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Hanks has been married to second wife, Wilson since 1988 and together, they share sons Truman and Chet, the latter also an actor.
Previously, he was married to Samantha Lewes (1978 to 1987), and with her, he had daughter Elizabeth Hanks and son Colin Hanks, who’s credited with starring roles in TV like Roswell, Dexter and Fargo, and films Orange County and King Kong.
With a large-blended family, Hanks is now a 67-year-old grandfather of three.
“All you gotta do is love those little brats, and they’re better than TV” Hanks said in 2023 about his granddaughter. Quickly correcting himself, the doting grandad added: “They’re not little brats; they’re extraordinary young women. They are extraordinary young women.”
Since growing his own family, and applying what he learned as a child, Hanks has really developed his skills in the kitchen.
“You have [to] make their macaroni and cheese just perfectly,” he said about satiating the appetite of his grandkids, who will never be fed tomato soup.
To this day, the Cast Away star cannot stand tomato soup, a meal he and his siblings were tasked with making for lunch and dinner when they were kids. Oftentimes distracted by “an episode of Leave it to Beaver,” the soup would quickly boil over and burn on the stove top, leaving the lingering smell behind.
“If you scraped the amount of burnt tomato soup off the stove, it would have been like an archeological dig!” the Elvis star joked. Despite a childhood where he often felt alone, he added, “In some ways it was very cool, because we laughed a lot.”
And about his beautiful wife Wilson, Hanks says, “Oh, she gets it. Oh, guess what, I don’t think that I’ll ever be lonely anymore.”
Tom Hanks is such an incredible talent and hearing how he maintains a positive demeanor despite his earlier loneliness, is truly inspiring!
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