Chris Pratt Says His Blue-Collar America Remark Was 'Pretty Stupid

Anna Faris has been live-tweeting her life away this week, so maybe she noticed that her husbands comments about diversity in Hollywood didnt exactly go over well on social media.Earlier in the week,Chris Pratttold Mens Fitness that Hollywood has a representation problem when it comes to blue-collar Americans, despite an Oscar season that highlighted the experience of working-class people(see: Moonlight, Manchester By The Sea or Fences).I dont see personal stories that necessarily resonate with me, because theyre not my stories, he said. I think theres room for me to tell mine, and probably an audience that would be hungry for them. The voice of the average, blue-collar American isnt necessarily represented in Hollywood.His comments immediately elicited a passionate response from tweeters who were quick to remind Pratt that not only are there a tons of movies about working-class white men, there are other and more pressing representational issues to focus on in Hollywood.@runwithskizzers Dear Chris Pratt, there is literally no shortage of movies about blue collar white men. Go home. You're canceled. Jess (@jessicaesquire) April 21, 2017 "The average, blue-collar American worker isn't represented in Hollywood" says Chris Pratt who played a shoe shiner on a popular sitcom pic.twitter.com/zlp4voqztn Eric Francisco (@EricTheDragon) April 21, 2017 So when Chris Pratt says Hollywood doesn't show blue collar, I feel at the root he's saying "more rich Whites than working/poor Whites." Trudy (@thetrudz) April 21, 2017 Pratt apparently realized the error of his ways and took to social media on Friday to walk back his statements after the backlash.That was actually a pretty stupid thing to say. Ill own that, he wrote on Friday. Theres a ton of movies about blue-collar America.That was actually a pretty stupid thing to say. I'll own that. There's a ton of movies about blue collar America. https://t.co/DclYfNsiv3 chris pratt (@prattprattpratt) April 21, 2017 Celebrities, take note. Nowthis is how to take responsibility and apologize publicly. -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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