Luke Hemsworth reveals he and his family left the US because of fears of school shootings

Luke Hemsworth recently returned to Australia after almost a decade of living in Los Angeles with his wife and their children.

And on Thursday, the Westworld star, 38, revealed to Nova 96.9’s Fitzy & Wippa they moved back home over fears of school shootings.

Michael ‘Wippa’ Wipfli asked if Luke and his family had had enough of life in the Californian city after spending seven years there. 

Luke told the hosts the relocation was ‘more about the kids’.

‘We didn’t want the kids to go to high school over there, with machine guns and things,’ he explained. ‘So yeah, it was time to come back!’

He added: ‘The difference in seeing them, how happy they are back here, that was really interesting.’ 

Elsewhere in the interview, co-host Ryan ‘Fitzy’ Fitzgerald commented on Luke’s deep tan, calling it a ‘Byron Bay’ tan.

‘Back in Byron baby, back to the motherland,’ he happily said, revealing that he and his family live in a home nearby his brother Chris’ $7million mega-mansion.

Luke and Samantha have been married for 13 years and together share four children: daughters Holly, 11, Ella, 10, and eight-year-old Harper Rose, as well as seven-year-old son Alexandre.

He is also the eldest sibling of his famous Hemsworth brothers – Thor star Chris, 36, and Hunger Games actor Liam, 30. 

Luke appeared on the radio show to talk about season three of Westworld and teased the season ahead, saying: ‘We get to see exactly what that real world is, and while it’s shiny and beautiful on the outside, inside it’s kind of rotten.’

He plays Ashley Stubbs, the head of Westworld security, and has been on the show since season one in 2016.