Junior Hanks is lifting the curtains on the negative side of fame and growing up with it. The son of Hollywood legends Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, Chet Hanks is revealed his deeply personal struggle with feelings of worthlessness during his childhood.
The 32-year-old actor and musician shared his emotional story on the season premiere of MTV’s ‘Surreal Life: Villa of Secrets‘, offering a rare glimpse into the challenges of growing up in the shadow of fame. Here’s everything he said.
Chet Hanks Opens Up On Feeling “Worthless“
In the ‘Surreal Life: Villa of Secrets‘ episode that aired on Tuesday, July 23, Chet Hanks found himself getting vulnerable about the difficulties faced by him growing up around fame while playing Uno with his housemates.
“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 s—t,” Chet said. “I actually grew up feeling completely f—king worthless,” he said.
“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 f—k for me to deal with,” Hanks added.
“If you do walk in through the door and you’re like, ‘Here I am mother f—ker,’ then it’s like, ‘Oh look at you arrogant son of a bitch.’ I did internalize all that negativity. Maybe I am f—king worthless, you know what I’m saying?” he added.
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What Is Chet Hanks Doing Now?
Chet Hanks is a successful actor and has starred in several television shows including ‘Empire‘ on Fox and ‘Shameless‘ and ‘Your Honour‘ on Showtime. His show ‘Surreal Life: Villa Of Secrets‘ attempts to bring forward a raw, unfiltered version of him for fans to see.
“I feel like the media has really twisted their representation of me,” he said, talking about the same. “Especially in the early days, I didn’t really have a platform for my voice to be heard. So I just always wanted the opportunity to be able to express myself.”
Chet also shares 8 year old daughter Michaiah with ex girlfriend Tiffany Miles.
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