Tom Hanks’ Son Chet Speaks Out on Addiction
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Sony/Columbia(LOS ANGELES) — Chet Hanks, the son of Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, posted a slew of videos to Instagram, explaining why he’s been out of the spotlight lately.
“I’ve been trying to get my s*** together,” Hanks said. “I’m doing pretty damn good. I just really had to take a look at myself and my life and the way s*** was going, and all the crazy, stupid s*** I was doing and just finally admit to myself that it wasn’t working.”
Hanks, 25, also owned up to using the N-word inappropriately in the past, even though he says he didn’t use it in a malicious way.
“I know a lot of y’all understood the point I was trying to make, but the truth is it’s not my place to speak on that and I’m genuinely sorry for the people that I offended,” he said.
All the antics in the past are not who the artist wants to be, he continued.
“It’s been a long journey for me…because of all the pressures that I’ve dealt with in my life, being the son of my dad and everything,” he said. “Just trying to find where I fit in.”
He also explained his dependency on drugs before going to rehab and told others struggling with addiction to message him.
“A couple months ago, I was selling coke, doing coke until I couldn’t even snort it up my nose, it was so clogged,” he explained. “I even smoked crack. If I can change, you can change, there is a solution.”
He closed by thanking everyone for listening to his story. “If you are dealing with this s***, take yourself to a meeting,” he said.
Tom Hanks’ rep did not immediately respond to a request for comment about his son.
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