Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” on Monday night, where he opened up about his new son-in-law, Chris Pratt.
Pratt married Schwarzenegger’s daughter, Katherine Schwarzenegger, back in June, according to The Associated Press. The couple’s wedding was reportedly “intimate, moving and emotional.”
Arnold Schwarzenegger praised Pratt during his Kimmel interview, according to USA Today.
“First of all, I’m really happy that he is such a great guy,” Schwarzenegger said. ”Not only a very talented guy and a great actor and a great star and all this stuff, but a really kind man and kind to my daughter, which is the most important thing for me.”
Schwarzenegger said he felt intimidated by Pratt, funny enough.
“I was blown away when my daughter was telling me that she was going out with him,” he said. “I was just like, ‘Do you have to be so competitive? I mean, do you have to have a guy that is taller than me, that is bigger than me, that is doing bigger movies than me ... makes more money than me and all this kind of stuff? What is going on here?’”
In February 2019, Pratt revealed that he was worried about asking Schwarzenegger for his daughter’s hand in marriage, according to the Deseret News.
According to Schwarzenegger, Pratt asked for a workout together so they could get to know each other.
“Of course the first thing when we met, he said, ‘Can we have a workout together? I need to have the inside scoop to the pumping iron,’ “ Schwarzenegger said, according to USA Today.
”Pumping iron was the decision-making factor, absolutely,” he joked after Kimmel asked how he decided Pratt could be a part of the Schwarzenegger clan. “We were in the gym, that was it ... He’s a strong guy, there’s no two ways about it. I’m very proud of him. When I watched him make his moves in the gym, the incline press specifically did it. That’s why I wanted him to become my son-in-law.”