He's on social media a lot lately

I like the tone of his Instagram entries. It's a good mix and not all about selfies. It probably helps that I think one of his hobbies is photography. The latest is pretty funny, I don't know how they did that trick.

At least he has some control over his image, finally.
He probably realized that he needed some additional platforms to build some buzz for In the heart of the sea. He also joined twitter around the time when he hosted snl and needed to make some announcements.

From now on he can decide what he actually wishes to share and what he wants to keep private.
I'm also curious to see how much he shares about his kids. I don't fully buy his outrage over being papped with his family, in some pics (as long as he has a movie to promote) he even seems to be welcoming and posing for the paps. Not very subtle I'm afraid. It's very risky to act so contradictory.

Anyway, he seems to be good at this, I just wish we could see more pics of the cute dog. :)

When has he been contradictory? Did I miss something? I know he doesn't want them outside their house, but being out in public is a bit different. I think all celebs are okay with the photags to a certain point.

The only negative comments I've heard him say about paps, is when they are harassing and stalking his children. It's the same comment that many other celebrities make too. I think he's happy to pose for photos for fans and excepts mostly paps around him. He just understandably doesn't want his children to feel threatened because of his fame. So this way sharing photos of his children occasionally, helps to cover any public interest. However he controls what goes out (normally you don't get face close-ups)and it's done in a manner that is natural with his children.

He had this GQ interview in January where he said: “When I’m with my kids, and someone is scaring my kids—which is what they’ll do—that gets me fired up. The hairs on the back of my neck stand up. [...] you’re not a bonus to my career.”

You can find a discussion here about the matter:
http://www.celebitchy.com/407551/chris_hemsworth_to_the_paparazzi_youre_not_a_bonus_to_my_career/

This is totally cool, I would be pissed too if they came too close to my children. But if that's his stand point than he shouldn't let these images happen when he has a movie to promote:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3008676/Chris-Hemsworth-melts-hearts-lovingly-encourages-twins-boys-walk-park-cradles-daughter-family-day-out.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3008717/Chris-Hemsworth-Elsa-Pataky-flaunt-incredibly-toned-physiques-family-day-out.html

It's safe to say that the whole thing is pretty staged and the paps didn't just stumble on them while having a play-date. He usually seems grumpy when he gets unwanted attention but in this case they all seem to be playing for the camera.
The same happened when the little girl was born, they were papped several times a weak in Madrid (!) (him being the human stroller) naturally he had two movies to promote.
If you use your family man image to promote projects than don't be surprised if the paparazzi stick around when you have nothing to promote.

Of course he might have learned from the experience or just changed his opinion on the matter.

I also know the celebrity is not always at fault, his management or somebody from his team might be calling the paps. If that's the case he should seriously talk to that person.
His actions and the GQ interview seem some what contradictory to me and that's pretty much the only issue I have with Chris.

Hey there!

I'm a big fan of Hemsworth's (the imdb name probably gave me away) and as such, I admittedly follow his career pretty devotedly, so I can't help but kind of defend him on a couple points here, even though I know you weren't necessarily trying to bash him (and I'm not saying this to jump on you for what you said either, but just to kind of set the record straight, at least as I understand it).

The context of the paparazzi quote in the GQ Aus interview (which, am pretty sure is the only time he has ever publicly voiced any complaint about getting photographed) was in answer to the question of why he moved away from LA, and the quote in its entirety was:
“When I’m with my kids and someone is scaring my kids — which is what they’ll do — that gets me fired up. The hairs on the back of my neck stand up, I get hot, I get flustered. And in the States, they’re there, 24/7, at the gate, six feet away when you take out the rubbish.”
He's not saying, 'I hate it when I'm in public but I don't have a movie to promote and they still take pics of me' -- b/c I am sure he gets that it is the nature of the beast -- but he was talking specifically about the paps who would wait outside his house (as i think V for Vanessa also mentioned), and that is significantly different from long-lens shots in public areas like the ones you linked. So I don't personally find it contradictory or hypocritical -- it's two entirely different situations. He knows what he signed up for as an actor, and public pics are part of that, but having his family stalked at their own house is not. Also, while it may be "safe to say" the paps didn't just stumble across him on that playdate, as you said yourself, it also doesn't mean he called them, or even that his people did. It's a public playground, he's a famous person, anyone could leak that sighting for a buck or two and I'm sure it happens all the time.

But the main thing I wanted to respond to was the suggestion of him using his family to promote his movies. The pics you linked were taken in March when he had no movie promotion on the horizon whatsoever. (Blackhat was out in January and Age of Ultron didn't come out until May and let's face it -- it is its own self-sustaining publicity machine, and Chris would have no need or inclination to stage 'dad pics' to try to help it out. haha --that poor "indie" Avengers sequel needed him pushing his kid on a swing to try to put a few asses in the seats, lol.:-)). But, I mean, i just think it's a little unfounded to accuse him of ulterior motives for being out playing with his kids when there was nothing in it for him at all at that time.

The bottom line is, Chris seems like a pretty stand-up guy, and while I don't know him personally (outside of a comic-con meeting where he could not have been any nicer), I don't believe he paps his family out when it suits his career -- in fact -- I think it's the last thing he'd ever do. He says he joined social media to reach a bigger audience for his movies (I'm sure it does have a lot to do with In the Heart of the Sea, and hoping people turn out to see a performance he put a lot into), but he clearly draws a line between his work and his family, and it'd be a shame if any comments from the coven over at "Celebitchy" (*rolls eyes*) were to make people think otherwise.

“I still have an attitude of ‘what does it mean?’ and ‘do I want to spend my time doing that?’ This is the world we live in and you have to embrace it otherwise you’ll be left behind. To be honest, you want people to see the films you work on. If not, I’d work in community theatre back home and be happy with that. But you make these films and you pour your heart and soul into them so if there’s another way to reach an audience and extend that exposure somehow, then, fantastic, and that is what that was about. Hopefully, I’m not going to be doing that when I’m at home with the kids and family. It is a work-allocated moment where I go, ‘what can I post’, ‘what can I say’ and hopefully it is of interest and not completely boring.”-- Chris Hemsworth

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/sydney-confidential/why-social-media-is-a-sore-point-for-chris-hemsworth/story-fni0cvc9-1227580825911
Anyway, that's all i got. Have a good day. :-)

Hey Hemsfan,

Well said and a good read.

Firstly - You met him! Lucky you, any specifics you can mention?

Secondly - Of what I know and guess, I totally agree with all you said.

I'm pretty ignorant about how the paparazzi work. The park in which these photos were taken, if it's the one I think it is, it's opposite a small group of shops. Are you suggesting certain photographers ask people to keep a lookout if a celebrity lives nearby? It sounds the sort of thing they might do.

Correct me if I've got my information muddled. But I remember reading an article about when Elsa and the children were in Madrid a few months back. Paparazzi would camp out outside where they were staying. India was getting really scared of all the light flashes and harassment. To the point where her grandmother had to ask the photographers to please leave her alone, as they were scaring the little girl. Apparently they left only to return the next day.

Hi Sweet-Anxiety, thanks for the nice reply!

I don't really know how the paps work either, and after I read your reply, I thought more about it, and maybe the average person wouldn't know how to alert the paparazzi if a celebrity were nearby (so maybe I'm wrong about that part), but I figure they must have their means of finding out besides the celebrities themselves or the celeb's 'people'. Because it's a lucrative thing for them, it's their bread and butter, so while I don't know how they find out, i know there's profit in it, so I'm sure they're highly motivated. (And yeah, you are totally correct about Elsa's comments about the paps scaring India on her trip to Spain -- she talked about it in her blog -- so again, I think that 'in your face' element is what is objectionable to them, as it would be to any parent).

As for meeting him, yeah i was lucky enough to be at the ComicCon he did in Philly a couple years back (and also got to see him at the Rush Q & A in NYC), but at the Con, it wasn't any big conversation or anything, but it was just how he treated people, you know? I mean, there's a huge line of people he has to sign autographs for, but he still took the time to stop and look up at me when i started talking, and he laughed at what i said (which, of course, for a fan is just...ya' know...cloud nine, to get a smile/laugh from your favorite actor that you LOVE!), and then for the picture part, when I thanked him for coming, he thanked me for coming. :-) So it just, idk, makes you feel special in that moment. Even if you're not a particularly 'cool' person (which may or may not apply to me, lol), I almost think he goes out of his way more for people like that, b/c maybe he understands how much it means. He's just a good guy. If he were merely a great actor with amazing looks (and he is), that'd be one thing, but he's also really nice and doesn't deserve the shade.

Anyway, thanks and you take care, Sweet Anxiety. :-)