Chris Pratt admitted on Friday that he woke up feeling 'upset' and 'depressed' after incurring backlash for a controversial Instagram post on Thursday November 4.
The 42-year-old Guardians of the Galaxy star had sparked outrage with an early birthday post to his wife Katherine Schwarzenegger, in which he thanked her for giving him a 'healthy' daughter which seemed to deride his son Jack with ex Anna Faris, who suffers from health issues.
'I went to bed last night really kind of upset and depressed and I woke up feeling crappy and I didn't want to work out,' he began.
Rough morning: Chris Pratt admitted to feeling 'depressed' after incurring backlash on November 4 for a controversial Instagram post championing his wife Katherine Schwarzenegger that many deemed as both 'sexist' and 'ableist'
Pratt addressed the camera head on wearing his usual Americana-style apparel as he detailed his forlorn emotional state and credited Christian music and physical activity with getting him out of it.
'I went to bed last night really kind of upset and depressed and I woke up feeling crappy and I didn't want to work out,' he began.
'...I knew though that if I put on my Christian music playlist and I got out of the woods and ran that I'd feel better but I just didn't want to. I did it anyways and gosh was I right – it felt amazing.
Power of Christ! Pratt addressed the camera head on wearing his usual Americana-style apparel as he detailed his forlorn emotional state and credited Christian music and physical activity with getting him out of it
Down in the dumps: 'I went to bed last night really kind of upset and depressed and I woke up feeling crappy and I didn't want to work out,' he began
'I got out in the woods, got my blood pumping and God sat down right down next to me. I actually - I say this as I guy who, I don't get emotional that often but I actually got emotional out in the woods…
'I felt like there was another in the fire standing next to me,' he said referring to a lyric in the Christian song he was listening to. 'But that moment really captured me.'
'So I just want to say all glory to God. And if you feel down today maybe get an exercise or maybe listen to some good worship music or get the word in because it really helped me this morning,' he concluded.
The cause of Chris' distress stemmed from his birthday tribute to Katherine, 31, (six weeks early) for which users slammed his caption as 'ableist' (among other things).
The catalyst: The cause of Chris' distress stemmed from his birthday tribute to Katherine, 31, for which users picked apart his caption and slammed it 'gross,' 'ableist' and 'sexist'
People took issue with the way he seemed to shade his first-born child Jack, nine, with Faris who was born prematurely, as he thanked Katherine for giving him a 'gorgeous healthy daughter,' Lyla Maria, 13 months.
Jack was born two months early weighing just three pounds, 12 ounces, and spent a month in the NICU and has cerebral hemorrhage (severe brain bleeding).
He went on to have a few hernia and eye surgeries, and also had 'a little heart issue,' according to Anna, and he still
