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Fame may have given Chris Pratt<\/strong><\/a> money and worldwide recognition but he\u2019s admitting there are some things he can no longer do now that he\u2019s successful.<\/p>\n

In an interview with KIIS FM\u2019s \u201cThe Smallzy Show\u201d<\/a>on Thursday, January 22, Pratt, 46, admitted he could no longer make the same type of \u201cinappropriate\u201d jokes online that he often used to now that he\u2019s famous.<\/p>\n

Pratt made the candid remarks after Smallzy, 41, asked whether making his new sci-fi thriller Mercy<\/em> made him think twice about any of his own past online behavior.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, I don\u2019t know that it was necessarily the movie that taught me that, but I feel as though the entire collective of humanity is learning this lesson at the same time,\u201d Pratt said. \u201cAnd yes, I am now increasingly guarded over what I put out on the internet.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tMovie magic is great until your pants tap out before you do \u2014 take that lesson from Chris Pratt, who shared a hilariously candid story about his brother Cully Pratt\u2018s wardrobe malfunction while filming his cameo in Mercy. \u201cHe gets killed,\u201d Chris, 46, explained on the Thursday, January 16, episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, revealing [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

He continued, \u201cI mean, when Twitter, back when X was Twitter, came out, I might have had 100 people that followed me, all of whom were close people that I would say inappropriate things to, behind closed doors to make them laugh. And so, I would do that on Twitter. And then before long I was like, oh, I have 60 million people on here who follow me. I cannot say those things.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Guardians of the Galaxy star went on to share an analogy to explain why his jokes may now lead to backlash when the same type of comments made in his past were less likely to cause offence.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s like I saw this funny article about boats. Like what you name your boat. And if you have a $200 fishing boat and you call it the \u2018Salty Hooker,\u2019 it\u2019s pretty funny. But if you have a $200 million yacht and you call it the \u2018Salty Hooker;\u2019 you\u2019ll become a pariah in society,\u201d he said. \u201cSo, social media is kind of the same thing. Like, the bigger your following gets, the more you have to narrow your behavior and really rein it in.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Pratt is currently promoting his upcoming film Mercy<\/em>, which also stars Rebecca Ferguson<\/strong>. The movie delves into issues surrounding fast-developing technology, focusing on an AI-led judicial system.<\/p>\n

Mercy f<\/em>ollows detective Chris Raven (played by Pratt), who becomes a prime suspect in a murder case and is put on trial by the AI-led judicial system.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Forbes<\/em> <\/a>on Friday, January 23, Pratt shared what to expect from the film.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is 90-plus minutes of just pulse-pounding entertainment and action. I think it\u2019s a bit of a throwback in that way. It deals with some very serious and resonant themes around AI and justice and morality and all that stuff, but ultimately, it\u2019s not a think piece,\u201d Pratt told the outlet. \u201cThis is something that you\u2019re supposed to sit down, be sitting in a chair, throw on some 3D glasses and just get kind of blasted with this edge-of-your-seat experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

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