t be charged extra for Preferred Sightline seating, plus they’ll get a discount on Value Sightline seating. The new pricing initiative won’t affect Discount Tuesdays, where all seats are $5.

Many social media users were outraged over the new pricing structure. However, others pointed out that AMC is following standards previously established in similar industries. 

“Wait till you hear about broadway theatres, concert venues, and just about every entertainment hall,” one person replied to Wood’s tweet. “What they’re doing isn’t anything new.”

“Sightline at AMC more closely aligns AMC’s seat pricing approach to that of many other entertainment venues, offering experienced-based pricing and another way for moviegoers to find value at the movies,” Eliot Hamlisch, executive VP and CMO at AMC Theatres, said of the change, per Variety. 

“While every seat at AMC delivers an amazing moviegoing experience, we know there are some moviegoers who prioritize their specific seat and others who prioritize value moviegoing. Sightline at AMC accommodates both sentiments to help ensure that our guests have more control over their experience, so that every trip to an AMC is a great one.”