{"id":6545,"date":"2025-09-20T00:47:52","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T00:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=6545"},"modified":"2025-09-20T00:47:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T00:47:53","slug":"chris-pratt-breaks-silence-after-fans-called-for-him-to-be-fired-following-charlie-kirk-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=6545","title":{"rendered":"Chris Pratt breaks silence after fans called for him to be &#8216;fired&#8217; following Charlie Kirk comments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Chris Pratt drew backlash after posting on X that he was \u201cpraying for Charlie Kirk, his wife and young children, and our country\u201d following Kirk\u2019s fatal shooting on stage at Utah Valley University. Some users urged studios to fire him, accusing him of selective concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pratt then \u201cbroke his silence\u201d on Instagram with a short video leading a prayer and encouraging followers to step away from their phones, \u201ctouch some grass,\u201d call a friend, and help someone in need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reactions were sharply split: critics called the clip \u201cuseless\u201d and predicted Hollywood fallout, while others said the internet \u201cneeded this.\u201d The debate echoed broader tensions over celebrities\u2019 responses to polarizing political figures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Context: Kirk was shot in the neck during his \u2018American Comeback\u2019 tour; a 22-year-old suspect was arrested about 33 hours later. Pratt has kept his message centered on prayer despite the calls for him to be dropped.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Pratt drew backlash after posting on X that he was \u201cpraying for Charlie Kirk, his wife and young children, and our country\u201d following Kirk\u2019s fatal shooting&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6546,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"views":340,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6545"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6547,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6545\/revisions\/6547"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}