r/popculturechat • u/JN3LL3V • 10d ago
OnlyStans ⭐️ Chet Hanks confronted Eric Andre at ComplexCon over his 2023 comments calling Chet “emotionally disturbed” following his dangerous behavior on “The Eric Andre Show”: “How did Colin Hanks come out so good and Chet Hanks come out so bad.”
Link to a review of the Rolling Stone interview where Eric Andre mentions Chet Hanks: https://pagesix.com/2023/03/14/eric-andre-blasts-emotionally-disturbed-chet-hanks/
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u/west2night 10d ago
That's still a surprising thing I learnt from Tom, Colin and Chet's interviews through the years.
Chet grew up very close to his parents in spite of Tom Hanks's frequent absence (due to work). He felt he had a happy childhood until his teens. His parents handled his teenage antics badly, which created more problems. This caused tension between them until he became a father himself. He feels close to them nowadays. He once said his parents were great with his daughter.
Tom Hanks recalled paying Chet and younger son Truman to do chores and scolded them when they didn't do them well when they were kids.
Colin rarely talks about his childhood and family, but did say that while growing up, he didn't know Tom Hanks and stepmother Rita Wilson that well, due to his living arrangements and Tom's frequent absence due to work. Note: His younger sister, Elizabeth, believed she was much closer to Tom and Rita and wanted to live with them when she was a child.
It wasn't until his mother's death (he was 25 and his sister was 20) that he got to know Tom and Rita better. He once mentioned that his children's middle names were a tribute to his mother and his wife. That's all he was willing to say so far. Like I said, he rarely talks about his family.
Tom Hanks rarely mentioned Colin and his sister when he talked about raising Chet and Truman, but acknowledged that he felt guilty for failing to be a good father to his oldest children during the early years of his career and early post-divorce years. He later sought therapy to work through his guilt. He seemed to have made peace with it all.