Tom Hanks is beloved by millions. He’s known as one of the nicest dudes in Hollywood, and a lot of people unfairly have this “perfect” image of him.
But during a recent conversation on the “On Purpose with Jay Shetty” podcast, the 68-year-old actor admitted his kids definitely don’t view him as perfect. For those who don’t know, he has four kids in total, Colin, 45, and Elizabeth, 42, with his first wife, and Chet, 34, and Truman, 28, with his current wife, Rita Wilson.
Hanks admitted he made a lot of mistakes while raising his children…
I made every mistake. You know, you scar the kids somehow in the same exact way. And as they get older, you come back around and [say], ‘Hey, can I talk about what a knothead I was with you for all those years?’ And [they say], ‘Yeah, sure, Dad. Yeah, I’ve been kind of waiting for this. Why don’t you unload?’
This might explain why Chet ended up the way he did.
Hanks recalled one painful memory with his youngest son, Truman. He said when he was younger, 7 or 8, he promised to take him to the park to play a game of catch.
But he forgot, and by the time he remembered, it was already dark.
Something happened and I realized, ‘Oh, the sun’s going down now.’ And I said, ‘Oh my God. Oh my God. Hey, I’m sorry.’ I said, ‘We were going to go down and throw the ball around. It got away from me. Forgive me.. And he said, ‘No, that’s OK, dude.’ And he sounded disappointed.
Ah, that’s the worst! We never want to disappoint our kids, but you know what? It’s going to happen at some point. No one is a perfect parent… not even Tom Hanks!
