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and we’re really disappointed.... We

still have love for each other, will

always cherish our time together

and continue to have the

deepest respect for one

another.” The strain on the

relationship is partly a

consequence of shared

success. TheMom star and

Jurassic World leading man

have long admitted time apart

while filming wasn’t easy on

the marriage—and there were

tabloid rumors of infidelity in

recent years. But for many

who know the couple, the

news came as a shock. “I think most

were genuinely surprised by the

news,” says a source. “But Hollywood

relationships rarely last—and even a

couple as relatable and unaffected as

Anna and Chris can still find it

difficult to make it work while under

the limelight.”

Faris and Pratt met in 2007

playing a couple in the big-screen

comedyTake Me Home Tonight.

“We both grew up sort of playing

similar kinds of roles in Hollywood,

but when I first met him, what struck

me was how good he was in the

scene,” Faris, who rose to fame in

the early 2000s as the lead of the

Scary Movie franchise, toldPeople

in 2014. “I just remember thinking

‘Holy s---. He’s good.’ Instantly

my respect and regard for him went

through the roof, and I started

Their

Decade

Together

FEBRUARY

2009

The pair publicly

announced their

engagement.

2007

The couple met

filmingTa k e M e

Home Tonight.

LATE 2008

After a year of

dating, Pratt

secretly proposed

to Faris.

JUNE 2009

They vacationed

in Hawaii just

before their

wedding in Bali.

2011

As Pratt (with his wife at the Toronto

Film Festival) reinvented himself as

a serious film star inMoneyball,Faris

began eyeing a move to television.

2013

Even after the

birth of Jack, the

duo (at a Lakers

game) made date

night a priority.

2015

Faris supported

Pratt at the

premiere of

Jurassic World.

crushing really hard on him.”

Faris was in the process of

separating from her first

husband, actor Ben Indra,

while working onTonight—

and by late 2008 the divorce

was finalized, and she and

Pratt were engaged. “I knew I

wanted to marry her pretty soon

[after I met her],” Pratt toldPeople a

few months before their July 2009

wedding in Bali. “It took a while for

me to admit it, because it

would be crazy to be like,

‘I want to marry you’

the first day I met her. But

I could have!”

The couple grew even

closer after Faris was put

on bed rest for four weeks

leading up to the premature birth of

their son Jack in August 2012. “We

were scared for a long time. We

prayed a lot,” Pratt has said of

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‘WE STILL HAVE

LOVE FOR EACH

OTHER[AND]

WILL ALWAYS

CHERISH OUR

TIME TOGETHER’

—PRATT & FARIS IN

THEIR SOCIAL

MEDIA STATEMENT

DEVOTED

MOM&DAD

“Our son has

two parents

who love him

very much,”

the couple

(with Jack

at Pratt’s

Walk of Fame

star ceremony

in April)

said in their

statement.

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