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Tom Hanks Reveals Diabetes Diagnosis

Tom Hanks

Credit: Photo by Craig Barritt/Getty Images for Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

He may have been at The Late Show with David Letterman to promote his new movie Captain Phillips, but during his Oct. 7 interview, Tom Hanks made a very surprising revelation. The actor shared that he has been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes.

“I went to the doctor and he said, ‘You know those high blood sugar numbers you’ve been dealing with since you were 36? Well, you’ve graduated. You’ve got Type 2 diabetes, young man,'” Tom explained.

However, he managed to make light of the diagnosis a bit. “My doctor said, ‘Look, if you can weigh as much as you weighed in high school, you will essentially be completely healthy. You will not have Type 2 diabetes,'” he continued. “And then I said, ‘Well, then, I’m going to have Type 2 diabetes because there’s no way I can way as much as I did in high school!”

The 57-year-old’s weight has fluctuated for years, as he constantly took off and put on pounds for different movie roles.

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