Hollywood’s ongoing nepo baby business is still kicking into the new year, and celebrities are continuing to pop out of the woodwork to reveal their surprisingly bad takes. This time, America’s favorite dad, Tom Hanks, put his neck on the chopping block to weigh in on the controversial topic, and his perspective is… pretty disappointing.
“Look, this is a family business,” Hanks said in a Jan. 6 video interview with The Sun while discussing his new film, A Man Called Otto — and the casting of his youngest son, Truman, as the younger version of his own character. “This is what we’ve been doing forever. It’s what all of our kids grew up in,” Hanks said, noting that all of his offspring are in the business of “storytelling” in some way. (For the uninitiated, Hanks has four children: Colin and Elizabeth by Hanks’ first wife, the late actress Samantha Lewes, and Chet and Truman by his current wife, actress Rita Wilson.) “If we were a plumbing supply business or if we ran the florist shop down the street, the whole family would be putting in time at some point, even if it was just inventory at the end of the year.” Oh, Tom. Tom, Tom, Tommy, Tom, Tom. Are you seriously comparing your multimillion-dollar Hollywood empire to a humble family florist shop? Please say, “Sike!” right now.
