Chester Hanks, the son of Tom Hanks and now known as Chet Hanx, just created a YouTube account with 13.7 thousand followers. Chet delves into some of his life experiences in his new video, “The Truth About Growing Up As A Hanks.” He remembers being questioned about growing up with celebrity parents in a recent video he released. Chet stated:
“There are a lot of benefits, but it can be a little strange at times.”
While he would not desire a different life, Chet spoke about the difficulties of being Tom Hanks’ kid.
“My situation was made more problematic by the fact that, on top of being poisonous, I wasn’t even famous. I was simply the kid of someone famous, so I hadn’t done anything to merit any form of respect, and this earned me a lot of scorn.”
People would think of him as an “arrogant, entitled, pampered child,” according to the celebrity youngster. Chet considers himself to be “privileged” rather than “spoiled.” He stated it was almost hard to persuade people to abandon their preconceived opinions about him.
“It was exceedingly difficult to break through their defenses. So I experienced a lot of scorn, anger, and negativity since everyone was ready to detest my guts.”
He addressed the bullying he experienced as a child by saying:
“It was never directed at me. It was constantly behind my back in the form of s*** talking and gossip.”
The most unexpected discovery occurred when Chet insisted on not having a male hero to look up to as a child.
“I lacked a strong male role model to tell me, ‘dude, f*** these guys, they’re just envious of you.'”
Chet has struggled with rage problems throughout the years. It took him a long time to discover that “people’s opinion of someone is merely a mirror of themselves,” he said. He maintained, however, that he had changed his ways. He no longer copes with his “anger” and “resentment” by “self-destructing, pleasure-seeking via partying, drugs, booze, narcotics.” Instead, he is concerned with “becoming the best” person he can be.
Everything you need to know about Tom Hanks’ family.
Tom Hanks, 65, is the father of four children, two from his first marriage and two from his second and present marriage. From 1978 until 1987, Hanks married Samantha Lewes, who died of bone cancer in 2002. Colin Hanks, Hanks’ first son, was born to Lewes in November 1977. Colin made his acting debut in 1996 with That Thing You Do! and has since appeared in films such as Orange County (2002), King Kong (2005), and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2006). (2017 & 2019). Colin married Samantha Bryant, a publicist, in 2010. Olivia Jane Hanks was born in 2011, and Charlotte Bryant Hanks was born in 2013.
Elizabeth Ann, their only daughter, was born in May 1982. Elizabeth starred as a kid in two of her father’s most successful films, Forrest Gump (1994) and That Thing You Do! (1996), written and directed by Tom Hanks. The 39-year-old is now a journalist and novelist with bylines in Time, The Guardian, The New York Times, Vanity Fair, and The Huffington Post, among others. In April 1988, Tom Hanks married his wife Rita Wilson, 65. Chet was born in August 1990, and he was their first child together.
Chet began his music career in April 2021 with the widely panned tune White Boy Summer, which was quickly followed by another song named Damn (released in June 2021). Chet, 31, has a five-year-old daughter named Michaiah with his ex-girlfriend Tiffany Miles. Truman Hanks, Tom Hanks’ third son, was born in December 1995. The 26-year-old has worked on films such as Wrath of Man, Black Widow, and West Wide Story. In addition, he worked as a production assistant for The Cloverfield Paradox (2018) and Charlie’s Angels (2019). He was the cinematographer for The Ice Queen Society, a 2019 short film.
