Chris Pratt’s camp says fake tweets have been circulating implicating actor of bigotry: ‘Chris never tweeted the offensive things’
Chris Pratt’s camp is denying that he sent racist tweets in 2012 and 2013 after a pair of offensive tweets attributed to him were circulating online Wednesday, as his reps say they are fakes.
The 41-year-old Avengers star’s rep told TMZ the actor didn’t post a pair of racially-offensive messages that were dated in 2012 and 2013.
‘Chris never tweeted the offensive things that are being circulated today,’ a rep for the actor told the outlet. ‘Any suggestion that he did is not only totally false but also defamatory.’
The latest: Chris Pratt’s camp is denying that he sent racist tweets in 2012 after a pair of offensive tweets attributed to him were circulating online Wednesday, as his reps say they are fakes. The actor was snapped last year in LA
The tweets Pratt’s camp said were phony read, ‘Muslims scare me so much,’ and ‘calling another n**** a ‘n*****’ is hilarous idc.’
A Twitter executive told the outlet that ‘strongly believe these [tweets] to be fake’ as the purportedly fake tweets were trending on Wednesday.
The Minnesota-born actor’s rep said that he’s never deleted any old tweets, and that another referring to body image – that read ‘#MissUniverse In a way they all look like Miss Hungry’ – was authentic.
Pratt fell into online controversy last fall after he under fire from critics questioning why he has not been more engaged in politics, given his platform as one of Hollywood’s biggest names.
The Avengers star’s rep told TMZ the actor didn’t post a pair of racially-offensive messages that were dated around 2012 and 2013
The Minnesota-born actor’s rep said that he’s never deleted any of tweets, and that another referring to body image – that read ‘#MissUniverse In a way they all look like Miss Hungry’ – was authentic
Some branded Pratt as ‘Hollywood’s Worst Chris’ as they pointed to his involvement in the conservative Zoe Church in Los Angeles as evidence that he’s secretly a fan of former President Donald Trump.
Pratt’s pals in the Marvel Cinematic Universe including Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldana and Robert Downey Jr. defended his character.
Pratt’s wife Katherine Schwarzenegger joined the conversation by replying to an Instagram post about the controversy from E! as the author and new mother, 31, wrote in a comment: ‘Is this really what we need?’
‘There’s so much going on in the world and people are struggling in so many ways,’ Katherine continued. ‘Being mean is so yesterday. There’s enough room to love all these guys. Love is what we all need not meanness and bullying. Let’s try that.’
Wife to the rescue: Katherine Schwarzenegger defended her husband via Instagram
Schwarzenegger replied to an Instagram post about the controversy from E!, which asked followers which Hollywood Chris ‘has to go?’
Pratt came under fire for refusing to enter the nation’s current political conversation in October when he urged fans to vote for his movie, Onward, in the People’s Choice Awards in an Instagram post