TOM & CHET: FATHER AND SON REUNION

AFTER A HISTORY OF SELF-DESTRUCTIVE BEHAVIOR, CHET HANKS IS CLEAN AND SOBER - AND NO ONE IS HAPPIER FOR HIM THAN HIS FAMOUS FATHER TOM HANKS.

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TOM HANKS may be “America’s Dad,” but the 67-year-old has had his share of troubles with his middle son, Chet. The 33-year-old has battled addiction and courted controversy, even claiming to have had a “toxic” upbringing with his dad and mom, Rita Wilson, 67. (The pair are also parents to Truman, 29; Tom is also dad to Colin, 47, and 42-year-old Elizabeth with his late ex-wife Samantha Lewes.) The Forrest Gump star has said he’s tried his best as a father, telling The New York Times, “Somewhere along the line, I figured out, the only thing really, I think, eventually a parent can do is say, ‘I love you, there’s nothing you can do wrong, you cannot hurt my feelings, I hope you will forgive me on occasion, and what do you need me to do ?” It’s a hard-won peace. In a startling new interview, Chet opened up about coming to terms with his addiction, a traumatic teen experience — and his famous father. “He was there for me,” Chet told Bradley Martyn’s