Aspiring rapper Chet Haze made the news again. It’s been less than a week since I talked about the 24-year-old, third son of Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson. Chet recently tried to enlighten the world by refusing to stop dropping the “beautiful” n-word. He was very upset about being called out for his use of an offensive term. Chet’s blinded by his own wealth and privilege. He wants to be seen as an authentic rapper and feels like dropping the n-word gives him street cred. Dude is extremely clueless.
Chet’s been in London for the past week. He Instagrammed this picture ^^^ with the following caption: “This trip was a movie. Coming back to LA focused on this music sh*t. Bout to be recording and releasing a lot more. Stay tuned.” This weekend, London got a real taste of Chet Haze. He trashed a hotel room to prove how much of a rap star he is. Or maybe he was blitzed out of his mind. Chet reportedly threw a tantrum about three women who wouldn’t sleep with him, and the fact that no one had any cocaine to give him:
British detectives are hunting Hollywood star Tom Hank’s son after he allegedly smashed up a hotel room in a sex and drugs row. Chester Hanks is said to have gone berserk, causing £1,200 worth of damage when he took three girls back after a late night party.
Shocked staff called police next morning after discovering shattered glass and a TV set ripped off the wall in the four-star room near Gatwick.
A source claimed: “He was pretty obnoxious once he started drinking at the club. He kept saying ‘do you know who I am?’ Nobody was all that impressed and that was clearly annoying him. Nobody recognised him. He then went back to the hotel with a British actor friend and three female promoters. He was sick in the car park and then went up to the room and got really loud.
“He asked the girls if they would join him in the bed, but they are not like that. So he started screaming and making a right noise. He saw some sprinkled make-up called banana powder and started asking ‘who’s got the coke?’ But nobody did drugs there. Then he started shouting that he was not going to share it with another man.”
The source added: “Then all you could hear was this smashing and crashing. Next morning he was gone but the room was trashed. Everything was smashed and there was glass all over the floor.”
Hanks is the third eldest of his famous A-lister father’s four sons. His attempt to make his name in hip hop as ‘Chet Haze’ has brought him ridicule for adopting black culture despite his privileged white upbringing.
In a text to the Sunday Mirror, Chester called the claims “a slanderous bold-faced lie.” He also threatened the “full force of my legal team” but would not comment further.
[From The Mirror]
Just a guess, but Chet Haze promising “the full force of my legal team” probably means, “I’m going to call my dad to bail me out of this situation.” I can’t even imagine how Tom and Rita felt to hear his news. It’s pretty freaking sad.
Chet has a history of drug and alcohol use. Last November, he claimed to be 60 days clean and sober after completing rehab for cocaine addiction. In 2011, Chet told Vice magazine that he always raps about weed because “I wanted to rap about something that I do.” He also added, “I’m not some caricature of a person who just drinks and smokes weed and parties all the time. I’m more complex than that.” Unfortunately, smashing up a hotel room makes Chet look like exactly like a party-boy caricature. I hope he gets help soon.
Photos courtesy of Chet Haze on Instagram
What went wrong here?
He looks nothing like his dad, maybe this is the Wilson side of the family coming out? He needs a swift kick up the backside, step up Tom!
He’s 24, hardly under his parent’s roof anymore. Please stop blaming the parents for the actions of their grown son. I presume they didn’t raise him to act this way. They do need to cut off any funds he may be getting from them to finance his drug and alcohol addiction. If they can intervene and convince him to go back to rehab, they’re money is better spent there.
I think sensible means these are Rita’s genes in action. Possibly, I mean Colin Hanks seems like a nice guy.
@NUTBALLS: Actually, Tom Hanks is always defending Chester’s douchebaggery, so he’s a huge part of the problem and seems to have no interest in being the solution. It amazes me that he and Rita don’t seem to care how much their son embarrasses them.
@NUTBALLS
Yes because well-raised kids just leave home and become d**kheads out of the blue…
kanyekardashian, I don’t follow Hanks that closely. Can you provide links when Tom’s defended Chet’s behavior? Curious to see it for myself.
qwerty, no. I’m sure he’s been a douche for years and years. This is just the first some of us are hearing about it. As a parent trying to raise good kids that often don’t listen to my advice, I don’t automatically blame the parents of kids who go off the rails. Chet’s responsible for his own sh*t; especially at 24 years old when he’s not under the authority of his parents.
The creep is quite obviously a complete moron, with far more money than sense. His parents must cringe everytime they get wind of one of his ridiculous shenanigans. What a loser!
Drugs.
There is such a long history of talented people falling down the rabbit hole of drugs and either never crawling out, or doing so only once their life and career is wrecked. It’s so hard to convince young people this could happen to them too, despite an excess of clear examples.
Addiction is a matter of biology and chemistry, not whether you’re too smart to get hooked or “can handle it”. You avoid addiction only by not doing too many drugs, and not doing them very often. It’s a numbers game; the smartest course is to party seldom and only in moderation.
I know many drug users and sadly many drug abusers (there’s a difference) but you know what, the ones that became real douchelords when high or in the grip of addiction were ALWAYS kind of douchey. It might exacerbate personality traits but doesn’t completely flip them. Just like the people we all know who are quiet and meek until they get drunk and become assholes, it’s not that they’re not assholes when they’re sober, they just lose the fear of social opprobrium that makes them hide their assholery when sober.
Ugh. How did tom and Rita raise such a douche?
And you know the poor dud really thinks this is simply a boost to his “cred” rather than something to legitimately sic his attorneys (or parents) on.
Maybe, just maybe, Tom Hanks “nice guy” persona is just that? He cheated on his childhood sweetheart/first wife, don’t forget. And Rita has long been rumoured to be an over-entitled [insert expletive of choice] by the various service industry underlings she graces with her presence.
Not “saints” I’m sure but given that there is another son who “so far” doesn’t seem to have these issues I think the old adage about one in every family holds true. Plus this all came to light only when he was an adult, which implies to me that he was being parented. Now they need to do the really tough thing and cut off the trust fund (and not bail him out of this). At 23 he’s salvageable. You don’t want them 28 and still out of control (Hi Lindsay!).
Colin Hanks is a product of the first marraige . Tom is one of those actors that can do no wrong for most people but the bombastic ego of Chet Haze isn’t something he developed overnight I really am side eying Tom & Rita they need to come get their son.
Could be that. We know nothing about them really, I will say they did a terrible job raising this one.
Debbie
Good parents can still raise bad children. It’s not a full product of nurture vs. nature. No matter how good 1 side is the other can trump it. So let’s not jump on the parents. Not unless we find out some terrible info that without a doubt deserves a side eye, We’re not there, yet.
And it’s being said they’ve started taking steps to remove access to his funds not earned. Just as was done before he was forced to enter rehab.
Colin never lived them, and the youngest son was sent to boarding school..that leaves this one at home.
Tom and Rita are not saints. We only know their public personas, like all celebrities, so they could possibly raise an idiot. BUT, his transgressions are as an adult, not a child. He is making his own idiotic decisions, so I think Tom and Rita are not necessarily to blame. Once you leave the house, you are on your own, your successes or failures should be on you, not your parents. Who knows what is driving him to be a jerk. Colin, Tom’s eldest son by his first wife seems to be just fine.
Maybe he had a great home, but somehow screwed himself up, which is a distinct possibility.
There has been rumours about Chet going around for years. Allegedly Tom and Rita have been paying off girls he has sexually assaulted.
I think because Colin turned out normal, people think something is wrong with the kid, but remember, Colin was raised by his mother in more humble circumstances.
Colin isn’t Rita’s son, so I don’t understand why people are comparing. Like you said, he was raised by his mother. So, it’s pretty possible Tom and Rita can raise a deadbeat.
The best parents in the world can still end up with a douche. Some kids listen to their parents and some don’t and break their hearts. I’m not saying Tom and Rita were or weren’t great parents, but neither of them have a reputation that would lead me to assume “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree”.
Every kid comes out of the womb with their own unique personality and temperament and some come out idiots and no amount of boundaries and discipline seem to cure them. Some may wise up in their adult years after they hit rock bottom and some never learn.
If there’s one thing I’ve learned from being a parent is how little control you really have over your kids. You do your best to guide them down the right path and then cross your fingers hoping that they turn out ok. I can only imagine the heartache that Tom and Rita feel right now watching their son act like such a moron.
I agree with you. I’m definitely willing to give Tom and Rita the benefit of the doubt in this situation.
So true. There’s only so much you can do.
Amen ! Though all products of the same sperm, eggs, and household, my 3 kids are from different planets.
Note how Hanks and Wilson aren’t publicly calling him out on it, side eye at ODL
Nutballs
You are just winning on this thread imo.
I agree, we really don’t know what his home life was so to automatically blame his parents seems unfair.
Also, if their son is an addict, his behavior and actions could be linked to that. Maybe when he was sober for a time after getting treatment he wasn’t such a douche? It doesn’t excuse his behavior but addiction can make someone behave horribly.
I hope he gets help and his parents aren’t enabling him – which can be very difficult to do as well for the parents.
Living proof that money can’t buy happiness and it sure can’t raise your kids for you.
Hear, hear!
Well I certainly don’t know but it’s not that we don’t know we don’t care.
I don’t think even Chet does who he is.
“Do you know who I am??” No, bytch, I don’t.
Oh God, THIS! High five PhenomenalWoman. 🙂
Maybe Chet should also be asking ” Do we care who you are? ” Just have a seat and start writing out a cheque to pay for the damage to the hotel room. Brat
Wow, crazy. I hope he gets a grip soon.
Can I just say how much I loved the writing in this story? My favorite part: “He asked the girls if they would join him in the bed, but they are not like that. So he started screaming and making a right noise.”
Good for those girls, good for them.
Oh no. He sounds completely unbearable – like the anti-Hanks! What are his brothers like? What’s his background? I’m curious how they brought him up. Why is is so delusional and obnoxious?
that nanny was terrible!
forrest gump needs to come get his child
i dont know how much of his lifestyle chester has financed himself, but his sense of entitlement tells me it wasnt much if any.
I was wondering the same thing. Tom and Rita have a nice, well crafted public image, but who knows what goes on in their personal lives? Imo, it doesn’t matter how much you do, or don’t do as a parent… sometimes you raise an as@hole, sometimes you don’t.
Eta, I don’t have or want children, but I admire those who do, because it’s a job that can so easily be f@cked up.
Tom and Rita also have another son who goes to college in Palo Alto. I only know this because it made local news that while he was in town, he helped the girl scouts shill their cookies. I think it was get a pic with Tom if you buy some cookies. His other son was with him.
Chet is an aberration in the Hanks family.
Uhhhhh…so who is he? He looks like low-grade Eminem.
ETA: oh wouldn’t you know? He’s an aspiring rapper. I had no idea.
Eminem has more sense than this one.
and a trillion times more talent!
All I see is Draco Malfoy: “My father will be hearing about this.”
This dude is unfortunate, both in attitude and looks. He looks like white trash. Hard to believe nice guy Tom Hanks raised someone like this.
This might sound like nitpicking, and I don’t want you to think I’m directing this personally at you. But can we all retire the phrase “white trash”? He’s just trash. I feel like, by saying “white trash,” it insinuates that white people are normally above being called trash, unlike any other ethnicity. It’s just a divisive phrase. Again, trying to personally attack you. It’s just not a phrase I’m comfortable with, no matter who’s using it.
Ughhhh…I’m exhausted from someone getting offended every 5 minutes
Ughhhh…..I’m tired of people being too quick to react and missing the point in the process. @shambles never said she was offended. What she did say is a valid point. The addition of the word white is not a valid distinction- trash is trash, regardless of the color.
I get the point. That doesn’t mean I’m not exhausted by the sheer volume of comments like these. Seems like every little thing hits a nerve with someone these days. All I was trying to say.
Susie, I hear you. I really, really do. It seems like people find reasons to be offended these days, and it’s exhausting. It’s also problematic, because when people are so easily offended, it becomes too easy to dismiss anyone as just being overly sensitive– even when they bring up a valid point. I’m not whipping out the pitchforks, I just dislike the phrase “white trash” because I think adding the qualifier of “white” insinuates some nasty stuff. I thought I did bring up a valid point, and I tried bring it to the table in the calmest manner possible. I really do hear what you’re saying in that the mob descends very easily these days, and it’s frustrating. Especially because it creates situations like these, when it becomes hard to even have a productive conversation about the words we choose without being dismissed as one of those overly sensitive people.
Edit: my original reply was supposed to say that I was NOT trying to personally attack the OP. That was a typo.
I appreciate your comment! Thanks for not responding negatively. I acknowledge that this was the wrong time for me to rear up about that issue since you make a good point. I’m sorry! Blame Monday? Peace & Love
I appreciate yours too, m’am! There’s no need for apologies– I’m very glad you were willing to have a conversation. 😀 Everybody has those moments where they see a comment and it’s just the last straw, and they feel like “ugh just STAHP already.” I totally understand, and I agree with the heart of your comment, which is that people really do look for things to be offended about. I, however, wasn’t intentionally trying to offend-bait there (is that a thing?). Peace and love, sister!
@Susiecue and @Shambles – Your exchanges give me hope for the internet. 🙂
Man baby who wants to be taken seriously so badly that he spouts a regular stream of bullsh@t that ends up contradicting itself. My head hurts from all the eye-rolling. Word of unsolicited advice, Chet, most artists are taken seriously when there’s evidence of talent. If you’re so upset by the fact that you have none that it causes you to act like a spoiled 7-year-old, seek help. I’m sorry to say it, but this reflects badly on his parents, to a certain extent.
Trust finds are a hell of a drug, y’all.
No, I don’t know who you are.
“If you have to ask…”
Im wondering if this is being rebellious because his father has this Super Nice Guy persona or if Tom and Rita werent very present or did not raise him properly.
Eh, I don’t think you can always blame parenting for the “problems” of the offspring. Maybe they were great parents and he is just a giant douche canoe.
He looks like the walking embodiment of a period cramp. Even if you know who he is, you want him to go away and not come back.
Lol
A+
He’s always had a drug problem, but he did graduate from Northwestern University. His interviews are disturbing. He tries to sound all hip-hop from the hood. He’s a rich kid raised in California and has a college degree. He is not authentic, and that’s the problem. He can rap if he wants to, but don’t make a caricature of yourself. It’s not authentic.
I know Rita and Tom must be at their wit’s end with him. They have two sons. Truman is their youngest. He’s now at Stanford. But he was in a small boarding school in high school, which is where he was when he was answering the Q & A two years ago. One day when he was 16 he just showed up on Reddit’s Q & A and confirmed his identity with a selfie holding a piece of paper stating to ask him questions. He was so down to earth and so articulate and you could tell from many answers how intelligent he was
Truman was such a sweet kid and so open that people were blown away. They asked if Tom knew he was doing this. He said no and might be in trouble but that’s why he was trying to make sure he didn’t say anything that would embarrass him or disrespect him. He loves his dad and says he’s a goofy in person as you would expect. This kid wants to go into the math and sciences field but with an artistic component to it and seems like an old soul. He loved boarding school and says it’s so much fun to live with what amounts to be your brothers and hang and have school right there but that he sees his parents often. His dad collects vintage typewriters and Truman has one and he said he types letters on them to friends and family. The Q & A audience kind of fell in love with him after that. There were thousands following it by the end. I remember thinking Tom and Rita must be so proud of their son. He is so down to earth but amazing and eclectic. He loves jazz. But he clearly adores his parents. He said he had a small allowance and that he wasn’t given a car at 16, even to be left at home when he’s in boarding school. He wouldn’t answer any disrespectful questions about Chet, only said that he likes some hip hop, but not his thing, and that he liked some of Chet’s music and some not so much. He just said he loves his sister and both brothers and is very close to all of them, and does not consider the two older ones “step” siblings. When someone called Colin Hanks his stepbrother, he said they are his brother and sister.
I just can’t figure out what happened to Chet and hope he at least gets back off the drugs. But he needs to give up this fake street rapper thing he’s affected. He’s not from the streets.
What a sweetheart! Chet should take a lesson from him.
Very interesting! Thanks for sharing all that. Sounds like a normal, loving upbringing in that home. Sometimes there’s just a bad apple in the bunch and it’s no one’s fault. That said, are Tom and Rita cleaning up Chet’s messes and coddling him, or are they letting him pay for his own mistakes?
Kinda interesting that he lived away, at a boarding school-not in their home-, turned out fine. Colin lived with his mom, not in their home, turned out fine.
It sounds like there’s mental illness mixed in with substance abuse. Very sad.
I feel for their entire family.
+1
I agree, that is what it seems like. I hope his parents are able to get him some help before things get worse. And if it’s not something like that, time to cut him off financially.
I feel bad for Rita, she just went through a double mastectomy and I’d assume some other cancer treatments, and now her kid is going off the rails.
All I can think about is how much I adore Tom Hanks.
This is what happens when you refuse to teach your children appropriate behaviour, don’t reprimand them when they step out of line and never say no. We all know those parents who smile indulgently while their horribly parented children behave abominably, oblivious or unconcerned to the disturbance/upset they are causing. Chester is what happens when those entitled brats grow up. He has no social skills because he was raised to believe that rules and respectful behaviour doesn’t apply to him. As a result of that he’s probably ostracised in most social situations because he’s an embarrassment and that causes him to try be something he’s not. I bet most of his associates are there only for the connection to Tom or the money he provides.
It doesn’t matter how nice someone may present themselves to the world, if they fail to raise their children as decent, respectful human beings, they’re not genuinely nice underneath. Children represent the values or lack thereof that we instill in them.
Go a couple of posts back and read what I wrote about their younger son, Truman. They very much sound like wonderful parents. Truman came across like a child anyone would love to have and very obvious he is raised with values. I would imagine they raised Chet the same way.
Sometimes you can be a great parent and have a kid that goes off the rails and you can’t help, no matter how much you try. My best friend is one of four kids. My friend and her sister and other brother are all smart and grounded. Her parents raised them all the same, but one is addicted to drugs and in and out of jail for 20 years now. No matter which tact her parents took over the years, helping, not helping, nothing worked. He would charm everybody and get back out and off the rails he would go again Chet seems to have an ongoing drug problem even though he’s been in rehab several times. One rapper who was friends with him says he is a nice guy with a strong work ethic, but acts entitled when he’s on coke. I agree with another posters. I do think there might be some mental illness mixed in with the drug abuse also.
This blaming parents thing across the board is not fair to many great parents out there.
I love your words of wisdom on this thread, Jayna. We can all try SO hard as parents with the BEST of intentions, but it’s a sad fact that mental illness usually rears its ugly head during later teen years and in young adulthood and so often goes hand-in-hand with substance abuse, which for Chet’s generation seems to be a scourge like no other. The blame leveled at Tom and Rita is breathtaking. Until it happens in your family, to your beautiful child, I guess you’re free to vilify his parents. Hopefully your child won’t do it on a world stage, though, for all to see. And by you, I mean all of us who dared to raise children.
A perfect example is Martin Sheen and his kids.Emilio and the other kids are fine.Charlie Sheen is a hot mess.
Tom has three other children (one other who is in the public eye) who so far have come across as decent, professional, and just fine. Sometimes you do the best you can for not.
Or maybe that is just who he is. I know plenty of good parents who have that one bad apple. It happens.
I don’t get people who decide to be rappers and then expect instantly to be accepted into the culture and respected. Dude needs to sit down, shut up, and work on his music (assuming he actually has talent). Put out some good music, and maybe be known for that rather than for behaving like a spoiled rich kid with an over-inflated ego.
Colin Hanks is his half-brother?
Chet Haze would be a fascinating study for nature vs nurture.
No, sir, we don’t know who you are.
So he’s basically Malibu’s Most Wanted.
lol….I was just going to post the same thing!!!!!
I saw this on Sunday on another site. How sad that he thinks people should know who he is when he has accomplished exactly zero to be known for. I hope they catch and make him pay for it all and also does some jail time. And Chet, we know who your parents are and who your brother is as they all have talent but you not so much. Grow up kid.
I don’t think Rita and Tom should be blamed for his behavior, unless they indulge him or encourage his crap, which I strongly doubt. Great parents can raise badly behaved children. It happens.
On another note, this guys tries to so hard to be gangsta. I bet he wouldn’t last a day in the neighborhood I grew up in. My parents worked extremely hard to get us out of there and to build a better life for us. I’ll never understand why those with privileged backgrounds and lifestyles have this obsession with being from the hood. They know nothing about that life or the circumstances people there have to endure.
YESSSS to everything you said. I once had a boyfriend who had a Chet frame of mind. Truly obnoxious. He was always asking me why I spoke ” like a white girl.” Le sigh…
I hope you have him a “Bitch please” look everytime, smh.
Yes to Almond, people who have lived the good life are more desperate to be tough than the poor kids with no choice. Life can be full of some pretty annoying ironies.
B@tch, please! Betty White is a more believable rapper than this douche.
Yeah, boy. I know who you are. You are a damn mess who never has to worry about anything, cause you are loaded (literally and figuratively) and Mommy and Daddy will save your pathetic ass every time. That’s who you are, Chester. What an ass.
I guess he’s a thing now? I don’t like it when this happens–someone who just starts appearing in gossip and news items, offers nothing of value, and becomes a celebrity. This seems like a planned media roll-out to present Colin to the world, calculated by a publicist.
You mean Chet. Colin is the one not destroying hotel rooms.
Yes! My mistake. Derp.
I will only blame the parents if they are enabling him by financing his lifestyle.
Do Americans have chavs? Because this guy is definitely one.
I wouldn’t blame his parents for this. He is a grown man and they can only do so much. Same thing with Charlie Sheen, people were asking why his father wasn’t trying to get control of him. He is an adult and is making his own decisions, no matter how bad or poorly thought out they are. This kid is an entitled douche who has had access to so much and knows that his parents money will make everything go away and he probably has never had to suffer real long term consequences to his actions before. As long as he knows his parents will make sure that he is cared for there is no need for him to worry about gaining employment or losing it because of his actions. He is walking privilege and he doesn’t appreciate it. He is trying to be hard, but I bet he would get himself together and stop acting like an ass if there was no safety net under him and he had to provide for himself.
This is making me really appreciate Jaden Smith: wears a dress, wears a batman costume, stares at his hand and contemplates the universe. A chill kid.
Right???
Last I remember, Rita Wilson had a double mascetomy and was dealing with breast cancer(?). Maybe this kid is acting out because of his mother’s cancer scare, thus his being scared and angry. I don’t know but there is conjecture here. Sometimes there is a trigger to this type of aggressive, acting out behavior. Just a thought.
I could see that in maybe a kid under 10 but a grown adult? Puhleez.
Uh, yeah, there’s no way this individual is Tom Hanks’s son. No, I refuse to believe it.
Word to your Pa, Chet, he needs to bail you out with his mad green yo.
This whole thing is just ugh whatever. Celebrity spawn behaving badly, they need to change it up if anyone is even going to notice their bratty antics anymore, like that Hilton brat on the plane, just fecking ship them off to an island and make them survive on rice and twigs for a year.
Years ago I remember reading some gossip that Rita is NOT a nice person at all and people can’t believe she’s married to such a nice-seeming guy. She is apparently very entitled and rude (sounds familiar now). Also read some blinds that were suspected to be about one of their sons where Tom threw tons of money at several girls who were sexual assault victims of their son – under their roof. If true, would explain things.