Chris Pratt: ‘I’m pro-hunter, but elephant is something I would never shoot’

Chris Pratt

Here are some photos of Chris Pratt getting his truck serviced. This is his life now. He gets papped while waiting in line like everyone else. Studios are throwing roles at him after Guardians proved he was leading man material. Pratt’s scored the lead in Cowboy Ninja Viking. He may not be the 2014 Sexiest Man Alive, but everything’s coming up Pratt.

GQ has released more quotes from Pratt’s Men of the Year interview where he went hunting with a journo and talked about shooting varmint. Well, he’s talking about hunting again in these quotes. (I’m leaving out the part about how he skins coyotes.) There’s more interesting stuff too, like his thoughts on One Direction and how kids only go to preschool to catch a cold. That’s funny and almost true. Any parent knows their kid catches everything in their first year of school. Here are some excerpts:

On One Direction: “I just think it’s funny that it’s all five dudes who want to be taken pretty seriously as musicians, but I don’t think any of them play instruments. I know there’s a guy named Harry. Probably someone named Liam.”

On his son’s preschool experience: “I don’t know what the f*** they do. Basically you just go there to get a cold.”

On coyotes:: “They’re smart as f***, dude. To call a coyote in that doesn’t hang up at, like, 700 yards–to get him to come in is so hard. You’ve gotta lure him in. You’ve gotta post up in the morning and evening and do a predator call that sounds like a dying rabbit. And they come running out, and they’re like, “Where the f*** is it?” It’s been a while since I shot one, but I just like to shoot anything with the .22-250 [Remington].”

On hunting: “Anytime you go to the farmers’ market or you go hunt something, you earn it a little bit. Getting all the food is a process. It makes you feel good. It’s like getting in shape by working out rather than by getting lipo. You know what I mean?”

On shooting elephants: “I’m definitely pro-hunter, but elephant is something I would never shoot. I would like to hunt in Africa. I’d like to hunt all the game animals in Africa. The sh*t that’s being hunted today–like a gazelle, springbok, kudu, all that stuff. All those animals are really beautiful; you could feed some people, get a cool trophy out of the deal.”

On hotels: “I hate hotels. I had to stay in a hotel in New Orleans the whole time. What a waste of f***ing money that was. Holy sh*t. I was so tired, I didn’t even want to look at bills. I just signed the thing, and then at the end, I was like, ‘Are you f***ing kidding me? That’s how much this place cost? Oh, great.'”

On home childbirth: “I just think about all the women who had to give birth back in the day in their homes–if you were to get in a time machine and be like, ‘By the way, in the future, there’s facilities that, if something goes wrong, there are trained professionals to take care of you. The mortality rate goes way down. You could totally survive this, and your baby, and people choose not to. Is that crazy?’ They would be like, ‘What?!'”

On hanging out with his co-stars: “We don’t hang out all that much outside of work. I don’t really do much of anything, other than just work and come home. No a**holes. It’s great. You hear these horror stories about people who you have to work with. Maybe that means I’m an **shole.”

[From GQ]

There’s a lot here, and the man can talk. The weird thing is that this wasn’t a “beer talk.” I could understand Pratt bro-ing out if he’d knocked back half of a 12 pack with this journo. But he doesn’t drink anymore to keep the weight off. He says there’s no point in just drinking a few beers, so it’s not fun anymore. So all of this hunting talk is really part of Pratt’s personality. This is what he does in his spare time. Shoot varmint.

The stuff about home childbirth … Pratt means well, but it sounds a little judgy. I agree with Kaiser: Let women make up their own minds for their own birth plan. The part about hotels is weird. You’d think Jurassic Park would have comped Pratt’s stay during the shoot. Maybe they’ll reimburse him? He’s worth the investment.

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Chris Pratt

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  1. Jaderu says:

    “All those animals are really beautiful; you could feed some people, get a cool trophy out of the deal.”

    Badeep badeep bdeeep, That’s all folks!
    At least for me anyway.
    Just a complete turn off.

    • Tristan says:

      I was in love with him till now. Leave the poor animals alone to live their life. Its bad enough we have to farm cattle, hens, sheep & the like for food, but shooting them for fun is gross. In my country we have a whole bunch of psychos who shoot birds whilst they are migrating to Africa, and the lot of them are just trigger happy crazies. Isn’t it enough pleasure to watch wild animals & birds go about their business. On the childbirth comment he’s mostly right. It is true that women have absolute right over how they procreate, however, things can go wrong awfully fast during the birth process & a mother owes it to her child to give her or him the safest start available

      • Ennie says:

        I do not agree with hunting, but when I see it from the pint of view of the people who live there… it makes me think twice. This type of tourism feeds the, gives them a living.
        Otherwise the would be hunting/eating/ selling these animals in a larger scale, instead of protecting the farms or reserves where some rich people go and shoot a few animals. In that way it doesn’t sound that bad.
        Also, I think some of the killings happen because the population grows too much for the space they live in. Guillermo Arriaga, a screen writer hunts with a bow, at least this way of hunting puts the human more as an equal to the prey, more in danger, so to speak than hunting with those rifles and long lenses. Totally unfair.
        I despise seeing pictures of the hunting, tho.

    • doofus says:

      wow, you and me both.

      the animals are so beautiful…so give me my gun so I can kill them.

      kill an animal for its meat..I understand hunting for sustenance, but to kill something just to kill it? because it’s beautiful?! don’t get it.

      • mimif says:

        It’s weird because I live in a culture where it’s laudatory to kill trophy animals, and it just infuriates me to no end. However, I want to throw out the word *subsistence* here, because I know folks that hunt & kill whales (amongst other mammals) for their meat, as it’s what they literally (yeah, I’m using that word) survive on. Took me forever to get it, but I think that’s why this post bugs me so much. So STFU Chris you didn’t get the SMA Pratt.

      • Asha says:

        He actually talks about animals that they’d eat. You might have noticed when he says “you could FEED some people”. I’m not pulling any trigger, but I’m sure as hell killing animals when I eat this beacon.

      • Sabrine says:

        A lot of beautiful animals are severely endangered now, rhinos, laying there dead with their horns torn off, big apes are being killed for bush meat. They can’t reproduce fast enough to replace themselves. Once they’re gone they’re gone, guess they’ll be back to eating grubs and leaves once that happens. Plus there’s tools like this Pratt out there hunting for fun. The poor animals don’t have a chance.

      • Anne tommy says:

        I have no problem with someone killing a common animal like a deer for example,quickly and humanely, for the freezer, but anything else is totally unacceptable. anyone even thinking of shooting an elephant is repellent

      • SK says:

        I don’t like game hunting for fun and this turns me right off Pratt; but to be fair, he specifically says he wants to hunt kudu and other deer-like creatures. I don’t think he wants to hunt rhinos or gorillas (which is illegal anyway). Kiddy aren’t going to be endangered anytime soon. They are freaking everywhere.

      • delorb says:

        That’s what crossed my mind too. They’re so beautiful, let me KILL IT! Jeez. I have nothing against hunting or eating meat. Whatever floats your boat, but to have killing cross your mind first, when seeing a beautiful animal is just gross.

    • Isadora says:

      +100

      He can braid hair for eternity now, but that’s such a turn off. Hunting to eat an animal (while personally I couldn’t do it, but at least they were not factory farmed), that’s one thing. Hunting for “pleasure” and “trophies”(!). Nope. Makes me always think someone has a somewhat twisted way of thinking and a small dick.

    • Sofia says:

      Ugh. I mean, I get the process of food but ENJOYING doing it, the hunting as a sport, that’s something I just can’t accept. This was a turnoff. And childbirth isn’t that simple, this type of opinions don’t add anything to the conversation, for them there’s even no need to discuss it and for me that’s a very arrogant place to be.

    • lem says:

      If he’s using the meat of the animal that he is hunting, how is it any different than getting chicken breasts at the grocery store? those animals enjoy much better lives than any of the meat we get at a supermarket. as long as he is not hunting an endangered species, or hunting a species until it is endangered, i don’t see why this is a big deal.

      • layla says:

        Hunting for meat is one thing – and completely agree, better than factory farming… but I doubt he’s eating coyote. He’d apparently “like to hunt all the game animals in Africa” , not sure lion, rhino’s or leopard make good eatin’ meat either.

        Hunting for sport, for the thrill, for keeping in shape (ugh!), for an EGO BOOSTING trophy is NEVER ok, nor justifiable.

      • Illyra says:

        My thoughts exactly, lem. I could never personally kill an animal unless I was starving, but I do eat meat and realize that hunted animals are 100 times better off than most farm raised animals. Whenever possible I buy free range and/or organic meat.

      • layla says:

        @Illya –

        That’s the thing, he’ s most probably NOT EATING THE MEAT. Coyote meat anyone? Whilst Im sure there are some people who do (or would) eat coyote, it’s not really an animal hunted for it’s delicious meat.

        And I agree with you both, that hunting for meat is one thing… but he’s hunting for hunting. For the sport. The thrill and to simply kill something, he says so himself.

        Also from the GQ article:

        “”She”—in case this is news to you, she is Anna Faris, the
        mega-talented comic actress—”doesn’t like me coyote hunting. She’s like,
        ‘You’re not gonna eat it.’ I’m like, ‘Yeah, I guess you’re right. I
        just like to kill ’em.’… ”

        Yup. Gross.

      • JWQ says:

        because that’ s not his main goal. his main goal is having fun killing animals and nail their heads on the wall. whoever gets off on that is not particularly sane in my and many people’ s opinion!

      • ava says:

        A chicken is not endangered…..flying to a far away country to hunt is wrong. He is trying to make it sound like he is helping people. He is not. If he was really that interested in helping people in Africa there are a lot of other ways. What a tool.
        Also Lem humans do not have to have meat to survive. Some of us are vegetarians.

      • Jenny says:

        Ava,
        You know that humans are not the only animals that eat meat, right? I am an advocate for animal rights, however, carnivores/omnivores are a natural part of the cycle of life and I don’t think you should be judgey that many people do not choose to become vegetarians. I feel as though getting into that debate waters down the fact that trophy hunting is NOT ok. I think that is something that we all (or at least most) can agree on.

      • lem says:

        while i understand the comments about not eating coyote, they’re also considered a nuisance in many areas because they kill the domesticated or farming animals in the areas so while i personally am against it, i also understand why some argue it needs to be done. He also says “feed some people, get a trophy…” I completely agree that killing animals for no other reason than a trophy is not okay, but if you provide that meat to someone for nourishment, then I have no issue with it. My family partakes in deer hunting every year, and we eat all of the venison from the deer. He also doesn’t mention killing rhinos leopards or lions so I’m not sure why we’re assuming he would be okay with killing those animals but not okay to kill an elephant…

    • layla says:

      * POP* – Yup.. that’s the bubble bursting.

      Trophy hunting is NEVER cool.

      I’m officially disgusted.

      • mimif says:

        Word.

      • Anne tommy says:

        I think it shows it’s not all about the looks, although his chunky hunky type leaves me cold. We don’t know these celebs and it’s deluded if we think we do ,but we get glimpses and I don’t like this one much.being a douche is a turn off. Bit of a bad boy- yep. Douche -nope.

    • Paula says:

      Seriously, over him. Eating meat is one thing, enjoying killing? That’s a whole different thing.

    • homegrrrl says:

      Coyotes are not varmints. Predators (coyotes) control the eco system. This Pratt (oh the universe) amuses himself by skinning an integral component of prey (varmint) control? This type is deeply offensive. I wish he’d go back to full-time beer drinking (social ecosystem for loser control)

      • Leah Donigan says:

        Actually coyotes are pests.

      • Well says:

        @Leah

        Some Native American cultures consider them SACRED. They are not pests.

      • Anony says:

        Coyotes get a bad rap for eating farm animals and pets…but we invaded their territories not the opposite! They have no where else to go and like all species of canine, are clever opportunists. It’s sad they don’t get more respect. They are beautiful, intelligent animals.

    • Mia V. says:

      So you don’t hunt elephants, but it’s ok to hunt other dangered animals?

  2. Kitten says:

    “Anytime you go to the farmers’ market or you go hunt something, you earn it a little bit. Getting all the food is a process.”

    So…is he implying that he’s eating coyote?

    Man I cannot listen to this douche talk about hunting or mansplain about childbirth. Go away.

    • Kiddo says:

      He might ‘earn it’ if he hunted the animals in a loin leaf and did hand to hand combat.

      • GoodNamesAllTaken says:

        Yeah, or if, as in my fantasy, the animal pulled out a gun and starting firing back. These men who thinks blowing the brains out of a helpless animal is manly or cool make me ill. Jerkoff. Douchebag.

      • mimif says:

        @Kiddo, he might want to edumicate himself some history, and learnt that his peeps in the olden days hunting large animals with loin cloths usually had a 22-year life span and ended up dying of massive head wounds and/or infections.
        And that was just hunting unicorns.

      • doofus says:

        GNAT, especially the ones who sit in a tree stand and wait for the animal to walk by. sooooo hard-core. I agree…hunt with your bare hands. THAT’S hunting.

      • Kitten says:

        Yes! *high-fives all around*
        *low-five for mimif after her man-dog comment*

      • mimif says:

        *low-fives some bbk to kitten*

      • Grumf says:

        Exactly.I hate that guy.

      • FLORC says:

        I hunted growing up. For survival. We were extremely rural for a period of a year or just under. I hated it. I felt like my soul was being chipped away each time.
        How people can do that for sport is unthinkable to me. There’s too great of an advantage and a life is taken for your amusment.

      • mayamae says:

        Yeah, he’s not eating coyote. Major asshole. He’ll kill everything but elephant. Does he realize elephants aren’t the only endangered animal?

        @FLORC, I’m sorry hunting affected you so negatively. I think I would have felt the same in your place. The biggest message I read in your statement is that you were able to retain empathy for those animals, which most hunters can’t or don’t. I will always understand the need to hunt for food, even though I’m a vegetarian. I will never understand – and refuse to try – the full on pleasure and rush many hunters get.

  3. Kiddo says:

    DO.NOT. Like. The more he talks, the less I like him. Some actors are more appealing when left only to the characters they portray.

    • mimif says:

      Right? I’ll take FRANCO any day over this dude. Speaking of which, I saw the most awesome shade of said FRANCO on IG the other day and I can’t even post it because it will not go through. Anyway, I thought of you.

    • Kitten says:

      I know it might be harsh but it’s celeb gossip and I’m allowed to hate someone and I really just cannot stand this guy.
      He just seems so bro and douchey and fratty.
      The way he talks about hunting, he sounds like some stupid teenager who just likes to shoot things but doesn’t have any reverence for everything that hunting involves. Except elephants, because you know, that’s wrong.
      Bleh.

      Also, I’m gonna take it to the next level and say that he looks like he has body odor and farts a lot. I probably went too far but I stand by my assertion.

      • mimif says:

        I wholly endorse this comment 100 and then thousand percent.

        *passes bong to Le Kitten to calm down*

      • blue marie says:

        I’m sure poor Anna gets a Dutch oven on the regular..

      • Sofia says:

        “reverence for everything that hunting involves”
        When people hunt for fun I believe that reverence about food gets totally lost. I’m so disappointed:/

      • mimif says:

        I’m just gonna blow up this thread and say a +one billion to you, Sophia.

      • Sofia says:

        My grandmother had rabbits for us to eat and I was raised knowing it was ok to eat them because it was about the food. But I’ll never forget seeing her killing one and me saying something like “poor rabbit” (I had around 5yo) and being yelled by her to just go away because it was difficult for her to do it. There was that reverence and the food she gave to them was good, she treated them with respect knowing she would kill them in the future for food. No matter our different opinions about eating meat, the fun of taking a life just for fun seems very medieval to me and there’s no tradition or culture that can justify that.

      • FLORC says:

        Sofia
        A family I loved with abroad did that. They had rabbits to raise as pets until they were food. They killed several while I was there and the screams. Bunnies screaming is such a horror! Nightmares still over it.

      • mayamae says:

        I have a vivid memory of watching my uncle clean fish he had caught. Watching them lay there, gills opening and closing as they slowly suffocated – if they were lucky enough to die before he started cutting. They were totally silent, but it disturbs me to this day.

        Even hunters can evolve. That uncle grew up poor in Arkansas, and had always hunted and eaten squirrels. He raised an orphan squirrel at some point, and was never able to kill another squirrel. That’s learned empathy.

  4. mimif says:

    As a woman who lives on a remote mountain top with no power, and routinely has to protect herself and her man dogs from predators (seriously), he can f-ck off with his elephant comment.

    ETA: This b-tch should have got the SMA* award

    *am I starting to sound like a dlisted commenter? Because this makes me very angry.

    • Kiddo says:

      What are man dogs?

      • mimif says:

        Dogs with penises that take the place of the fiancé who is gone most of the year.

        Whoa. Wait, that came out really wrong.

      • Kiddo says:

        Okay, NOW you sound like a d-lister, lol!

      • Jaderu says:

        I thought maybe she had man/bear/pigs or something like on South Park.
        @mimif – Whoa indeed.

      • Kitten says:

        Oh man..things are worse for you that I previously thought, mimif.

        Also, you won’t be allowed to cat-sit for me henceforth.

      • doofus says:

        lol…love your comments, mimif.

      • mimif says:

        We have pigs. Hundred pound hogs, if we are going to be specific, with f-cking tusks that will gut you. Um, okay, enough of the woe is me shit, can we go back to talking about Hunnam’s fabulous ass?
        Also, Kitten, this is precisely why I got a Pixie Bob; it’s the only cat (besides a Rott) that can take this shit!

      • Kitten says:

        100 lb hogs with tusks? What, are you living in 50 BC?
        This sounds straight out of Asterix and Obelisk.

        Or maybe I’m just really stoned.
        Again.

      • GoodNamesAllTaken says:

        Now the excessive drinking makes sense.

      • FLORC says:

        This is the most weird string of comments i’ve ever read here. I’m really lost and almost fear asking for clarification. I doubt clarifying will makes things understandable.

        Mimif
        You raise boars or you have a boar issue?
        They are terrible. Should a domestic pig get loose the turn over time is so fast from pig to boar. As i’m sure you know.
        And male dogs? Or men who are called “dogs”? I have to ask because you didn’t say male dogs. Just man dogs or dogs with peens.
        GNAT
        Gone fiance, farm to guard, top of a mountain, loads of cats, no power? I’ll drink to that.

      • GoodNamesAllTaken says:

        So, basically, FLORC, you’re saying that my comment was the only one that made sense? Thank you.:-)

      • FLORC says:

        GNAT
        Hah! I am saying that. Thank you for being so clear in your posts 🙂

        Although tough to understand mimif has become a commentor i’ve enjoyed reading. Their Pug Onesie comment from another post lead me to search what that could mean. It lead to a disturbing world of onesies, but at least now I know.
        No judgement mimif! Remote mountain tops can bring a person to the brink of insanity. All aside you appear to be doing quite well!

      • mimif says:

        Lol FLORC, just for the record, @kri is the one wearing the pug onesies, but I think GoodNames started it all.

        Wild boar/hog is what we have here. Some of them have domestic lineage (aka cute little pigs that go hog wild hehe), but most are just indigenous wild hogs. They’re huge, sometimes 400 pounds, and they’re social so they travel in herds. Not something you want to casually stumble across on a mountain hike. I think they scare me more than the black bear, but not quite as much as the mountain lion. Hence the excessive drinking. 😉

      • FLORC says:

        Mimif
        Hah. They are scary. I’ve seen more than a few people with battle scars cause by their tusks.
        Bears and Mountain lions attack less often they boars so I would be scared too. They more easily sense threats or battles they choose to fight where as boars panic and attack.

        Still reason enough to pound that bottle Olivia Pope style.

    • blue marie says:

      Hello ladies.. I don’t care about this dude, I just wanted to say hi..

    • Jaderu says:

      Wait just one darn stinkin’ minute. How do you run your computer if you don’t have power?
      Do you have like a potato osmosis filtration thingamajig or sumfin?
      If it involves math, don’t answer.

      • Kiddo says:

        I don’t want to know if the answer is going to be man dog dong. The implications are frightening.

      • mimif says:

        Lol it’s called a generator.

      • Jaderu says:

        “generator” hmmm the euphemisms for it just get better and better as the years go by.

      • Kiddo says:

        I now have a different dirty image in my head.

      • mimif says:

        You city girls are just Miss Jackson nasty. 😀

        ETA: Jaderu, have you ever made a potato battery? #geekalert No, seriously?

        ETAagain because I’m lauging so hard. My fiancé/bf/absent other hence man dog thing is totally into the potato battery.

        P.s. Now you know why I have “man dogs”
        #icantbeliveitsnotbutter

      • Jaderu says:

        I tried to make one once for the 5th grade science fair but I got hungry.
        FYI copper wiring is very crunchy and has a strange “frito” aftertaste.
        Actually I realize now that this early foray into science completely explains my current “eccentricity”

        P.S. mimif I promise to not keep bringing up “man dog” all the time. Well not very often. Okay only once a week. I’ll shoot for once an hour.
        *ruff*
        *squeak fart*

      • mimif says:

        So basically, you’re saying your are the physical embodiment of a Dorito. #iloveyoutaterho

        Wait, do Doritos make potato chips?

      • Jaderu says:

        potatoes + i can’t believe it’s not butter + fritos + doritos = I’m hungry now.
        I may even throw in some CAKE
        #iloveyoutoomimif

      • mimif says:

        wait, just did you just do the maths again? because i’m pretty sure the quantum theory just farted orange dust with that equation. 🙂

        #ivealwayslovedfartjokes (said no one ever)

  5. Algernon says:

    “Maybe they’ll reimburse him?”

    If he’s staying in a hotel as part of a film shoot, he’s not paying. Accommodations are negotiated as part of their contract, as is the per diem they get for food and incidentals. If he’s working on a really tiny indie movie with no budget, then maybe he’d wave his accommodations/per diem and pay out of pocket (a lot of actors do for projects like that), but he hasn’t made a movie like that in a while (Her doesn’t count since it filmed in LA and he could stay at home).

    As for the hunting, I have no interest in it, but there are hunters in my family, so I can’t judge. As long as it’s sustainably done (i.e., hunting overpopulated species during permitted seasons, and butchering for consumption) then I guess it’s just whatever. He’s a country boy who like to hunt. I can’t support big game hunting because I don’t think there’s anything sporting in killing lions or anything like that, but some of those herd populations do get out of hand and some African governments do license hunters for that. Again, as long as it’s responsible and you’re not killing an endangered species, it’s not something I’m going to get worked up about.

    • laughing girl says:

      Yup, that’s my take on it. As long as hunting is sustainably done – large game herds require culling, unchecked they pose an immeasurable threat to forests etc. – there’s nothing wrong with it.

      • Isadora says:

        How did all these forests manage before there were humans? Was this earth a barren desert, everything eaten by that highly dangerous deer?

        As I said above, I think hunting (for food and not with traps) is way better than factory farming but I’m not sure what to do with the forest/overpopulation stuff as nature has invented quite a few predators to keep everything in check. And if the deer really decimate the forest, then they won’t have anything to eat and the population regulates itself.

      • Algernon says:

        Isadora, the problem is the predators aren’t numerous enough to keep the herds in check. In a healthy ecosystem, there are predators and prey in balance, but when humans interfere, apex predators are the first thing to go, and herd populations start to swell. Out where my folks live, there used to be mountain lion, wolves and coyotes, now there are just deer, so many deer. My parents don’t hunt, but they do allow licensed hunters to access their property in order to keep the deer herd down, otherwise the deer will literally eat everything up to and including the siding on the house (deer are not smart).

        And yes, ultimately a huge prey herd would “regulate itself”, but not before it ***wipes out the forest, too***. Then there’s nothing. It’s not like just the prey in question die off, EVERYTHING DIES. Rabbits, underbrush rodents (which in turn affects avian populations), and the foliage is all gone. Herd overpopulation occurs when things are not in balance. The goal of sustainable hunting to restore balance by culling the herd to a sustainable level. I don’t know how well regulated it really is, and I would prefer if so much hunting wasn’t necessary (it’s an artificial solution to the problem, which is that ultimately we have to figure out how to live with other apex predators), but I’ve seen enough first-hand to at least tolerate licensed hunting.

      • laughing girl says:

        @ Isadora

        Wolves, bears etc. were the natural predators of deer herds. But we’ve killed them off, throwing off the balance. Deer breed quickly and decimate the forest if left unchecked. Leaving them to decimate the forest is not a good idea because that throws the eco system even more out of balance – and right now we need to hang on to forests as much as we can. BTW it’s not just a question of re-introducing wolves etc because they will hunt anything – not just deer – so the local farmers would lose a fair bit of livestock.

      • laughing girl says:

        @ Algernon

        Putting it so much better than I ever could. Thank you,

      • Isadora says:

        The “regulate itself” was more of a theoretical thought, to be honest. And yes, I get what you both mean and I’m probably just pissed that the natural predators were hunted to near extinction in the past by… yes, hunters. Of course not all hunters are the same, but hearing Chris Pratt talking lovingly about shooting coyotes (for fun) gives me anger management problems.

        And my experience makes me a bit of a cynic too. In my country hunting is very popular and has a long tradition. However this results more often than not in feeding deer through the winter so hunters could shoot them in spring and autumn (because you earn quite a bit of money with hunting licenses). So they actively encourage deer overpopulation to decimate it in the next hunting season. This feels just wrong. And for every responsible hunter there comes at least one irresponsible who is drunk while hunting or a bad shot and can’t be arsed to look after the wounded deer who is left to rot in the woods. Also there are a lot of incredibly lazy hunters who just shoot bred deer in a deer park.

        We also had a bit of illegal shootings (mainly from said farmers) of wolves, bears and eagles here. Of course it’s not nice to lose livestock but more often than not farmers here want the predator shot before anything happens, “just in case”. In my country it’s also that when a farmer loses a few sheep for example to a bear, then the state replaces his cost. If the bear thinks the sheep herd is just like a drive in fast food restaurant, that’s of course not good, but the occasional “accident” is not a financial problem for farmers here. They still want everything dead. Funnily enough the fur of the shot wolf (he supposedly tried to eat the chickens) this summer was “missing”. I bet it makes a nice carpet somewhere.

      • starrywonder says:

        @algernon you rock! One of the many things my FAM in PA discusses. I like deer but it sucks to have them and rabbits eating your garden and house. I grew up eating deer, groundhog, rabbit, bear, fish so I just wonder if it depends on where you grew up.

      • Algernon says:

        @Isadora

        Living with apex predators in farming communities is very tough. My parents retired and bought a small farm and while they’re not raising livestock, many of their neighbors do and coyotes and small wildcats are a problem. The local solution has actually been a revival of herding dogs to protect herds, although sometimes the dogs do die while protecting the herd, which is very sad. There will always be some conflict and losses when it comes to this kind of thing. And I don’t know what the final “solution” is, or if there even is one, but I am always struck that both sides have to give a little. People will want to hunt, but hunting shouldn’t be a sadistic free for all.

        That’s terrible about encouraging overpopulation just to make for a “better” hunt. That kind of thing has no place as far as I’m concerned. I can understand hunting if there is a real problem and not enough natural predators to combat it, but something like that is gross.

        @starrywonder

        It totally depends on where you grow up. I grew up in the country, where hunting is just part of life. People I know who are city born and raised tend to be very black and white about it but they often don’t get that prey overpopulation can be a real threat to farming.

    • don't kill me i'm french says:

      +1 on the part of the hotel

    • Kiddo says:

      I would understand it more out of necessity, a fair fight, or under circumstances which might improve the health of the herd, which you mentioned. But it’s still odd to me to find ‘joy’ and pleasure in killing, for killing’s sake, alone.

      • Algernon says:

        My brother and cousins hunt and they say it’s not that they enjoy the killing (although I’m sure a lot of hunters do get off on that), it’s the whole exercise of hunting. The stalking, the waiting, the precision required. I mean it’s like fishing, really. (I don’t like fishing, either, but that’s because I think fish feel gross and I don’t like touching them. I’m happy to sit on a boat with an unbaited hook and just chill out for a few hours.) It’s the whole process, start to finish. And at the end of the day, if they’re successful, they have provided food for the table, which is a big part of it. The people in my family who hunt were raised to hunt for sustenance, not trophies (although they do keep antlers).

        I also think they like it when they just get to be out in the woods together, drinking beer and spitting and farting and being gross and no one calls them out on it.

      • Kiddo says:

        Meh. You can go take pictures, drink beer and leave the woods as you found it. I guess since I don’t eat meat and am not starving, I can’t see taking a life for enjoyment. In the end, it’s still about killing someone.

      • angela says:

        Yup, I was about to add, too, you can take up wildlife photography.

      • Isadora says:

        Or hiking! I love hiking, you see so much more than when you sit on a high stand for hours.

      • Kiddo says:

        Isadora, I love hiking too.

      • mimif says:

        @Algernon, to me it’s sounds like your family is getting the dopamine off of what our predecessors did. I’m simplifying it here, because I’m not that intelligent, but there is a biological reaction to the whole “stalking, waiting, precision” thing. I mean, it’s even been equated to people who bargain shop; there’s literally a little pre-cursor there that pops off when “hunting” for a deal. So, I shouldn’t judge, because to each their own, but in this *particular* case, there is no need to trophy hunt. Ever. For any reason.
        The End.

        (hope that didn’t come off as inflammatory towards you, because I too have family that hunts animals down like they’re at the Grocery Outlet)

      • FLORC says:

        Algernon
        I grew up with this culture. Hunters were everywhere and for a time my dad’s truck had a gun rack.

        It really depends for me. The whole practice of hunting. Stalking, tracking, etc… People are at such an advantage it’s not fair. Not at all.
        And it’s a place to bond where they can be gross and not be judged. I get that too. Only I don’t. You’re doing an act of sacrificing the life of an animal that you knowingly have an unfair advantage over. So, to me it’s not the place to showcase your most crude self.
        Last, I hate the word culling. Like veal. Let’s not give it a nice word to cover up what it is.
        My opinions will not change and I mean no disrespect. I just disagree with that behavior when it’s not out of survival. And I still eat meat. I had to hunt down a very good butcher that makes sure the animals are at peace before they die.

        Every hunting party just seemed like people going into the woods to have a good time and the taking of a life was of little concern.

      • Algernon says:

        Yeah, look, if it were up to me, they wouldn’t hunt. I don’t like it, I don’t participate in it. But I can’t sit in judgment of people who do hunt because I know a lot of hunters and I know that the vast majority of people who hunt aren’t rampaging psychopaths who want to slaughter everything around them (and more often than not, the hunters I know come home empty handed. I don’t think they’re very good hunters, or they’re not trying very hard). It would sure be nice if everyone just decided to stop hunting and treat animals decently, but that’s not going to happen. People will always want to hunt. It’s just about finding the balance and the sustainable methods we can all live with.

      • angela says:

        Algernon, hate to pile up on you, but your argument is a mix of “it’s tradition/human nature”, and it’s a shoddy one. Nothing that pertains to culture pertains to human nature, and cultures change. Case in point, one can say that people have owned slaves for millennia, and for thousands of years fathers have sold their young daughters in arranged marriages. I’m sure that seemed to be the order of things for a good while, not so much now. I realize that I’m reaaally pushing my point with this comparison, but that’s the fast track towards explaining my objection to “people do this, people will always do this, ain’t nothing you can do”.

      • FLORC says:

        Algernon
        It’s nothing against you. Just attacking the point.
        The region where I use to live actually has a show about it. North Woods Law. Here and there on the show they cover hunters that more often than you’d think kill an animal and leave it there to bait larger animals. Or leave it to retrieve it since it was illegal to kill. Or simply wound the animal. Meaning to or not that’s an action you need to be aware of and try and fix. Laws and protocols are in place for just those scenerios.

        I’m not against all hunters. There are people who do need to hunt to feed themselves. Others who are respectful of their actions. I don’t like it, but I can’t argue against it.
        So, my issue comes more down to the hunter’s behavior and stance towards hunting, killing, and how it’s justified to them. That is the root of my opinion.

    • starrywonder says:

      Yeah my family and relatives all hunt a ton back home. He’s talking about eating it and making a trophy which is what a ton of people do. My sis in laws father is a well known taxidermist and has a ton of taxidermy schools. Its a thriving business.

    • starrywonder says:

      @Algernon I grew up in rural PA so I get it. Not black and white for me either. I just don’t think people.who haven’t been around it get it or those who say they want animals to be at peace before they are shot. I don’t think you will ever be able to get the feeling that sure the animals were peacefully killed. If it aquixks you out don’t eat meat. I eat meat and harbor no illusions how my friends and family came about giving me jerky or burgers when I know they just went on a hunting trip.

    • GoodNamesAllTaken says:

      I get that some distasteful things in life are necessary. Lawyers representing rapists are necessary for our justice system to work. Hunting, in certain limited circumstances, can be deemed necessary. I just don’t want to be friends with someone who takes pleasure in killing a deer or putting a rapist back on the street. Does that make me a hypocrite? Maybe. But if you love to kill animals, I think you’re an assh*le. Possibly a necessary ash*le, but an assh*le.

      • mayamae says:

        I love this comment.

      • suziekew says:

        Best comment on this board! +1 million.

      • Serenity says:

        I enjoy eating meat so I wouldn’t judge people who hunt for meat and food. But I think hunting for just the sake of it isn’t right (for me). At the same time, I really liked what Algeron explained beautifully upthread – the need for herd populations to be kept down in order for the forest ecosystem to continue functioning well.

        Anyone has thoughts on other animal products like leather and fur??

  6. angela says:

    Sorry, dude, I don’t like you anymore. You’re probably funny, and a family man and straight as an arrow, but you also sound like a roidy redneck. Oh, look, there’s something beautiful, let’s go kill it! And don’t compare the hard work of farmers with shooting things for pleasure.

    • Brittney B says:

      Thank you.

      I grew up in rural places and was surrounded by hunters, but I never normalized it because it’s a barbaric hobby no matter how you slice it. If you genuinely enjoy hunting, I don’t care if you eat the flesh or not; you’re doing it because it makes you feel good to end the life of an unsuspecting and innocent animal.

    • Sofia says:

      Killing for pleasure, no matter what it is (fishing by line too) is wrong in my book. Do paintball instead to get the adrenaline pumping or something.

    • angela says:

      I live in a semi-rural place, too, and there’s loads of poor people around who shoot deer and even squirrel for food, and I always thought that it’s not my place to judge how they feed their kids. But I also know middle class bros, perfectly comfortable in their income, who hunt for fun. Incidentally most of them are overweight, buying super-sophisticated 21st century weaponry in order to feel one with nature and to emulate the experience of sprite primeval hunters.

      • Kitten says:

        “I live in a semi-rural place, too, and there’s loads of poor people around who shoot deer and even squirrel for food, and I always thought that it’s not my place to judge how they feed their kids.”

        Yeah and this is exactly why I don’t judge EVERY hunter. There ARE people who do it to keep food on the table. That’s very far from hunting for “fun” as Pratt is talking about.

      • Kiddo says:

        +1, necessity is different than, “hey it’s cool to kill those beautiful animals on another continent!”

      • mimif says:

        gah right? I’m totally going off on a personal tangent today, but my bf grew up “hunting” rattlesnakes at night while he was a pre-teen just to put food in his belly. This crap that Pratt is talking about it the worst kind of self-entightled colonized bullshit ever.
        And I am officially never allowed to comment on this thread again.

      • Kitten says:

        Eve (where is she?) and I have hated this guy ever since he gave his incontinent cat away on Twitter. YES, I know giving the cat a home is far better than tossing her out on the street but I HATED how he made the adoption into a contest like “you could own Chris Pratt’s sick cat!” It was gross. Then when people got angry with him for getting rid of his cat because she was too much of a hassle, he freaked out and called anyone who showed concern about the cat assh*les.

        True some people are nuts and were issuing death threats but he opened himself up to the crazy by giving his cat away on Twitter. Why not find a loving home for her PRIVATELY with people who want a cat, not Chris Pratt’s Cat?

        It all makes sense now because to me this guy is an assh*le who doesn’t care about animals, period.

        Just my opinion and as much as I loved Parks & Recs, I will never like this dude.

      • FLORC says:

        I was remembering how Pratt was seen as a douche. Then his P&R came out with his movie and he was more liked. IMO for the characters he played. Now he’s talking more and the old jerk comes out again.

      • Kitten says:

        Exactly, FLORC. It was only a matter of time.

      • FLORC says:

        Kitten
        Looks like we posted same time.
        The cat give-away was the last straw also.
        And it was rumored Anna was very much against this. Or that was the rumor. She found a home for it, but Chris already gave the cat away.
        And his freak out leading to calling out anyone who disagreed was classic. Not all were jerks about it either. Shelters, vets, places that place animals that need special care all spoke up.
        Yup. The jerk was exposed.

  7. FingerBinger says:

    Hunting animals for food is one thing. Hunting animals for trophies seems really ridiculous. I hope he’s not dumb enough to pose with these “trophies” like the Trumps did.

    • Jackson says:

      Exactly. If you kill it, eat it, and I guess you can do whatever you choose with the ‘trophy’ part of the animal. Or if you need to protect something, like protect a herd from a predator. But I never have and never will understand plain old killing for sport. Bleh.

    • LadyMTL says:

      ITA. My dad has been a hunter since he was old enough to hold a rifle and even HE never hunted / hunts for trophies only. When he gets a deer, he eats almost every single scrap of it (heck, he even gives me steaks, because there’s always more than enough for us all).

      I can understand some people jumping on Pratt for the trophy-hunting thing, but not all hunters are bloodthirsty nutjobs with itchy trigger fingers either.

      • Kitten says:

        No they’re not at all, but you can tell a responsible hunter who has a reverence for life and who uses what they kill from the Chris Pratt’s of the hunting world. I mean, just the way he talks about hunting–he DOES sound blood-thirsty:

        “The sh*t that’s being hunted today–like a gazelle, springbok, kudu, all that stuff. All those animals are really beautiful; you could feed some people, get a cool trophy out of the deal.”

        “Oh cool, man, let’s shoot some beautiful animals and sh*t and get some cool trophies out of the deal!!”

        I mean, come on. Pratt is not starving. He doesn’t need to go to Africa to shoot kudu. Just go to Chateau Marmont and eat a f*cking filet mignon, Chris.

      • LadyMTL says:

        Oh, I agree that Pratt sounds like a prat, no argument there – and pun intended. But at the same time, there’s nothing wrong with eating game (heck, I was in Botswana 2 weeks ago and ate springbok and eland). There’s more to the world than just steak, chicken, and fish and I think – IMHO – if the person is responsible, ethical and doesn’t treat the animals with cruelty, then there’s nothing wrong with hunting.

        Did I like seeing pics of my dad with dead caribou? Not necessarily, because I am a softie at heart. But at the same time, he’s an expert hunter and doesn’t go around mua-ha-ha-ing about shooting things.

      • Kitten says:

        We’re in complete agreement.

  8. Val says:

    Wow I didn’t know much about him before, but what a bro–y douche. Next!

  9. Eleonor says:

    unless you need to feed yourself and your family I don’t think shooting and killing can be called “sport”.
    My father used to be an hunter, mostly birds, and I remember me as a child touching the dead animals he used to bring home and feeling sorry for them.

  10. Domino says:

    I hope he gets so much crap for these comments. I used to like him (as a cool dude, not for his looks… or lackthereof) but he just shit on his own parade with this.

  11. mom2two says:

    He is not as douchey as Miles Teller but this GQ interview is not doing him any favors whatsoever.

  12. don't kill me i'm french says:

    1/ I repeat my dad who was hunter said ” you eat what you kill”
    2/ i don’t hang out with my colleagues neither .I work the night so all i want after is to spend time with my family
    3/Chris ,you’re like the male JLaw for many and like JLaw,you’re insupportable in interview in my opinion

  13. Reece says:

    And now I know a little of why I’ve never quite taken to him.

  14. Gilmore says:

    Admittedly I don’t really like this interview with him. Yet, I don’t think he’s a huge dick if so many of his co-stars and peers talking about how cool he is, how nice he is, what a great talent he is, etc. But this interview is odd? I don’t have much of an opinion on the hunting thing because, like I said in the previous thread, I grew up in the South so I don’t bat an eyelash when someone discusses that subject any more. However, everything else he discussed really was a turn off which is odd because he’s usually chill in every interview (written or live). I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt for now-although it seems like I’ll be the only one who does lol. This isn’t Miles Teller level of annoyance and pretentiousness yet!

  15. jc126 says:

    Okay, I will be the one to SORT OF agree with his statements – I like that he wouldn’t kill an elephant. I wonder if he would kill other sorts of big game animals besides the herd animals (presumably not endangered?) he mentioned. If he also went on record saying he wouldn’t kill lions and other big cats, I would think that was good, too. I just can’t stand trophy hunting, unless there’s some kind of massive overpopulation of invasive species, like Burmese pythons in Florida that are crowding out native wildlife.
    I also had to sort of like the statements about home childbirth. Go ahead and have a kid at home if you’re so inclined, I believe people should have an informed choice, but we are so far better off having modern hospitals available.

    • Isadora says:

      But what about the coyotes he likes to kill because it’s fun? Is it just big game you don’t approve?

      I also don’t get why you have to travel into a foreign country to kill animals there. Plenty of animals to eat in your own woods (with proper regulations, hopefully, and not hunting tourism money machines).

  16. Brittney B says:

    Hunting is infinitely more humane than factory farming, yes… but I haven’t eaten animal flesh in 15 years, because I’d rather avoid the animals dying altogether. What. A. Concept. (I get that veganism isn’t viable for everyone on the planet, but meat is NOT the only reason he hunts.)

    That said, every time a hunter calls his targets “beautiful”, my blood boils a little. Deer are gorgeous and graceful creatures in the wild, but if you appreciate that living beauty so much, how does it make sense to put their severed heads on a wall? It’s so sick, and I don’t care what “tradition” says or whether you eat the flesh or not; if your hobby involves snuffing out innocent lives and stuffing the bodies as “prizes”, you are not someone I want to know.

    There’s also the whole privilege and patriarchy angle to “sport” hunting in the Western world, and man’s need to “dominate” nature and claim territories that aren’t his. Hate that Chris helps perpetuate it.

  17. scout says:

    I take my past nomination back. Good thing he is NOT the People’s sexiest man after all!!

  18. Lia says:

    Why is he even being asked about labor and delivery choices? Seems like a really odd interview question to pose to a man.

    • Amberica says:

      I agree with you that it’s weord, but I kind of see where he’s coming from. Hear me out- it took decades for reproductive health to be handled in hospitals by actual doctors. For centuries, women’s health during childbirth was basically ignored by the patriarchal medical establishment. A lot of women fought to get obstetrics recognized as “worthy” of doctors’ time and attention, and there are a lot of women who don’t choose that route. I get why, but I do think our great-grandmothers would agree that it’s crazy.

  19. captain hero says:

    So he likes to kill things for fun. That’s not at all incredibly disturbing …

  20. lunchcoma says:

    I don’t mind hunting at all, but this interview is terribly bro-ish. Not my style, and I think People might have picked a superior Chris.

    • Josefa says:

      Same here. Hunting is not something I’m fond of, but I could give him a pass if his attitude about the whole thing wasn’t so barbaric. This whole interview reeks of frat boy nastiness.

      I have a feeling he’s doing all of this to win over the neardenthal male audience. With all of the talk about french braids and emotional eating, he was starting to look like a pussy. So he has to man it up in the most medieval way. Gross.

  21. Whatwhatnot says:

    As if the hunting beautiful animals for a “nice trophy” wasn’t douchey enough, SMH.

    Also it can be said that a person’s voice IS their instrument, so why wouldn’t One Direction want to be taken seriously as artists?

  22. Jezi says:

    I’m seriously disappointed right now. I really liked him until the hunting comments. No offense to hunters who kill for food but to me it really makes me sad to think of harming an innocent creature. How a person can look at a living breathing beauty and put a bullet in it is beyond me. I tear up with just the thought.

    • Isadora says:

      I agree on a personal level, I could never hunt and I don’t hold most hunters in high regard because there is so often this “fun” factor of killing involved. But of course we have to keep in mind that for most animals who are actually bred for food their lives are so horrible that death is the least of their problems. I will never get the pictures of chicken farms out of my head and the majority of people support that every day at the supermarket.

      • Jezi says:

        That’s why I only buy farm raised meat. Free range is the only way I will feel comfortable about my choices in eating meat. Humanely treated animals.

  23. sarah says:

    I knew there was something I didn’t like about him. He sounds like a slow minded redneck.

  24. starrywonder says:

    I don’t agree with shooting elephant ts, rhinos, anything that is endangered but I also don’t run around thinking animals top humans. I eat meat and have eaten meat from my family going out on hunts. For them this ks a sport just like football or basketball. In PA you even get the first day of hunting season off since every kid and adult would call in sick. I’ve eaten weird stuff in a lot of other countries and I know people have odd tastes for certain things so as long as he’s eating it and not just killing and letting the carcasses rot I’m fine with it. The coyotes I’m good with two since those animals do kill humans, dogs, cars. Same issue I have with racoons. Those are mean animals who will attack dogs and cats. Our neighborhood just poisoned a bunch of moles and squirrels since the moles were leaving holes in the community everywhwre and the squirrels had set up in a few attics. Animal control wouldn’t come and trap the squirrels and I know another neighbor called in pest control twice but they kept getting back in.

  25. Morgan says:

    His son was born very prematurely and needed some pretty intensive NICU time, I think, so I can understand his childbirth comments somewhat. It’s like the paleo diet argument where people think it’s so healthy to eat like our ancestors as if they wouldn’t have eaten bread if they had the ability to make it. Or like they didn’t die at 30 so old age wasn’t an issue.

    • starrywonder says:

      Oh yeah I forgot. I remember that. Two close friends had complications and they still talk about how scared they were. I have a hippy friend and his wife did water births. She ended up having a collapsed lung though during childbirth with kid one which still freaks me out.

    • starrywonder says:

      And I tried Paleo it sucks. Its the new hip thing in DC and I’m tired of going to parties with no damn bread!

  26. skippy says:

    I love to go hunting for Pratt. But I would never shoot any animals.

  27. RobN says:

    Can’t stand interviews where the casually boring subject says F’ing this and F’ing that constantly. It’s such an affectation.

  28. Josefa says:

    Ah, shit. And I was liking this guy so much. Way to ruin his rep.

  29. Melodie says:

    My cousin has randomly become vegan (she was paleo in August…) and is all “what makes an elephant more important than a mouse?” and you know, it got me thinking thats a fairly valid statement. don’t be all “I eat burgers’ then “ZOMG how dare you kill a water buffalo in africa then donate the meat to a village”. at least that buffalo lived a free and happy life before the human shot it because once it started slowing down, a lion would get dinner eventually

    Whatever. We live in a society that waits in the shadows to be offended only to force people to their knees and apologize so we can feel high and mighty. F that. speak your mind

    • Kiddo says:

      Well for one, elephants are near extinction and mice are prolific. But I would take no enjoyment in killing either. What makes people more important than animals and why do we continue to overpopulate and consume all the resources so that there are none left for other animals and plants?

      And why does Africa need Chris Pratt to go save them and give them meat?

      Who wants an apology? NOT one person here said he should apologize. And what is wrong with people speaking their minds, who disagree or don’t like him?

      • Josefa says:

        Yeah, that whole “elephants are no different from cows!” argument has always been flawed imo. We could say one life is more valuable than the other considering the extinction of a whole species is in play. I eat meat and wear leather, but I wouldn’t wear fur from exotic animals.

        Hunting for sport is such a barbaric practice, though, no matter if it’s tigers or alley cats. I just don’t get it.

    • Kitten says:

      I’m not “offended” at all. I just think the guy’s a major toolshed. There’s a difference.

      • Kiddo says:

        Exactly. This was tsk-tsking at not sharing Pratt’s opinion, while categorizing the other opinions as lying in wait to take someone down for no reason. You know? Kind of like hunting and killing an innocent victim as sport, LMAO at the unintentional irony in the parallel imagery.

  30. Fatty Magoo says:

    EhI’m not bothered by his comments. I feel like a lot of people only read what they wanted to. He didn’t say he only killed for the trophy he said you feed some people and get a trophy out of the deal. And the comment about the hospitals, his son was a preemie and was in the hospital for a while after he was born. The man is entitled to his opinion geez Louise

    • Kitten says:

      A direct quote from the GQ article:

      “”She doesn’t like me coyote hunting. She’s like,
      ‘You’re not gonna eat it.’ I’m like, ‘Yeah, I guess you’re right. I
      just like to kill ‘em.’… ”

      I do agree with you that some people only read what they wanted to.

    • Kiddo says:

      Fatty Magoo, It’s still saying exactly the same thing. He wants to hunt those animals because they are beautiful and so he can get a trophy. If he gave a shit about hungry people, he’d give those people guns or he would be advocating for charities that provide food for those in poverty. The motivation is still it’s FUN TO KILL pretty animals.

      • Kitten says:

        This.

      • Fatty Magoo says:

        Your right I should have read the other articles but I didn’t because I’m lazy and didn’t even know about them until right now. Like I said I was just basing my opinion on what I had read in this thread and it didn’t sound that bad in my opinion.

  31. Argirl says:

    I kinda agree with him about everything he said. I like him better after this article.

  32. FLORC says:

    I was starting to forget what a jerk he was. There are hints of it creeping through here.

  33. Asha says:

    Yeah, every woman should give birth however she wants to, but we’re entitled to an opinion. Thinking that, after you’ve seen friends lose a sibling a minute after birth or them have a sibling who’s ended up suffering and intellectual disability because of complications during childbirth that even in the hospital weren’t easy to overcome, hospitals are safer because you have doctors, nurses and all the necessary equipment, is not judgy or advocating against giving birth at home. It’s stating a fact. Hospitals do have doctors and nurses. He thinks it’s better to be safe than sorry. Some people don’t. Cool. Get over it.

  34. Cate says:

    Yikes. I thought CP was kind of okay. Watched too much Parks & Rec I guess. Hunting African wildlife and bashing One Direction. WOW, such an Alpha Man you are sir. Anyway, I’ll better return to Celebatchy. Better a weird Oscar PR otter than this. Silver linings and all… 😉

  35. Dani says:

    “All those animals are really beautiful” So let them live, you a-hole.

  36. Angie says:

    Oh.

    Oh, dear.

    He’s one of those ‘bro, f*ckin’ huntin’, women should do this…’-types? And who the hell does not enjoy staying in a hotel?

  37. nikko says:

    “They’re smart as f***, dude. To call a coyote in that doesn’t hang up at, like, 700 yards–to get him to come in is so hard. You’ve gotta lure him in. You’ve gotta post up in the morning and evening and do a predator call that sounds like a dying rabbit. And they come running out, and they’re like, “Where the f*** is it?” It’s been a while since I shot one, but I just like to shoot anything with the .22-250 [Remington].”

    What type of hunting is that? He’s right, he’s an AHOLE!

  38. Shantal says:

    He is so disgusting. I can’t believe how many were whining about how this dude was shafted for the “sexiest man” title. There’s nothing sexy about a slovenly redneck who gets off on killing things.

  39. ellesbelles says:

    I never saw Guardians of the Galaxy, and only a few episodes of parks and rec, so he’s not totally on my radar.

    I really only watch anything Batman, and now any Marvel movie with the Hiddles. So bye felicia. Chris Pratt is boring

  40. Danielle says:

    I’ve disliked this douche ever since he tried (did?) get rid of Anna’s old sick cat on Twitter. Then had the audacity to call out the haters as peta-loving animal freaks. Really? I think we’re just called compassionate humans. I always hoped that story wasn’t true but boy has he confirmed his true colors here. Didn’t like him then and detest him now.

    (He must be too arrogant to listen to his publicist on this, but hey you just keep talking and we’ll gladly watch the crash and burn)

  41. Marianne says:

    He’s making me like him less and less. Sigh.

  42. Ginger says:

    You know what they say about people who hurt animals…personally I lump those who hunt for sport in with sociopaths. I’m sure according to him I’m one of those “peta loving animal freaks” He need to sit down and stop talking.

  43. Well says:

    Wow. What a jack@ss.

    My prediction: The way he’s going, Chris Pratt is going to be this generation’s Ronald Reagan. In 50 year or so, he and all the other triggerhappy, kill-for-fun, lacking-all-compassion @ssholes are going to ruin the country.

    But hey, that’s what we pay for being all, “ZOMG!!! Chris Pratt is SO HOT!!! He’s a GREAT GUY because he’s SO HOT!!!” while there are a zillion other far more capable, talented, beautiful and kind and compassionate ACTRESSES we could be rooting for.

    Done with this guy. Never believed the hype anyway.

  44. Isa says:

    Wow. What a turn off…. Loved his stuff on “parks and recreation” and even back to “everwood”…but, this hunting/trophy business is disturbing and gross. So glad he at least would leave elephants alone (eyeroll). I notice he leaves lions and tigers (oh my) out of his trophy list. His description of hunting coyotes is ….again, icky. Too bad. Can you imagine Hugh Jackman or everyones’ love, Mr. Cumberbatch spouting this info?
    Yucky!
    .

  45. idigmen says:

    We’ve institutionalized hunting. It’s called a slaughterhouse and a grocery store. Just because we hire other to kill the animals we eat, doesn’t make the animal any less dead. If you think hunting is barbaric, NEVER go to a slaughterhouse. You’ll come undone.

  46. norah says:

    poke him he’s done – coming across as a total douche – guardians will be his only hit – unlikely to really hit the big time – head sees rather swollen now