Chris Pratt Urges Fairness on RFK Jr. Amid Policy Backlash: “There’s Certain Things That Would Be a Good Thing to Have”

Chris Pratt is speaking out in defense of his extended family member Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and asking people to be more reasonable about his policies. The actor, known for Marvel and Jurassic World, discussed RFK Jr. on Bill Maher’s Club Random podcast.

Pratt’s wife, Katherine Schwarzenegger, is RFK Jr.’s cousin, which gives the actor a personal connection to the controversial Health and Human Services Secretary.

“There’s certain things [that RFK Jr.] oversees that seem to be supported in a bipartisan way — like getting terrible toxic stuff out of our kids food,” Pratt said.

“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. There’s certain things that would be a good thing to have. I want them all to be successful.”

RFK Jr. has focused on removing ultra-processed foods and environmental toxins from children’s diets through his Make America Healthy Again initiative. He has also highlighted the dangers of sedentary lifestyles, overuse of technology, and the overprescribing of medications to kids.

Pratt described his personal experience with RFK Jr., emphasizing their friendly family interactions. “I’ve spent a number of occasions hanging with him [in a] strictly family dinner kind of vibe. I really got along with him well and think he’s great. He’s funny, he’s wonderful. I love him … [But] 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. So I don’t know what to believe [about his reported policies]. It’s not like I say to Bobby, ‘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? For the most part, I wish him well.”

Pratt also spoke about his own struggles with media misrepresentation and the dangers of misinformation. “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’ … And [sometimes with myself] millions of people are being fed that, and I’m not there to defend myself, nor am I going to jump in and be mired in this story. There’s this proverb, Proverbs 26:20, ‘For lack of wood, the fire will go out.’ So somebody tweeted something, it’s not real, and 300,000 people Liked it. Am I going to shine a light of 70 million people onto this?”

Maher agreed with Pratt, noting how the public often receives misinformation about topics they don’t have direct access to. Pratt added, “It sours the notion of ‘sources close to him say…’ No they didn’t. You don’t have a source close to me who says that.”

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