Cancer, drug addiction of the son and coronavirus: all the trials of the life of Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks’ parents divorced when he was still a child. This affected the boy’s psyche: he became withdrawn due to the constant moves and changes of schools, as well as the endless “new mothers” that followed one another. As a result, Tom made a promise to himself that he would be an ideal father to his children and would never leave his family. And when his girlfriend Samantha Lewis unexpectedly became pregnant, the actor immediately married her.

Later, he will describe this marriage as very difficult. Tom accepted any role, just to earn at least some money, and Samantha blamed him for not seeing his children. When the couple was about to divorce, and Hanks was completely exhausted, fate gave him a meeting with Rita Wilson.

Rita and Tom met in 1981, but then disappeared from each other’s lives for several years. In 1985, on the set of the film Volunteers, they meet again and realize that they cannot be separated.

“It’s great to fall in love with John Candy. Life is a party – hey waiter, no more papas fritas! So much fun, everything is so wonderful. Rita and I looked at each other, and – oops! – it’s I asked Rita if she really had it, and then there was no way to retreat,” Hanks later said.

Rita Wilson waited three years until her lover filed for divorce from his wife. After a long divorce process, the actor immediately proposed to his beloved. But not everything turned out to be so simple: Wilson was born in a patriarchal Greek family, and Hanks first had to find an approach to each of the relatives of his future wife, as well as convert to Orthodoxy. Later he would say, “It was in his Greek home with noisy gatherings and the opportunity to enjoy simple things that I finally realized the beauty of home.

The side effects of marriage with Rita were very good. If before Hanks took on any role and was morally exhausted, now his career was at its peak. Successful projects followed one another – “Big”, “Sleepless in Seattle”, “Philadelphia”, “Forrest Gump”, “Apollo 13”.

Wilson, on the contrary, began to appear less often. She was engaged in raising the sons of Chester and Truman, but still helped her husband: she worked on the images of his characters, and then together with him opened the production company Playtone.

In 2014, it became known that the son of one of Hollywood’s strongest couples, Chester, suffered from drug addiction. Around the same time, doctors made a terrible diagnosis for Rita – she was diagnosed with breast cancer.

The celebrities have faced the hardships that have come their way together. They persuaded their son to start treatment. “I’ve struggled with drug addiction since I was 16. At 24, I decided to seek help. And after 50 days of sobriety, I can honestly say that I feel happier than ever. I am grateful to my family and everyone who cares about me, ”wrote Chester in his Instagram (The social network is recognized as extremist and banned in the territory of the Russian Federation).

Rita Wilson also recovered over time. Tom tried to support his wife during this difficult time: he put several important projects on hold and for nine months helped his wife fight illness and recover from operations.

Wilson, reporting that the disease still managed to be overcome, first expressed his gratitude to the star wife: “With my husband by my side, with the love and support of my family and friends , I had a bilateral mastectomy and reconstruction. You never know how your spouse will react in a situation like this. I was amazed by such care from my husband!

Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson have been married for over 30 years. According to celebrities, they are very happy. The actor admits that he and his wife understand each other without words and that she is his lover, girlfriend and mother all at the same time. For the sake of Rita, he changed his religion, quit his job during his illness, and she, in turn, always supported him and was able to turn a novice actor, exhausted from work, into a real star .

In an interview, Hanks admitted: “This woman loved me thin, loved me fat. She loved me bald, she loved me hairy. This woman, I know, loves me, so I have hair. chance !”

Text: Sabina Abasova

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