"It was kind of like the trip from hell"

You’ll be happy to hear that the Sexiest Man Alive is just like an other parent.

During an appearance on The Ellen Show, Chris Hemsworth revealed that he had recently taken 1-year-old twins, Tristan and Sasha, along with their older sister India, 2, on a flight from Sydney to London, and that things didn’t go so well.

“We actually flew from Australia to London the other day and door-to-door it’s about a 30-hour trip,” the 31-year-old shared.

“It’s kind of the trip from hell.”

“They were all sick and literally took it in turns to scream. Like one would kind of do it, and then look over and be like ‘I’m done, do you want a turn?’ ‘Yep … wahhhhhhhh!'”

Needless to say, the other passengers on the flight weren’t thrilled with the family, with Hemsworth laughing that “the whole cabin wanted to kick us off”.

The star, who is married to Spanish actress Elsa Pataky, also revealed that India is bilingual, which often creates a language barrier between she and her Aussie dad.

“She’ll grab me by the face and she gets frustrated if she’s trying to describe something in Spanish,” Hemsworth said.

“I’m like ‘I don’t know what that is’ and she’s like ‘Papa it’s Spanish, it’s Spanish.”

Check out Chris’ full interview with Ellen in the video below:

Have you ever taken your kids on a long-haul flight? SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCES in the comments below.
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23 Comments

- - mom94125 said
  - 16 Jun 2015
    5:34 pm
i think that it is not easy travelling with children. Especially if there are time differences.

- - EllenG89 said
  - 13 Jun 2015
    8:56 am
Travelling with kids can be so hard and tiring! Especially when those around you complain and you want the ground to just swallow you up!

- - coastalkaryn said
  - 11 Jun 2015
    7:11 pm
one of the hottest, bestest, aussiest dads ever! I’d kiss him right back too!

- - bedda1 said
  - 08 Jun 2015
    8:38 pm
OK so I think I just love him even more now. Gorgeous and a great husband and father.

- - mom107723 said
  - 02 Jun 2015
    9:17 am
Lovely family Chris, will be going on holidays with my daughter, son in law and 3 boys to help out, will be interesting.

- - jenniw said
  - 01 Jun 2015
    10:26 pm
I think my boys were better as babies than they are now. Not that we did long haul flights but we flew regularly to Queensland but now my youngest is terrified so its very difficult

- - mom135828 said
  - 19 May 2015
    2:06 pm
Not yet, but will be at the end of the year, dreading it!

- - mom113055 said
  - 16 May 2015
    3:03 pm
this is exellent great

- - mom108638 said
  - 03 May 2015
    5:32 pm
I hate travelling next a screaming baby…. but if it comes with Chris

- - mom110650 said
  - 01 May 2015
    2:32 pm
We did a short flight within Australia and had a lot of screaming. Not keen for any longer for a long time!

- - deb_gs said
  - 29 Apr 2015
    10:34 pm
We took our 3 year old on a long haul flight. She was pretty good, she slept and watched television then sang to our section of the plane as we descended.

- - mom113712 said
  - 25 Apr 2015
    4:05 pm
glad to see he is a hands on dad and good on him trying to help calm his kids down and not have it work . see we are all the same in these same situations

- - dannsbuild said
  - 23 Apr 2015
    5:51 am
This is funny. No mate is not easy is it, but all worth it. I have had some going grey experiences while travelling. I don’t mind watching Ellen either I reckon she’s funny.

- - ralu said
  - 19 Apr 2015
    10:25 pm
Yes and thanks god for the cartoons they have in the plains.We were prepared for the worse , but my son was incredibly good , he watched cartoons , played with some toys , slept.We also practised “fish talk” , opening the mouth and pretend we are Nemo ,it was our little game to help with the pain you feel in ears because of the pressure.It worked.

- - mom101330 said
  - 18 Apr 2015
    7:34 pm
Traveling with kids can be a nightmare….I here him! We took our son to Thailand when he was 8 months and it was hell!

- - mom93821 said
  - 17 Apr 2015
    8:05 am
Chris Hemsworth is just so lovely and likeable and down to earth!

- - mom89744 said
  - 17 Apr 2015
    6:45 am
We flew with our oldest first time when he was just 10 months old. First leg (Sydney – Dallas, 15hrs nonstop) he was a real trooper, slept over 7 hours on my lap and didn’t really cry. 2nd part oft that big trip was Midwest USA to Germany 3 flights in total, and the last from London to Düsseldorf was pure hell. Take off was delayed, with everybody already on board and seated, then the landing was delayed and we had go circle. It should have been 90min but we were stuck on that plane for close to 3 hours. Once in Düsseldorf waiting for our bags a fellow passenger (clearly a business man) wanted to give me advise in what to do to keep my son calm on a plane. I was ready to strangle him, thank goodness I was holding my son in my arms and had no hands free. Since then we have taken our son to Fiji and back to the US (dad’s family) and we will also take him (then 3 1/2) and his little brother (then 6mths) to Germany in July to visit parents. With family spread on the other side of the globe, we have no choice but to fly, if we want to see them.

- - karina_hutchesson said
  - 17 Apr 2015
    2:06 am
Years ago my husband was in Germany for work and I took the 3 kids, then aged 6,8 an 10 by myself!! They were young enough to still need mum every 5 seconds but at least they were old enough to watch videos or read a book. I was shattered by the time we got to London but it was a great experience. The kids are now in their twenties and all have travelled extensively.

- - mom129435 said
  - 16 Apr 2015
    11:15 pm
I’ve never flown with kids but have had far too many long car trips with them as we live a long way from many services. Quite often we have 8 hours in the car with them and yes it is a bit like hell. I’ve sworn I won’t take them anywhere on a plane till their older as I can’t imagine being stuck in a plane with them.

- - crystalangela said
  - 16 Apr 2015
    10:53 pm
I never flown with my kids but I just love Chris Hemsworth he is so nice and such a real bloke!