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Chet Hanks shares advice for newly sober people after his shocking cocaine confession
By Danny Murphy, Nicki Cox,
6 hours ago
Chet Hanks says he doesn’t “even think about” drinking anymore.
The eldest son of Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, who got sober before becoming a father in April 2016, tells Page Six exclusively that he did not feel any temptation to imbibe while filming “Surreal Life: Villa of Secrets” despite being surrounded by booze.
“Yeah, I don’t even think about that,” he says. “It’s, like, not even on my radar — like, the thought of taking a drink or whatnot. So it’s, like, not even a blip on the radar.”
“For somebody who might be earlier in their sobriety where it still is a temptation, my advice would just be, like, remove yourself from that environment,” he suggests.
The “Empire” star shares that he had Tyler Posey in his corner on “Surreal Life,” as the “Teen Wolf” actor, 32, is also completely clean after dabbling in sobriety over the years.
“It was cool just having another sober person in the house, which I definitely was not expecting,” Chet tells us. “That was a huge surprise because, obviously, you know, most places I go, I’m the only sober person. So that right off the bat was cool and something that we connected on.”
The “Your Honor” star has been very open about his past struggles with alcohol and drugs, admitting just last month that he used to do so much cocaine that even hardcore druggies were shocked.
“The drug I had the most problem with was just f–king coke, dude,” he candidly shared on the “Raw Talk” podcast .
“I’m a f–king cokehead, straight-up,” he continued before clarifying, “Not anymore, but that is my drug of choice — cocaine, bro, like Tony Montana [Al Pacino’s character in ‘Scarface’].”
Chet recalled doing “little bumps” with “cokeheads” at clubs before confessing that even they couldn’t keep up with him.
“They would be telling me, like, ‘Yo, chill, bro. … Wait a second. Give it like 15 minutes,’” he said.
At the time, the “White Boy Summer” rapper said he “couldn’t get enough” of the drug, but he later realized it was “so bad” for both his physical and mental health.
“It’s terrible. It eats away [at you]. You just, like, wither away ’cause you can’t eat, you can’t sleep,” he explained.
“A couple months ago I was selling coke [and] doing coke until I couldn’t even snort it up my nose anymore because it was so clogged. I even smoked crack,” he candidly shared in an Instagram video in 2015.
“If I can change, you can change. There is a solution,” he encouraged his followers at the time. “It’s been a long journey discovering who I am.”
Chet later said he was motivated to get help after learning his ex Tiffany Miles was pregnant with their daughter, Michaiah.
“There’s a part of you that knows that you need to make a change, but you can’t really shut that door on your life and just move on to a new chapter,” he told “Entertainment Tonight” in 2018. “For me, it took something drastic happening, like becoming a father, for me to make the change.”
In addition to Chet, Tom, 68, and Wilson, 67, share son Truman, 28.
The “Forrest Gump” star is also a dad to son Colin, 46, and daughter Elizabeth, 42, with his ex-wife, Samantha Lewes.
“Surreal Life: Villa of Secrets” premieres Tuesday at 9 p.m. ET on MTV.
If you or someone you know struggles with substance use, call SAMHSA’s National Helpline at 1-800-662-4357 to learn about resources in your area.
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