Chris Pratt Reveals What a Mag Photo Shoot Is Really Like (and It Doesn’t Sound Very Glamorous)

Suzy Byrne
·Editor, Yahoo Entertainment

Chris Pratt looks equal parts sexy and cool in this photo, but the truth is he was sweaty. Very, very sweaty.

The Magnificent Seven star, 37, was featured as InStyle’s Man of Style in the mag’s September issue. Pratt, who doesn’t know why he’s receiving style accolades when he prefers to wear “T-shirts with American flags on them,” participated in a photo shoot for the publication, during which he wore a Canadian tuxedo, posed with a hat-wearing horse, and went home with a shirt that “cost like $500 or something ridiculous.”

While photo shoots with horses and $500 shirts — although, not so much the double-denim — sound pretty fancy to us, the Parks and Recreation alum, who is married to Anna Faris, took all the mystery out of it. In a few detailed posts on Instagram, he talked about excessive sweat and really tight jeans, yet still came off as charming.

He started by posting this funny spiel about the “nice food spread,” “good country music,” the horse’s agent throwing a “Hollywood bitch fit,” and that “sweet ass” $500 shirt.

@instylemagazine was kind enough to name me September’s Man of Style. You can buy the #magazine on the stands now if it pleases you. This photo shoot was geared toward releasing the #magnificent #magnificent7 Movie in theaters September 23rd. Full disclosure I did not pick out any of the clothes which is kinda funny for a guy who is called the “man of style” ???? I mostly like T shirts with American flags on them. Usually I go for the one on the top of the “shirt pile” but I want to promote this nice magazine called In Style Magazine because everyone who was there that hot day we were doing the photo shoot was really nice. They had nice food spread out. And they played good country music. And there were horses all over the place. I feel like I took some pictures with some horses but those didn’t make the magazine. Maybe I accidentally closed my eyes or maybe the horse’s agent threw a Hollywood bitch fit for some reason. The people who picked out the clothes have good style. No doubt. Oh! They even gave me a shirt!!!! Such a nice shirt. Like a flannel shirt but made out of pajamas and the thing cost like $500 or something ridiculous but they just gave it to me!!! So. Anyways. Hopefully this helps them at least sell $500 worth of magazines to make up for that sweet ass shirt. It’s up in Washington so I can’t send a pic right now of the shirt. But trust me. It’s great. @instylemagazine September 2016 Man of Style on newsstands now. Photographed by @thomaswhiteside; styled by @jamesvaleri; photo director @lisamartin0563; grooming by @bridgetbragerhair; production by @kelseystevensproduction.

A photo posted by chris pratt (@prattprattpratt) on Aug 16, 2016 at 9:36am PDT

He went on to say that the reason for the hat in this pic wasn’t because it was stylish, folks. Also, those jeans could have been a relaxed fit:

In this photo I try to casually put my left hand in my pocket but the pants are so tight I get the tip of three fingers in. Also I was sweating so bad they give me that hat.

A photo posted by chris pratt (@prattprattpratt) on Aug 16, 2016 at 9:38am PDT

Here, we were just excited to see him use the term “Canadian tuxedo.” It’s a fave:

Here I’m pretending to itch my neck in a Canadian tuxedo. Also, I am squinting. And thinking, ‘Hmm, is it smokey in here? Am I allergic to smoke? Does it make my neck itchy?“

A photo posted by chris pratt (@prattprattpratt) on Aug 16, 2016 at 9:41am PDT

This was the added bonus. He said he was the creative genius behind the horse wearing a hat. (“Boom. My idea!”) Unfortunately, that photo didn’t make it into the mag:

Ok. So the @instylemagazine Photographer saw my earlier post and sent this photo! Proof! I did stand next to a horse. And also, I put that hat on the horses head. Boom. My idea! #classic And it didn’t even freak out. I learned how to do that when I was making the #magnificent7 I basically learned a ton about dressing horses in funny clothes, hats, scarves, the like, you’ll see a lot of that in the movie. Our horses are wearing funny little hats and boots and smoking pipes. Does anyone ever read this shit? Haha! That’s not true. None of it. Well the part about me putting the hat on the horses head is true. I’m like the horse whisperer. Right after this I got it to stand on one foot and break a board with a blind fold on. Then I jumped it. Over a mountain. Not to brag.

A photo posted by chris pratt (@prattprattpratt) on Aug 16, 2016 at 11:00am PDT

Yes, Chris, people read this s***. We read this s***. And we’re glad we did. Not only are we now less impressed by fancy photo shoots, we are more impressed by Pratt’s comedic storytelling.