Transparent Tom Hanks continues.
In an interview with Radio Times, Tom Hanks revealed his struggles with Type 2 diabetes and the role he played in the diagnosis.
“I’m part of the lazy American generation that has blindly kept dancing through the party and now finds ourselves with a malady,” he said, according to Womanista. “I was heavy. You’ve seen me in movies. You know what I looked like. I was a total idiot.”
The Oscar-winning actor admitted that his lack of knowledge about nutrition and health as a youth ultimately bled into his adulthood.
“I thought I could avoid it by removing the buns from my cheeseburgers,” he explained. “Well, it takes a little bit more than that.”
Hanks revealed that he was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in 2013.
In a 2013 interview with David Letterman on the “The Late Show With David Letterman,” Hanks shared a conversation he had with his physician and admittedly didn’t feel he'd be able to overcome the diagnosis.
