Anna Faris suffered an amazing loss when her home burned down within the Los Angeles fires in January, but she’s had son Jack to lean on.
“He’s also handled the situation with the fires well, too,” Faris, 48, exclusively reveals in the most recent issue of Us Weekly. “I actually appreciate that.”
The actress notes that her 12-year-old is “awesome,” explaining, “For a child who’s been raised in Hollywood, he’s incredibly down-to-earth and practical.”
Faris shares Jack with ex-husband Chris Pratt, to whom she was married from 2009 to 2018. After their divorce, Faris moved on with Michael Barrett, whom she wed in 2021.
Anna Faris and son, Jack. Michael Tran/FilmMagic
In January, each Faris and Pratt, 45, evacuated their respective Pacific Palisades neighborhoods in Los Angeles as fires ravaged the world.
Pratt documented the aftermath later that month while returning to his and wife Katherine Schwarzenegger’s home to seek out it still standing. (Pratt shares three kids with Schwarzenegger, daughters Lyla, 4, and Eloise, 2, and son Ford, 4 months.)
Faris’ home, nonetheless, didn’t survive. “It’s truly devastating, as you recognize. Silver lining is my house was saved but, at the identical time, so many individuals’s houses were burned around us and the community’s gone,” Pratt said via an Instagram video on the time. “My son’s school is gone. My son’s mom’s house burned down.”
As wildfires proceed to spread across the Los Angeles area, several celebrities are taking to social media to share how they’ve been affected. “Evacuated and protected with kids, dog and cats. Praying and grateful for the primary responders,” Mandy Moore wrote in a Wednesday, January 8, Instagram Story statement. In a follow-up post, she […]
Faris’ home is one in all 18,000 homes and structures that burned within the L.A. wildfires —mainly comprised of the Palisades Fire and the Eaton Fire nearby. The Mom alum for her part has chosen to look on the brilliant side and lean into work as a coping mechanism.
“It’s surreal and has been tough, [but] we feel fortunate because we’re protected,” Faris tells Us, explaining, “I’m really grateful to be working.”
Vince Flores/startraksphoto.com Watching her son, Jack, grow up is a bittersweet experience for Anna Faris. “He’s amazing. He’s 11,” Faris, 47, shared on the Monday, July 15, episode of Today With Hoda & Jenna. Hoda Kotb proceeded to state, “It just goes like that, doesn’t it?” to which Faris responded, “It really does.” While […]
The actress teamed up with Scrubbing Bubbles shortly after the fires ended to interview candidates for his or her “The Easiest Job within the World” campaign. (The campaign uses the brand’s Easy Clean to tidy up bathrooms with little to no effort.)
“It was so great to be on set, distracted [and] laughing,” Faris tells Us. “I just can’t reiterate how fortunate we’re to be protected, and I believe that’s sort of how we manage the grief.”
Along with the cleansing campaign, Faris recently filmed the comedy Spa Weekend, which brought her joy after the darkness of the fires.
“I used to be considering this morning how sad I’m going to be when this project is over since it’s been so incredible to work with these women under these circumstances,” she gushes of her costars Leslie Mann, Isla Fisher and Michelle Buteau. “We’re all at this stage in life where we feel so appreciative of one another. We keep fantasizing a few sequel.”
While fans consider Faris a comedy queen after starring in Scary Movie, Just Friends and The House Bunny, she tells Us that her son isn’t at all times as sure of her comedic chops.
“He rolls his eyes, but once in a while, he’ll [say], ‘Mom, you’re sort of funny,’” Faris shares, noting, “I like having a boy because that mother-son bond is something special.”
Watch the exclusive video above for more on Faris’ profession and life as a mom — and pick up the most recent issue of Us Weekly, on newsstands now.
