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Jennifer Lawrence has found herself in the middle of Chris Pratt's shock split from wife Anna Faris after eight years of marriage.

As the couple confirmed their separation on Facebook on Sunday, fans flocked to social media to bizarrely blame the actress, 26 - who starred in Passengers with Chris, 38, in 2016 - for the split. 

Taking to Twitter, one wrote: 'I can't believe Chris Pratt and Anna Faris are splitting up this is all Jennifer Lawrence's fault.'

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Stuck in the middle: Jennifer Lawrence has found herself in the center of Chris Pratt's shock split from wife Anna Faris after eight years of marriage

Despite there being no suggestion Jennifer had any involvement in the split, another wrote: 'Jennifer Lawrence broke up Chris Pratt's marriage lol.' 

'Watch chris pratt and jennifer lawrence be a thing,' another Twitter user speculated. 

Other fans were quick to recall the seemingly awkward exchange that Faris, 40, and Lawrence shared when embracing at the premiere of Passengers in December 2016. 

Though the ladies hugged it out in front of photographers, Anna appeared to have a pained expression while Lawrence kept her hands claw-like instead of fully touching her co-star's wife.  

Split: As the couple confirmed their separation on Facebook on Sunday, fans flocked to social media to blame the actress, 26 - who starred in Passengers with Chris, 38, in 2016 - for the split

Awkward? Fans were quick to recall the seemingly awkward exchange that Faris, 40, and Lawrence shared when embracing at the premiere of Passengers in December 2016

Rumors swirled in 2016 that Chris and Jennifer had hooked up while filming their sci-fi disappointment Passengers.

Though the claims were strongly denied by all parties involved, Anna opened up about how the rumors affected her in an interview in December 2016.

'It made me feel incredibly insecure,' she told Isla Fisher on her own podcast, Anna Faris Is Unqualified. 

'Chris and I, we talk about this a lot,' she admitted. 'We grapple with a lot of the ideas of being a public couple.'

'I just remember feeling so hurt in a way that bothered me, because I didn't want to think of myself as somebody who could be affected by … tabloid s***.'

Saw it coming? Despite there being no suggestion Jennifer had any involvement in the split, fans flocked to social media in their droves 

Watch this space? Fans put together the bizarre theory that Jennifer was involved in the split

Chris and Anna met on the set of 2007's Take Me Home Tonight, when the actor was practically unknown.

They married on the island of Bali two years later in July 2009, and share a four-year-old son, Jack.   

'I take pride in how great my relationship is with Chris,' Anna continued. 

'But having said that, of course, in this crazy world where he's off doing movies and I'm in LA raising our child, of course I'm going to feel vulnerable, like any normal human would.'  

Pratt is now one of the most in-demand actors in Hollywood, with leading roles in Guardians Of The Galaxy, Jurassic World, The Lego Movie and The Magnificent Seven.

When asked how she deals with the rumors, Anna said 'I think it is to never respond; but she did admit 'My knee-jerk reaction was to be like 'f*ck you'. 

Embrace: Though the ladies hugged it out in front of photographers, Anna appeared to have a pained expression while Lawrence kept her hands claw-like instead of fully touching

The couple announced their split in a Facebook post on Sunday night, with Chris writing: 'Anna and I are sad to announce we are legally separating. 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.' 

Claw-like: Jennifer kept her hands in an awkward position as she hugged her co-star's wife

The last time Pratt featured his wife on Instagram was in May when he gushed about the actress on Mother's Day.

Alongside a photo of Faris and their son, Pratt wrote: 'A big Mother's Day kiss and hug across the pond to my darling wife @annafaris and our sweet boy. I miss you both so much. I love you.' 

Speaking back in late April at his Hollywood Walk of Fame star ceremony, Pratt affirmed how solid his and Faris' marriage appeared to be: 'I want to thank my wife Anna, I love you. 

'You've given me so much. You gave me the greatest star in the galaxy in my little boy, I love him and I love you.

'We have bonded to make this molecule that is more important to me than air or water, and without it none of this means anything to me. With every challenge, with every day, week, month, decade, we become more bonded.

Passengers: Jennifer and Chris' 2016 sci-fi flick under performed given both stars' A-list standing in Hollywood (pictured December 2016)

It's been suggested that the split is partially down to the couple's hectic work schedules, with Faris busy with her sitcom and various other projects and Pratt taking on huge blockbuster movies.

He has spent most of this summer away in the UK and Hawaii shooting Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom; and although Faris and Jack visited him on location, Pratt's schedule would have been taxing on the family.

The promotion for the major films Pratt takes on also takes him around the world for weeks at a time, with Faris needing to stay in LA to shoot her sitcom, which records at Warner Brothers studios in Burbank.

'You make me laugh like nobody else. You're very caring, and thank you for your trust and your sacrifice - and for your dedication and your heart. 

'I will do my best to protect it, and in return I will give you all of those things as well. You have my heart, my dedication, my trust.' 

It's over: The couple (pictured on April 24) confirmed their shock marital split on Sunday 

Due to separate career trajectories, Pratt has openly admitted they've struggled with his increasingly demanding work schedule over the last several years.

'It doesn't hurt that I'm with somebody who's been, for longer than me, super recognizable and famous and working nonstop,' Chris told BuzzFeed in December.

'It's a lot to ask somebody to understand, or expect somebody to understand, why you have to be away for so long. But she’s, like, "Dude, I get it, of course you have to go."'

And back in 2015, the Guardians of the Galaxy heartthrob defended that the globetrotting working streak would ultimately lead to 'the gravy years.'

'The way we work it out is we just take at least one moment every day to be present with one another,' Chris gushed to ET with Anna by his side.

'Whether or not we're in the same room, or the same state, or even the same country, we check in, you know?' 

Jennifer has been dating director Darren Aronofsky, 48, for almost one year. 

Heartbreaking: Pratt, 38, shared the news on his Facebook and Twitter accounts on Sunday

Back in 2015 rumors were sparked by tabloid claims Anna was worried Pratt might cheat on her with Lawrence, his co-star in the film Passengers.

'This has been blindsiding to us. We have an incredible relationship. It has been weirdly stinging,' she told Us Weekly at the time.

The happily married actress, who stars in the CBS comedy Mom, said the experience has given her a fresh perspective of what it's like living in the glare of fame.

'I had always kind of believed that part of the rumors of celebrity couples were sort of true because they had never been part of my life. I was like, 'Oh, maybe there's a kernel of truth to that,'' Faris said.

'It's been a little devastating because for us, it's like, 'What the heck?'' she explained.

'Our son has two parents who love him very much': The acting duo, who married in Bali in 2009, have four-year-old son Jack together (pictured April 21)