Anna Faris opens up on growing closer to ex-husband Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger-Rishma Dosani-Entertainment – Metro

Anna Faris has opened up about her connection with Chris Pratt (Picture: Getty)

Anna Faris has shed light on her relationship with her ex-husband, Chris Pratt, following their split.

The Scary Movie actress and Guardians of the Galaxy star – who share son Jack – called time on their relationship in 2017, after eight years of marriage.

Since then, they have both moved on, with the mom-of-one marrying Michael Bennett last year, while her former partner recently welcomed his second child with Katherine Schwarzenegger.

In a new interview, the 45-year-old opened up about where they stand now, and explained that they are all ‘much closer’.

‘We’re all getting much closer, and I so appreciate that,’ she said. ‘They’re very protective of me, and I want to be very protective of them. I so appreciate their support.’

‘We won’t have this Thanksgiving together, but I do hope that we can celebrate holidays,’ she continued to People Magazine. ‘And I do think we can. But right now we just have family obligations that take us elsewhere.

The former couple split in 2017 after eight years of marriage (Picture: Getty)

They share son Jack together (Picture: FilmMagic)

‘I’m happy with that element. And it feels just much easier now that time has passed. It feels really good to not live with that internal churning of unpleasantness.’

Anna also heaped praise on Katherine for how much the author cares for their son, Jack, describing her as ‘awesome’.

‘She’s just on top of it. I love how she is with Jack,’ she added.

The former couple first met in 2007 while filming for Take Me Home Tonight, and started dating soon after this.

Chris and Katherine recently welcomed baby number two (Picture: Getty)

They got engaged the following year and tied the knot in 2009, welcoming their son Jack in 2012.

However, it wasn’t to last and they announced their separation in 2017, with their divorce finalized in 2018.

Anna previously reflected on her failed marriage to the Parks and Recreation star during an episode of her podcast, released last year.

In the candid chat with Rachel Bilson, she confessed that she kept quiet about the issues that they faced, and wouldn’t even discuss things with close friends.

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‘For me, I think after every breakup, at some point I realize that there were a lot of things I ignored that I really shouldn’t have,’ she said.

‘In hindsight, it felt like my hand was forced. I don’t think it was ever an independent decision.’

As well as this, she revealed that she didn’t have a close group of female friends around her at the time, meaning she kept their problems to herself.

‘I think it stunted me in a lot of ways,’ she added. ‘One of them being that I never talked about any issues, so to the people, even who I was closest to, I’m sure things were more transparent with my relationship with Ben [Indra], but with Chris, I think that we both protected that imagery even within our close circles.’

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