Chris Pratt isn’t letting politics get in the way of this friendship.
The 46-year-old actor recently opened up about his friendship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. while on the Monday (August 18) episode of Bill Maher‘s Club Random podcast.
Chris and RFK Jr. are connected through Chris‘ wife, Katherine Schwarzenegger. Katherine is a cousin of RFK Jr. and according to Chris, they have a very familial relationship.
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On the podcast, Chris said that he and RFK Jr. have spent a lot of time together. Their get togethers have a “strictly family dinner kind of vibe,” the actor says.
“I really got along with him well and think he’s great. He’s funny, he’s wonderful. I love him,” Chris said on the podcast. He went on to say that he doesn’t let public opinions of RFK Jr. influence how he feels.
“Politics, it’s a nasty business. There’s a certain level of this in Hollywood because I’ve seen in Hollywood how the person you are can be such a contrast to the person that people being are told that you are, and you can go, ‘Wow, that [perception] is pure fiction,” Chris explained on the podcast. “The person that you are can be in stark contrast with the person your enemy is saying you are. When you jump on the bandwagon with the most divisive president ever, it makes sense that you’re going to be made to look terrible.”
According to Chris, not buying into what is said about RFK Jr. politically is easy for him because he avoids bringing it up when they’re together.
He said, “It’s not like I say to [him], ‘Let’s talk about this’ while we’re playing cards or having fun or having dinner. I’m not going to pick his brain to find out exactly which of those things are true. I just assume that none of them are?”
On RFK Jr.‘s Make America Healthy Again initiative, Chris says it’s something he thinks everyone should be on board with. According to Chris, people that don’t think “getting terrible toxic stuff out of our kids food” is a good thing are too focused on disliking Donald Trump.
“I think that’s a great thing. If you just do that, that’s amazing. I’d hate to be so mired in hatred for the president that any success from his administration is something I’d be having an allergic reaction to. To be like, ‘Oh, well, if they do it, I don’t want it to happen. I’ll put Clorox in my children’s cereal myself!’ Be reasonable here,” Chris said.
series Chris‘ full podcast appearance below and see what another celebrity recently said about RFK Jr.!
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