Chris Pratt believes that despite the results of the 2024 presidential election, Americans need to support each other.
THE Guardians of the Galaxy The star wrote an editorial for her mother-in-law's website, Maria Shriver's The Sunday Paper, in which she says the outcome of the election isn't as important as being there for each other.
“Like many of us, I went through the election season catastrophically,” Pratt began in his article. “And I see things from both sides. I understand that people's lives and rights are at stake. I also see that there are millions of people who feel neglected and invisible to our government and are desperate for something to change.”
He went on to write that people may know him as the Marvel superhero, but he grew up in small-town America with parents who struggled to make ends meet because they were “poor.” Even though his life has changed since then, he is still trying to see the election through “the eyes of Americans of both parties.”
“I've been thinking a lot about where we will be as a nation on November 6, how we can try to move forward after so much division, and how some of the lessons sports teach us might be just what we all need as we chart a course forward,” he continued.
THE Garfield The star recalled playing sports as a child and how it helped him understand that “losing is part of the game.”
“I feel like we live in a time where so many people have yet to learn that lesson,” Pratt wrote. “Sometimes your team doesn't win. We are three days away from the 2024 presidential election as I write this. The most important match of all time is approaching. Red Team vs. Blue Team. A rematch for the ages. A showdown four years in the making.
He added: “Of course, I realize that the outcome of a sporting event is not the same as the consequences of an election where real lives and livelihoods are at stake.”
THE Jurassic world star explained that he chose to write the editorial now because some of the voting population will be “incredibly disappointed” on November 6.
“It's OK to take a moment to lick your wounds when you lose,” he said. “Hell, go ahead and cry in the mirror. But if we become too paralyzed by defeat or too pompous by victory, loyalty to our “team” can blind us to the fact that we are fellow countrymen.”
Pratt's piece comes on the heels of Avengers Scarlett Johansson, Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Don Cheadle, Danai Gurira and Paul Bettany reuniting to support Kamala Harris in the election against Donald Trump.