Chris Pratt shared a selfie of himself after voting and posted it on Election Tuesday.
The movie star, 45, wrote in the caption: “I got a sticker.” Scratch and smell. It smells like freedom.
The actor’s smiling selfie comes just a day after he was criticized for his neutral approach to the presidential election between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump.
Her selfie and caption did not reveal which candidate she voted for.
In an essay Pratt, 45, wrote for his mother-in-law Maria Shriver’s website, Maria Shriver’s Sunday NewspaperThe Marvel actor said he wanted to remind people that whoever wins the election, and which side wins, “we are compatriots.”
Chris Pratt shared a selfie of himself after voting and posted it on Election Tuesday.
The selfie had fans divided, with some praising him for not saying who he was voting for.
One social media user wrote: ‘Bless you for voting and not telling us who to vote for or who you voted for. I miss those days and real people who don’t tell others how to think.
Another said, with applause emojis: ‘For not saying your vote as you should and normally do, also for your win or lose article, based on all States as one not divided as they should be.’
Others speculated about who he voted for, with one writing, “I know there’s no way Pratt voted for Kamala.”
Another said, “We hope they voted with their daughters and wife in mind.”
One person said that ‘if it smells like freedom I think we all know who you voted for’, getting almost 500 likes.
The selfie had fans divided, with some praising him for not saying who he was voting for.
In his op-ed, the Guardians of the Galaxy star wrote: “It’s okay to take a moment to lick your wounds when you lose.” Hell, go ahead and cry in the mirror.
“But if we become too paralyzed by defeat or too pompous in victory, loyalty to our ‘team’ can blind us to the fact that we are fellow countrymen.”
Several Reddit users criticized Pratt, saying the actor’s relatively evasive political statement came off as bland and low-value.
What a bland statement and no burger,” said one user, while another added: “What a bland article and no burger.” Thanks for nothing, Chris.
One user said: “Dude couldn’t do three sentences without ‘both sides’ saying it lol.”
Another added: ‘Oh shut up Chris. Nobody needs your useless platitudes.
One user questioned Pratt’s feelings, writing, “Okay Chris, I’ll bite.” Tell me something about which side of Trump is worth voting for, if you see things from “both sides.”
Critics of his op-ed also took to X, formerly Twitter, and called Pratt’s neutrality “disturbing.”
“While he is not endorsing either candidate, and the site is owned by former Democrat (now independent) Maria Shriver, it bothers me to see Chris Pratt play “both sides have good ideas” with what is at stake for me” said an X. the user wrote.
Adding: “My life is at stake, the bodily autonomy of my trans brothers and of people who can get pregnant in general, of black people and immigrants, of anyone who disagrees with Trump’s policies, and seeing Chris Pratt saying, “I see both sides.” and “It’s not about who wins and who loses.”‘
Another wrote: “This clown, human rights are at stake and he has the audacity to say this shit.”
Chris is under fire for his neutral approach to the presidential election. Photographed on October 25 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.
Critics of his op-ed took to X, formerly Twitter, and called his neutrality “disturbing.”
Shriver called the article a “really good op-ed from my son-in-law” in a link to his story on his site.
In a thread on Shriver’s another said: ‘You still have to choose a side.’ “And Trump is a criminal, there is no good side there.”
The Minnesota native’s neutral op-ed comes after his fellow Avengers stars endorsed Harris: Scarlett Johannsson, Robert Downey Jr, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Paul Bettany, Don Cheadle and Danai Gurira teamed up to film a video to support her in her attempt. to become president.
Pratt’s father-in-law, Arnold Schwarzenegger, publicly endorsed Harris for president on Wednesday.
“I will always be an American before I am a Republican,” the Terminator star and former California governor said in a lengthy social media post. “That’s why this week I’m voting for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.”
Schwarzenegger said a second Trump presidential term “will just be four more years of fruitless nonsense that will make us angrier, more divided and more hateful.”
‘We need to close the door on this chapter in American history, and I know former President Trump won’t do that. He will divide, he will insult, he will find new ways to be more un-American than he already has been, and we the people will get nothing but more anger.’
Pratt’s father-in-law, Arnold Schwarzenegger, publicly endorsed Harris for president on Wednesday. Photographed in Florida earlier this year.
Several Reddit users criticized Pratt, saying the actor’s relatively evasive political statement came off as bland and low-value.
In Pratt’s article, the Moneyball actor also gave his advice on how to be a good citizen, regardless of who is elected to office.
‘How can we become a nation of honorable winners and graceful losers? He begins by remembering that no matter who wins or loses, there will still be people who need help in this country,” adding that it is necessary to “find them” and “serve them.”
Pratt urged both sides to “accept the results and focus on defending each other.”
Pratt also talked about losing a wrestling match as a child and how he “cried for at least an hour” until he realized that “losing is part of the game.”
With that in mind, Pratt reflected on people today, noting that he believes “a lot of people still have to learn that lesson.”
“Sometimes your team doesn’t win,” Pratt said. ‘The 2024 presidential election is three days away as I write this. The most important game of all time is approaching.
‘Red Team against Blue Team. A rematch for all ages. A confrontation that has been brewing for four years. “He is giving energy to UFC 3Million.”
Pratt is expecting his third child with wife Katherine Schwarzenegger, 34, as the couple are parents to daughters Lyla Maria, four, and Eloise Christina, two. He is the father of son Jack Pratt, 12, from his previous marriage to actress Anna Faris, 47.
Pratt has been criticized in the past for issues related to his politics: before the 2020 election between Trump and President Joe Biden, he was branded “the worst Chris in Hollywood” on social media for his lack of political commitment.
Pratt also gave advice on how to be a good citizen, regardless of who is elected to office; photographed in 2018’s Jurassic World with Bryce Dallas Howard
Pratt has been criticized in the past for issues related to his politics and faith: Pratt was criticized in 2019 by Elliot Page, who said Pratt was aligned with a “infamously anti-lgbtq” church. (Vox reported that Pratt was a parishioner of Zoe Church in Los Angeles.)
Before the 2020 election between Trump and President Joe Biden, he was branded “the worst Chris in Hollywood” on social media for his alleged right-wing leanings.
In October 2020, his wife Katherine commented on E! News’ Instagram page about the story, saying: ‘Is this really what we need? There is so much going on in the world and people are struggling in so many ways.
‘Being bad is a thing of the past. There’s enough room to love all of these guys. Love is what we all need, not meanness and bullying. Let’s try it.’
Amid the uproar, several of Pratt’s Marvel co-stars, including Mark Ruffalo, Josh Brolin and Robert Downey Jr., as well as his brother-in-law Patrick Schwarzenegger, came to Pratt’s defense with public statements defending his character.
(LR) Pratt, Katherine Schwarzenegger, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Christina Schwarzenegger attend the Los Angeles debut of Netflix’s FUBAR in May 2023.
Pratt was also in trouble a year later, after a November 2021 social media post he wrote attracted negative attention after thanking Katherine for giving birth to a “healthy” child. (Pratt and Faris’s son Jack faced multiple health problems after being born two months premature, weighing three pounds, 12 ounces.)
Pratt in 2022 said he was deeply upset by the ‘fucked up’ rejection, noting that he feared Jack would ‘read it one day… and it’s set in digital stone.’