Overview

• Pratt posted a short Instagram clip reciting Psalm 46:10, then urged viewers to turn off their phones, go outside, and help someone.
• A widely shared tweet alleged his eyes were partly open so he could read from a device, fueling ridicule and racking up more than six million views.
• He had days earlier shared a message on X praying for Charlie Kirk, his family, and the country following the campus shooting.
• Kirk, 31, was fatally shot while speaking at Utah Valley University, an event that prompted broad reactions across social media.
• Opinion coverage framed Pratt’s open Christianity as long-standing and argued Hollywood accepts it largely because of his box-office clout.