I was concerned in some of those moments because I care about you and I love you, and I knew that there were some jokes that were, like, mean,” Pratt explained. “But meaner

Chris Pratt came to "Parks and Recreation" co-star Jim O'Heir's defense on set when the Jerry jokes got a little too mean.

"If it's a joke, it's funny," Pratt says. "But if it's mean for the sake of being mean," that's a different story.

Chris Pratt wasn’t a fan of the mean jokes about Jim O’Heir on “Parks and Recreation.” The actors had a conversation in O’Heir’s new book, “Welcome to Pawnee: Stories of Friendship, Waffles, and Parks and Recreation,” about Pratt, 45, speaking out against the way O’Heir’s character in the NBC sitcom was taunted.

Stories of Friendship, Waffles, and Parks and Recreation” includes a conversation with co-star Chris Pratt in which the latter recalls putting his foot down over mean jokes during their time on NBC’s “Parks and Recreation.

Parks and Recreation stars Chris Pratt and Jim O’Heir have recalled the former putting his foot down on various “mean-spirited” jokes made about O’Heir’s character Jerry Gergich. The two co-starred together on all seven seasons of the hit mockumentary,

Parks & Rec’s Jim O’Heir—who played Jerry Gergich on the series—reminisced with Chris Pratt on how the Guardians of the Galaxy star made sure the jokes made at Jerry’s expense never went too far.