Chris Pratt and Anna Faris announce separation

After eight years of marriage

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Actors Chris Pratt and Anna Faris have announced their separation, the celebrity power couple issuing a joint statement on social media.

“Anna and I are sad to announce we are legally separating,” Pratt wrote on Facebook. “We tried hard for a long time, and we’re really disappointed.

“Our son has two parents who love him very much and for his sake we want to keep this situation as private as possible moving forward. We still have love for each other, will always cherish our time together and continue to have the deepest respect for one another.”

Ferris made a similar statement on Instagram, also detailing love for their son and “disappointment” at the relationship not working.

Pratt and Faris married July 2009, having met on the set of Take Me Home Tonight, a 2007 comedy. Their son, Jack, turns five later this year.

The Jurassic World actor, who made the leap to international superstar with Guardians of the Galaxy and The Lego Movie in 2014, has been filming Jurassic World 2 and promoting Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 over the last year. Faris, stars in the US sitcom Mom, hosts the podcasts Anna Faris Is Unqualified, and was recently a voice actor on The Emoji Movie.

Farris spoke about their relationship with PEOPLE last month, saying: “I don’t think that’s something, when you’re an actor, that you’re prepared for. There are two different roles that you play — the one on-camera and the one in public. That’s the tricky part.”

She also explained how dealing with “tabloid s**t” was increasingly difficult: “I think it was a combination of things. I take pride in how great my relationship is with Chris, but having said that, of course, in this crazy world where he’s off doing movies and I’m in L.A. raising our child, of course, I’m going to feel vulnerable, like any normal human would.”