Chris Hemsworth may play a literal god on screen, but even Thor has his limits—especially when it comes to ultra-spicy wings.
The Marvel star recently revealed that he had to pause filming Hot Ones after nearly getting sick during the fiery YouTube challenge. Hemsworth appeared on the show in May 2024 while promoting Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, bravely taking on all ten increasingly intense hot sauces. But what started as confidence quickly turned into chaos.
Speaking on the SmartLess podcast, Hemsworth admitted he got a little cocky early on. “I did tackle all 10 wings,” he said, explaining that he kept asking for more sauce because it didn’t seem that bad at first. By the ninth or tenth wing, however, everything changed. “They had to stop rolling because I was on the brink of throwing up,” he confessed, adding that the crew scrambled to bring him milk and ice cream to cool the burn.
Although he managed to finish the episode, the real aftermath came later. Hemsworth revealed that he hadn’t eaten all day before filming, meaning the spicy sauce hit his empty stomach hard. What followed was a brutal 12-hour stretch in his hotel room. “I was sprawled on the floor, my body in complete revolt. Everything was trying to exit at once,” he said, describing the ordeal in graphic detail.
He’s not the only A-lister to suffer after facing the Hot Ones gauntlet. Jennifer Lawrence previously shared that she also got violently sick after her appearance on the show. Even Hollywood’s toughest stars, it seems, can’t always handle the heat.
