Anna Faris is one of the most down-to-earth celebrities you could ever dream up. She's known for hilarious roles in films like The House Bunny, the remake of Overboard, and Just Friends, as well as the hit TV sitcom, Mom. While Anna is usually known for being candid and sharing her struggles as a mom, she hasn't been that vocal about her relationships in the past. But she recently opened up about the experience of realizing she was being cheated on — something she hasn't openly discussed until now.
She talked about what happened and how it felt at the time on this Sunday's installment of her podcast Anna Faris Is Unqualified. She shared to her guest, tattoo artist Kat Von D, that a partner from her past (no, she didn't name names) was cheating but that it took time for her to listen to her inner voice and really believe what was happening. It's likely something that so many people can relate to.
Having Anna give a voice to this huge relationship challenge is really inspiring. Not only is she bravely sharing a very personal story, but she's making space for others to share their painful heartaches, too. The realization that you didn't do anything wrong to make someone cheat on you can be tough. But Anna speaking out lets others knows that it can happen to anyone and that you don't have to carry around that blame.
“I woke him up in the middle of the night and was like, ‘Are you f—ing so-and-so?’ and he was like, ‘You’re crazy,'” she recalled of the initial confrontation. Hm. Calling your partner crazy is likely a red flag that something is wrong, but like Anna said, it can be pretty tough to look the truth in the face when you're invested in the relationship.
“I’m pretty oblivious sometimes, you know — especially in relationships, of course I don’t want to believe that anything [is wrong] … but there was that gut feeling that was starting to grow more and more.” It's so important to listen to those inner voices. But like she points out, that doesn't make it easy.
Anna always touched on how hard it is to speak out about these kinds of issues, especially for women. She said she chose to "bury" the feelings she was having for a long time. Mostly, that was due to the fact that she believes women face a certain stigma when speaking out about their personal relationship struggles.
“Not to be too gender-specific,” she said, “I do think as women we’re sort of taught to suppress fear or suspicion because we might be deemed as suspicious or neurotic or crazy or whatever.” Anna is right that women receive these messages often, and not just from partners. When women speak up in the workplace or elsewhere, anger or, in this case, intuition is sometimes used against them.
She stayed in the relationship. Essentially, Anna was describing being manipulated. “I think in my case, I was like, ‘Okay, maybe he’s right, maybe I am crazy,'” she said. Eventually, she found out through friends that her concerns were 100% justified.
The experience must've been incredibly painful for Anna. Perhaps that's why it took her a while to open up about it. Again, she's not saying who the partner who cheated on her was, but there are some likely candidates.
Anna split with ex-husband Chris Pratt in August 2017 after eight years of marriage. The two have an adorable son named Jack together. Before that, Anna was married to actor Ben Indra.
Anna is now reportedly in a relationship with cinematographer Michael Barrett. The two met while working on the remake of the film Overboard in 2017. As for marriage, though, Anna says she's unsure she wants to give it another go. After the experiences she spoke about on the podcast, it's understandable why she might not feel up for trying married life again.
“I will say I believe in love and monogamy and I believe in the commitment with a relationship,” she said earlier this year on the Divorce Sucks podcast. “But I do struggle, having gone through it a couple of times now … with the idea of our legal system — I struggle with that on kind of a feminist level.”
More power to Anna for making her own choices where love and relationships are concerned, and for sharing her hard truths on her podcast. We hope she keeps on sharing, because we'll definitely be listening.
