Katherine Schwarzenegger Pratt, Robert Downey Jr. and Mark Ruffalo are defending Chris Pratt after an Internet challenge named him the “worst Hollywood Chris.”
The author and new mother, 30, came to her husband’s defense after filmmaker Amy Berg asked people on Twitter which Hollywood Chris "has to go"?
Pratt, 41, began trending over the weekend as a result. Responding to an Instagram post by E! News that asked followers the same question, Schwarzenegger wrote, "Is this really what we need?"
"There’s so much going on in the world and people are struggling in so many ways," she continued. "Being mean is so yesterday. There’s enough room to love all these guys. Love is what we all need not meanness and bullying. Let’s try that."
Downey Jr. and Ruffalo, Pratt's Avengers: Endgamecostars, also replied on the Twitter challenge, writing on their respective social media accounts.
"What a world... The “sinless” are casting stones at my brother, Chris Pratt...," Downey Jr., 55, wrote on Instagram alongside a photo of himself and Pratt on the set of Avengers: Endgame. "A real Christian who lives by principle, has never demonstrated anything but positivity and gratitude... AND he just married into a family that makes space for civil discourse and (just plain fact) INSISTS on service as the highest value."
Ruffalo tweeted, "You all, @prattprattpratt is as solid a man there is."
"I know him personally, and instead of casting aspersions, look at how he lives his life," Ruffalo, 52, continued. "He is just not overtly political as a rule. This is a distraction. Let’s keep our eyes on the prize, friends. We are so close now."
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