Chris Evans has said that he feels mortified after unintentionally uploading a naked photo over the weekend.

During a remote interview on Tamron Hall’s eponymous talk program on Tuesday, the actor was asked about the mishap.

Evans seemed to mistakenly publish a screen recording from his phone in a since-deleted Instagram Story, which provided a glance at his phone’s camera roll – including a revealing shot of his private parts. When anchor Tamron Hall queried Evans about what was trending on Twitter, he laughed and shook his head.

“Did something happen this weekend?” Evans joked over the Skype interview.

“It was an interesting weekend,” Evans said, “full of lessons learned, lots of teachable moments.”

He added: “Things happen. It’s embarrassing. You’ve got to roll with the punches. I will say, I have pretty fantastic fans who came to my support.”

Another photo in the photo grid included a headshot of the Avengers star with the words ‘Guard That P***y’ pasted over it.

The 39-year-old was left wishing he had his super hero character’s shield to hide behind after the major mishap (Image: Jay Maidment)

Meanwhile, Chris broke his silence on Monday with the tweet, “Now that I have your attention…. VOTE Nov 3rd!!!!”

Evans’ younger brother Scott, as well as fellow Marvel star Mark Ruffalo, joked about the incident.

Scott Evans tweeted on Sunday, “Was off social media for the day yesterday. So. What’d I miss?”

“Bro, while Trump is in office there is NOTHING you could possibly do to embarrass yourself,” Ruffalo joked. “See… silver lining.”

Evans’ fans soon jumped in to help stop the NSFW photo from spreading on social media, posting cute photographs of him with his dog, Dodger, as well as other wholesome photos of the actor.