Chris Pratt and his wife Katherine Schwarzenegger enjoyed some fun in the sun in recent days when they visited his mother-in-law Maria Shriver and her family.
The 46-year-old Avengers star beamed while enjoying time on the water at the Shriver–Kennedy stomping grounds of Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
In photos posted Friday to Instagram by his 35-year-old wife, Pratt showcased his superhero physique while getting chummy with Maria’s younger brother Anthony Shriver, 60, and Katherine’s younger brother Christopher.
The extended family outing came just days after Pratt stirred up fury on social media when he shared his support for his extended family member, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and his Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) agenda for the Trump administration.
The actor was mostly pictured shirtless in his wife’s photos, including one of him with a towel wrapped around his waist as he sat on a boat next to his mother-in-law Shriver and his and Katherine’s five-year-old daughter Lyla.
Shriver looked festive in a pink-tinged patterned dress with white tear drop–shaped tassels and a white visor that wasn’t quite able to prevent her long hair from whipping around in the wind.
Chris Pratt, 46, and his wife Katherine Schwarzenegger, 35, enjoyed some fun in the sun in recent days when they visited his mother-in-law Maria Shriver, 69, and her family. Katherine shared photos from their vacation on Cape Cod on Friday
Katherine made one of her few appearances in her photoset in a group photo with her uncle Anthony Anthony Shriver and her mother
Katherine made one of her few appearances in her photoset in a group photo with her uncle Anthony, who pulled Maria and one of the younger Shriver family members in for a photo on the boat.
The brother–sister duo bore a striking resemblance as they beamed for the camera.
Like many members of his famous families, Anthony has devoted himself to helping others as an advocate for people with intellectual disabilities.
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He’s the founder and chairman of the non-profit Best Buddies, which creates social opportunities for adults and children with developmental disabilities, as well as helping to find suitable jobs for those adults.
While they relaxed on the boat, Pratt cooled down in the water with his daughter Lyla.
In one sweet snap, he gazed up at the camera as he treaded water while his daughter wrapped her arms around his shoulders.
He also showed off his competitive side as he joined some of his in-laws to climb a tall red-and-white buoy, which Katherine shared a video of to her Instagram Stories.
Katherine also snapped a photo of her brother Christopher, 27, who showed off his impressive weight loss in a white linen button-up shirt and faded coral-colored shorts.
The brother–sister duo bore a striking resemblance as they beamed for the camera
While they relaxed on the boat, Pratt cooled down in the water with his daughter Lyla
He also showed off his competitive side as he joined some of his in-laws to climb a tall red-and-white buoy, which Katherine shared a video of to her Instagram Stories
Katherine also snapped a photo of her brother Christopher, 27, who showed off his impressive weight loss in a white linen button-up shirt and faded coral-colored shorts
Another of Katherine’s extended family members appeared to be having a conversation with Lyla at the bow of the boat in one photo
‘A perfect day,’ Katherine captioned her post
He’s often seen with a beard, but he had trimmed it down to a stylish mustache and some designer stubble.
Katherine captioned her post, ‘A perfect day.’
Another of Katherine’s extended family members appeared to be having a conversation with Lyla at the bow of the boat in one photo.
In addition to Lyla, Pratt and Schwarzenegger also share their three-year-old daughter Eloise and their nine-month-old son Ford, though it wasn’t clear if all of the children had joined them.
Pratt also has an older son, 13-year-old Jack, whom he shares with his ex-wife Anna Faris, whom he was married to from 2009 to 2018.
He began dating Schwarzenegger that year, and the couple tied the knot in June of 2019 in a ceremony in Montecito, California, that included Katherine’s mother and her father, Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Earlier this week, her husband found himself in the middle of a political firestorm that earned him the internet’s ire.
The Guardians of the Galaxy star sparked outrage after publicly defending his extended family member, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., during a recent appearance on Bill Maher’s Club Random podcast.
Earlier this week, Pratt once again found himself in the middle of a political firestorm after defending Robert F. Kennedy Jr.; seen in August 2025
While Pratt framed his remarks as an appeal for bipartisanship and reason, critics online quickly accused him of excusing policies that harm vulnerable communities.
On X (formerly Twitter), the reaction was swift and scathing.
One user fumed: ‘What a tone deaf a**hole. There’s nothing funny and wonderful about cutting cancer research and funding, while firing teams of experts so rich people can get richer and sick people can die.’
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The criticism trended throughout the day, with more and more piling on to drag the father-of-four of legitimizing Kennedy’s controversial stances.
Some users connected the comments directly to real-world consequences, citing grant cuts that disrupted medical research, while others argued Pratt’s statements reflect a long-running pattern of political missteps.
Despite Pratt’s insistence that his comments were meant to highlight shared goals, such as reducing toxins in food, many online saw his defense of RFK Jr. as reckless at best, harmful at worst.
‘Policy changes rarely ever consider the actual people they hit,’ one critic wrote, pointing to the way NIH funding cuts had already derailed graduate students’ research.
Another user summed up the mood more bluntly: ‘Stop being mean to Chris Pratt you don’t know his politics.’
While Pratt framed his remarks as an appeal for bipartisanship and reason, critics online quickly accused him of excusing policies that harm vulnerable communities
The A-list actor, who has often sought unity in divided political times, is married to actress Katherine Schwarzenegger, a cousin by marriage to Kennedy.
In an appearance on Club Random, Pratt told Bill Maher – who counts Kennedy as a friend and has had him on both his talk show and his podcast – that there are parts of the ‘MAHA’ agenda he loves and that he wishes him well in his efforts.
‘I hope there are certain things that he oversees that seem to be supported in a bipartisan way, like getting terrible, toxic stuff out of our kids’ food. I think that’s a great thing. And so, like, just – if you just do that, that’s amazing.’
He adds that when spending time with Kennedy he’s willing to listen and hear him out but while he doesn’t always assume everything RFK Jr. is saying is true, he refuses to hate the HHS Secretary.
‘I’d hate to be so mired in hatred for the president that any success from his administration is something I’d have 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.’
‘You know, it’s like, come on, be reasonable here. There’s certain things that would be a good thing to have. I want them all to be successful,’ Pratt said.
Maher agreed that Kennedy was a great guy, saying he loves him but has some advice for his work in Washington.
‘I love him. I don’t agree with everything, but I agree with, like, the overall view that what makes us sick is the toxicity,’ Maher said.
Despite Pratt’s insistence that his comments were meant to highlight shared goals, such as reducing toxins in food, many online saw his defense of RFK Jr. as reckless at best, harmful at worst
The A-list actor, who has often sought unity in divided political times, is married to actress Katherine Schwarzenegger, a cousin by marriage to Kennedy
‘When he was here, I said my advice to you is like you need to marry your former life more with what you’re doing now. Your former life, you were very admired as an environmental lawyer.’
Despite the outsized caricature of Kennedy as a conspiracy theorist, Maher flatly denies he’s out of the ordinary.
‘And he’s not crazy. I mean the people trying to – he’s also got, like I said to him when he was here, ‘I don’t agree with everything you said, and I don’t think your father would either, but your father would be so proud that you stuck to your guns like more than anybody,’ he told the actor.
‘I mean this guy, when this guy believes something you cannot move him off of it with your bribes. That’s for better and worse,’ Maher added.
This isn’t the first time Pratt has been accused of straddling the political divide in ways that frustrate both fans and critics.
Ahead of the 2024 presidential election, which saw Donald Trump defeat Democrat Kamala Harris and reclaim the White House, Pratt penned an essay in his mother-in-law Maria Shriver’s Sunday Paper.
In it, he urged Americans to remain proud of their country regardless of the election’s outcome.
‘It’s ok to take a moment to lick your wounds when you lose. Heck, go ahead and cry in the mirror,’ he wrote. ‘But if we become too paralyzed by defeat or too pompous in victory, allegiance to our ‘team’ can blind us to the fact that we are fellow countrymen.’
In an appearance on Club Random, Pratt told Bill Maher that there are parts of the ‘MAHA’ agenda he loves and that he wishes him well in his efforts (RFK pictured in 2025)
The comments were widely slammed as vapid and noncommittal, especially as they came just days after his father-in-law Arnold Schwarzenegger had forcefully endorsed Harris, warning that another Trump term would mean ‘four more years of bulls**t with no results.’
Pratt’s attempts to present himself as above the political fray have often backfired.
In 2019, he was called out by Elliot Page for attending a church with alleged anti-LGBTQ ties.
Ahead of the 2020 election, he was branded ‘Hollywood’s Worst Chris’ online for his suspected right-leaning views, sparking a wave of backlash that forced Marvel costars like Robert Downey Jr. and Mark Ruffalo to come to his defense.
He also came under fire in 2021 for a social media post celebrating the birth of his ‘healthy’ daughter with Schwarzenegger, which many took as a slight toward his son Jack, who was born prematurely with health complications.
Pratt later admitted the backlash left him ‘wrecked’ and fearful his son would one day stumble across the controversy.