Tom Hanks’ Son Chet Hanks Says He Spent Part of His Childhood Feeling Completely ‘Worthless’
Chet Hanks is sharing a glimpse into his childhood being raised by parents Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson. https://t.co/St8IzQG7UH
- Us Weekly (@usweekly) July 24, 2024
Chet Hanks is sharing a glimpse into his childhood being raised by parents Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson.
He didn’t blame his experience on his famous parents. Instead, it was his peers and strangers around him who complicated things.
“I’ll tell you something about my childhood. People think that being Tom Hanks’ son, like, I would grow up feeling like I was the shit. I actually grew up feeling completely fucking worthless. People treated me like, ‘You must think you’re better than me’ when I didn’t. I just wanted to be friends with everybody and be treated like everybody else. But what am I supposed to do? Walk through the doors and be all meek and timid? That was a mind fuck for me to deal with. If you do walk in through the door and you’re like, ‘Here I am mother fucker,’ then it’s like, ‘Oh look at you arrogant son of a bitch.’ I did internalize all that negativity. Maybe I am fucking worthless, you know what I’m saying? It was a battle for me mentally and emotionally just to be able to walk outside, look someone in the eye and say, ‘What’s up? I’m Chet.’”
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