Anna Faris Opens Up on Chris Pratt Divorce

Anna Faris offered a blistering account of her divorce from , after keeping the subject firmly out of the public eye for years.

Faris and Pratt eloped to Bali in 2009 and welcomed their son Jack, 13, in 2012 before .

They drew a veil of privacy over the dissolution of their marriage as they co-parented their son, and they eventually found love with other people.

Now, however, Faris has finally discussed the emotional turmoil she suffered from not only the divorce but also the public attention it drew.

'I was feeling sad. Sad,' she told Variety. 'I do feel like I had enough gumption, enough of a core, and I have tried to be careful about how much Hollywood infiltrates, but now I’ve been on a spectrum of fame for 26 years, so I would be naïve to think that it hasn’t shaped who I am at this point. But, f***. The scrutiny.'

She revealed that working on her advice podcast Unqualified, which she had initially launched in 2015, helped her through the period.

'I’m lucky that at that time I had my podcast,' she said. 'That goes back to the talk radio. I wanted, like, four people to listen and to build my own secret community. I wanted an avenue outside of Hollywood as a way to connect with people.'

Faris acknowledged that she 'didn’t disclose a lot on the podcast, but I always felt like I could if I needed to. The podcast helped me a lot during that time, and it made me think: I know I could be happy if I’m writing, because I’ve always loved that, and maybe that’s an avenue to make money. I was thinking of a version of retirement.'

They drew a veil of privacy over the dissolution of their marriage as they co-parented their son, and they eventually found love with other people; the couple are pictured in 2017