Quote from Oladosun Joshua Segun on February 6, 2026, 4:29 PM

To secure the success of his marriage to Katherine Schwarzenegger, Chris Pratt will stop at nothing. When the Jurassic World star and his spouse attended premarital counseling before to their 2019 marriage at San Ysidro Ranch in Montecito, California, they did just that.

“We also had a ceremony at St. Monica's Church [in Santa Monica, Calif.,] and a part of getting married at St. Monica's church is doing premarital counseling,” he clarified on SiriusXM's Literally! on February 6. with the Rob Lowe podcast. “We did like, six sessions with this guy who was, by the way, the best thing in the world.”

One of those questions, according to the father of four, was the popular discussion of when it's too early to begin—and end—celebrating Christmas. He shares daughters Lyla, 5, and Eloise, 3, and a son Ford, 15 months, with Katherine and a son Jack, 12 with his ex-wife Anna Faris.

Noting that he and Katherine, 36, had decided on "a list of directives" that they would follow “in our partnership and in our wedding,” Chris revealed, “One of them was that we were gonna play Christmas music on November 1, and that we were gonna take the Christmas tree down December 26.”

“We talked about it beforehand, so now we're on board,” the 46-year-old went on to stress how this would help avoid any arguments or misunderstandings during a married couple's first Christmas together. “It’s like 300 potential landmines and [you can] diffuse them beforehand. And that way, if you have an issue, you talk about it and you hash it out.”

Premarital counseling is a "great gift to give your potential spouse," according to the Marvel star.

“If you agree on it, you move on. But if there's things you disagree on, you hash it out and you do the work to figure out why are you coming from this [belief]?” he disclosed. “This therapist who's basically diffusing a bomb, but in a way that's not gonna cause an argument or a fight. 'Cause a lot of this stuff can make you angry or upset or triggered or whatever. So, I definitely recommend [it] for anybody.”

Chris and Katherine have previously discussed candidly seeking professional guidance prior to getting married. Indeed, Katherine previously disclosed that after becoming engaged to Chris in 2019, she looked for a stepparenting consultant to help her manage her relationship with Jack.

“It’s been incredibly helpful for me and also just understanding my role as a stepparent,” in July, she and her spouse made a joint interview on the Parenting & You With Dr. Shefali podcast. “Step-parenting, like parenting, has no handbook. Because I have the benefit of being in both roles. Step-parenting is extra confusing because you aren’t a parent, you’re not a nanny, you’re not an assistant. You have responsibilities in all of those areas but you’re not either of them.”

Chris concurred, describing the role of stepparent as "a tough job."

He continued, “Children are children and they’re on their own paths. They’re probably having to continually process the fact that they are children of divorce. If a parent is in there doing the hard work of creating structure for a child and holding children accountable, and it’s not a biological child, it can feel thankless. But it’s a really, really important job.”