{"id":266561,"date":"2026-02-04T03:55:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T03:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/266561\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T03:55:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T03:55:07","slug":"chris-hemsworth-shares-how-fathers-health-scare-reshaped-his-priorities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/266561\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Hemsworth shares how father&#8217;s health scare reshaped his priorities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1390957_075916_updates.jpg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" alt=\"Chris Hemsworth shares how father's health scare reshaped his priorities\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Chris Hemsworth opened up about how his dad&#8217;s Alzheimer&#8217;s diagnosis made him understand the \u201cfragility\u201d of life.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview with The Guardian, the Thor star shared that after Craig\u2019s health scare, he has slowed down in life.<\/p>\n<p>My appetite for racing forward has really been reined in,&#8221; Chris noted. \u201cI\u2019m getting better at relaxing, making more curated decisions, working with people I admire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The thought, &#8220;My dad won\u2019t be here forever,\u201d has made him \u201cmore aware of the fragility of things\u201d and to cherish every moment.<\/p>\n<p>It has even shifted his parenting. &#8220;My kids are now 11 and 13. Those nights where they\u2019d fight over sleeping in our bed \u2014 suddenly they\u2019re not happening anymore,&#8221; Chris, who shares three kids with wife Elsa Pataky, said.<\/p>\n<p>Now Chris is reassessing his definition of success.<\/p>\n<p>The Crime 101 star explained, \u201cI used to think maybe if I was nominated for something, I\u2019d feel good about myself. Or maybe if I had the biggest film of all time, or launched another franchise, then I\u2019d feel fulfilled.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s absurd. My self-worth doesn\u2019t rest upon all of those exterior things anymore \u2013 though I still have to remind myself,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chris Hemsworth opened up about how his dad&#8217;s Alzheimer&#8217;s diagnosis made him understand the \u201cfragility\u201d of life. In&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":266562,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[430,156,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-266561","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266561\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}