“They Destroyed Me”: Tom Hanks’ son remembers his parents sending him to rehab

On more than one occasion, Chet Hanks has referred to himself as “the black sheep” of the Hanks family, an expression that has also become popular with audiences due to many of the controversies in which he has starred. Now, the young artist is back in the spotlight, this time remembering when his parents, Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson; they sent him to “rehab” for a while.

It was 2015 when it was reported that Chet Hanks had been admitted to a rehabilitation program, a decision his parents made after learning about the young man’s level of addiction to cocaine. At the age of 17, he entered this experience to stop taking drugs, which he assures has marked him throughout his life.

Through his YouTube channel, Chet Hanxs, the young man has revealed this phase of his adolescence. The actor and musician recognizes him, even though he knows himself as someone “out of control”; Being in such a situation made him feel at a very “low” moment in his life.

I was at the lowest point of my life. Completely lost, to the point that hysteria has crossed the limits I knew. They drowned me psychologically, “she said.

However, it still guarantees it now understand why Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson decided to put it on a show to deal with his drug addiction, which far from resembling a traditional rehabilitation was a kind of therapy in natural spaces.

Despite being an actor and musician, Chet Hanks is currently dedicated to his YouTube channel where he tries to upload content about his life and, moreover, to be able to transmit to those who see it, these kinds of experiences that have distinguished him for life and helped him to become a better person.

Grow up living like a “Hanks”

In another of the videos Chet Hanks has on his YouTube channel, the young man reveals what it was like growing up in the family as one who was born in the Hollywood spotlight, fame and popularity, only to be son of two great actors like Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks.

He assures that it was a very complicated process for him and that although he loves his family and would never change anything in his life; Growing up in the world of fame was extremely complicated for him. He believes that growing up among privileges has made him feel vulnerable and even unprepared to live like any other person.

For this same reason, Chet Hanks believes that the nature therapy experience he experienced during his adolescence from his addiction to cocaine was something that set him a little more.