Tom Hanks’s Son Chet Hanks on Growing Up Feeling ‘Completely Worthless’

Chet Hanks is the son of Hollywood movie stars Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson.

(L-R) Samantha Bryant, Colin Hanks, Rita Wilson, Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Ann Hanks, Chet Hanks, and Truman Theodore Hanks attend the 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Jan. 05, 2020. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images

Therapists and counselors are summing up Chet Hanks’ self-described low self esteem in childhood as indicative of deep-seated emotional and psychological struggles.

Despite being the son of Hollywood movie stars Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, both 67-years old, Chet Hanks told his co-stars on the July 23 episode of MTV’s Surreal Life: Villa of Secrets that he felt worthless as a child.