Anna Faris Says She ‘Turned Into Somebody That I Didn’t Recognize’ After Her First Divorce

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24th Jun, 2022. 06:45 am
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Anna Faris was married to Ben Indra and Chris Pratt from 2004 to 2008 and 2009 to 2018.
She shared details of divorcing her first two husbands on Chelsea Handler’s podcast.
The 45-year-old feels there is a “shift” that happens after going through a divorce.

Anna Faris was married to Ben Indra from 2004 to 2008, and to Chris Pratt from 2009 to 2018, Anna Faris feels there is a “shift” that happens after going through a divorce.

On Thursday’s episode of Chelsea Handler’s Dear Chelsea podcast, the 45-year-old actress shared details of divorcing her first two husbands. From 2004 to 2008, Faris was wed to Ben Indra, and from 2009 to 2018, she was wed to Chris Pratt, with whom she has a 9-year-old son named Jack.

She disclosed that she and director of photography Michael Barrett had eloped in July of last year.

“I’m like a divorce veteran because I’ve been divorced twice,” Faris told Handler. “It hit hard the first time. I turned into somebody that I didn’t recognize. I was always the kind of person that had their fridge filled. And I hosted a lot of dinners. That was back when I had friends.”

After her split from Indra, “I found myself in this apartment with just beer and mustard in the fridge,” she said. “I was going out all the time. I had no one to text or call and say, ‘Hey, can I do this?’ essentially.”

The star said it was an “incredibly liberating” time, stating that she “reverted” back to her 17-year-old self. “I went to a bar, I was like, ‘Look how dangerous I am.’ ”

However, she said that she was also “terrified.”

“I was terrified that I wasn’t a good lover. Especially when I was younger, I was so self-conscious of my body. I didn’t want anybody to see it. But I would dance on the edges of it. I wanted to be desired desperately.”

Of her marriage with Barrett, Faris said, “This time, it has been easier for me to accept a lot of love. I still kind of struggle with it but… When I was younger, if there was a lot of love I must’ve subconsciously liked a chase … It feels healthier, though, whatever it is. It feels like I can be loved.”

On her Anna Faris is Unqualified podcast in May 2021, Faris discussed her divorces and stated that looking back, she now sees them differently than she did at the time.

“For me, I think after every breakup, at some point I realize that there were a lot of things I ignored that I really shouldn’t have,” Faris said. “In hindsight, it felt like my hand was forced. I don’t think it was ever an independent decision.”

Faris also discussed breaking up her engagement with a caller on the programme, which led her to imply that she believed she should have done the same.

“I really feel like calling off an engagement is a smarter, stronger, braver move than what I did,” Faris recalled. “Which was like, well, I guess everyone is expecting this, so let’s just go through with it.”

Anna Faris Says She ‘Turned Into Somebody That I Didn’t Recognize’ After Her First Divorce

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