Chris Hemsworth’s wife Elsa Pataky almost had an awkward run-in with her ex-lover, Adrien Brody at the 2024 Met Gala in New York City on Monday evening.
Chris, 40, and Elsa, 47, were almost half-way down the carpet doing interviews when the American actor, 51, made his grand arrival at the gala.
The exes, whose split was splashed over tabloids over a decade ago, were just metres away from each other as they posed for photos and chatted to reporters.
Chris, every bit the Hollywood heartthrob, was dressed to impress in a sleek cream suit that set off his athletic build, while Elsa shimmered alongside him in a golden gown and a regal floral headpiece.
Brody, meanwhile, wore a sharp black tuxedo with a silver winged brooch as he posed alongside girlfriend Georgina Chapman.
Chris Hemsworth, 40, (left) and his wife Elsa Pataky, 47, (right) almost had an awkward run-in with her ex-lover, Adrien Brody at the 2024 Met Gala in New York City on Monday evening
Before Elsa became Mrs Hemsworth, she was involved in a highly-publiclised romance with the Academy Award winner from 2006 to 2009.
The couple’s love story was famously sealed when Brody went all out, buying a massive castle in New York for Elsa and refurbishing it as a grand gesture of his affection.
He revealed his romantic gesture to Elsa on her 31st birthday, a moment straight out of a fairy tale.
The couple were almost half-way down the carpet doing interviews when the American actor, 51, (pictured) made his grand arrival at the gala
The exes were just metres away from each other as they posed for photos and chatted to reporters
Brody wore a sharp black tuxedo with a silver winged brooch as he posed alongside girlfriend Georgina Chapman (right)
‘I blindfolded her. Right at the castle there’s a giant, beautiful church bell. And I said, ‘When you hear the sound of the bell, you can open your eyes and you’ll see your surprise.’ And then I rang the bell,’ he told HELLO! magazine at the time.
‘When I saw the castle, I asked Adrien, “Is this ours?”,’ the Spanish actress added. ‘He said, “Yes – welcome home”.’
The magazine published a 35-page spread of their brand new home, complete with a cheesy photo shoot of the pair posing in a forklift outside the property.
Before Elsa became Mrs. Hemsworth, she was involved in a romance with the Academy Award winner from 2006 to 2009. Pictured on November 24, 2008, in LA
Their relationship appeared to be pretty solid from the beginning – so solid, in fact, that in October 2008 Adrien surprised Elsa by purchasing and renovating a stone-built castle in New York for the pair to live in. Pictured: the castle prior to renovations
The former couple were even rumoured to be engaged in 2008 – but sadly, their love story wasn’t meant to be. Pictured on September 3, 2007, in Venice
The former couple were even rumoured to be engaged in 2008 – but their love story wasn’t meant to be.
They called time on their romance in 2009, yet no official announcement was made from either party.
Just a year after her romance with Adrien ended, Elsa met Chris through their representatives. They married in December 2010.
The genetically blessed pair, who live in a $30million mega-mansion in Byron Bay, have three children, daughter India Rose, eight, and twin sons Sasha and Tristan, six.
Adrien ended up keeping and renovating the castle himself, and made a documentary about it named Stone Barn Castle in 2015.
