Tom Hanks‘ drug addict son, Chet Hanks, 24, falls off the radar for a month—leaving his friends and family to fear the worst. Tom, 59, and wife Rita Wilson, 58, “both agreed that they didn’t want to file an official missing persons report with the police, that it would be better to try and keep the development out of the press,” the source adds. “Tom obviously has a lot of contacts in the security industry, and through them, he hired a group of ‘outside parties’ to handle the situation.” Now, the celeb parents are just trying to stay positive while they look for their missing son who’s been MIA for too long “without a word from Chet,” a source exclusively tells Star.
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Celebrity arrivals at the 'Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close' Premiere in NYC
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Celebrities arrive for the 37th Annual Kennedy Center Honors in Washington DC. (3 of 3)
Chet, 24, posted a strange video to his Instagram account, in which he supplied both sides of a conversation while riding in a car in late July. "Chet, do you ever feel like talking to yourself, it's kind of weird... No, I f**king don't, why would I do that... I don't know, I'm just saying, I'm just asking... I don't f**king know where you're coming out of pocket with that sh*t. You should shut the pocket with that sh*t. You should shut the f**k up before you really start to piss me off... Hey hey, I'm sorry bro, it was just a f**king simple question..."
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Actor Tom Hanks and his son Chet Hanks (Chet Haze) take in the New York Rangers game at Madison Square Garden
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"Chet has been a real downward spiral over the direction of his life and career for some time," says a source.
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Actor Tom Hanks and his son Chet Hanks (Chet Haze) take in the New York Rangers game at Madison Square Garden
Star exclusively reported
Chet's drug and booze problems last November—and soon after, he admitted in a Twitter post that he had been to rehab for his destructive addictions.
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Chet Hanks and Hazel E walking and chatting in WeHo __USA ONLY__
"He's had a lot more on his mind, as well—including his mom
Rita's battle with breast cancer earlier this year, and his breakup with his girlfriend [10-years-older
Love & Hip Hop Hollywood star
Hazel E.] There's been a storm brewing inside Chet for quite some time," adds the tipster.
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Actor Tom Hanks and his son Chet Hanks (Chet Haze) take in the New York Rangers game at Madison Square Garden
As
Star has reported,
he got into a booze-fueled brawl with a number of bouncers at The Vault nightclub in L.A. last March, and in June, he allegedly trashed a hotel room in the London suburbs in a drunken rage.
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Scooter Braun's 30th Birthday Party
"Chet had started acting really distant over the last month and a half before he went missing," says the source.
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INF - Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson enter Katsuya Restaurant in Brentwood, CA
"He's even shaved his hair real close in early July and had it colored a weird yellow-blond. He may be having a real identity crisis on top of everything else," the insider claims, which says would make sense because he's always pushed back on the wealthy 'one-percent' lifestyle that Tom lives.
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To get more exclusive details on this story—like the shocking location that Chet's cell phone was last tracked—pick up the new weekly Star issue that hit newsstands on Aug. 26!
Celebrity arrivals at the 'Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close' Premiere in NYC
Photo credit: Splash News
Celebrities arrive for the 37th Annual Kennedy Center Honors in Washington DC. (3 of 3)
Chet, 24, posted a strange video to his Instagram account, in which he supplied both sides of a conversation while riding in a car in late July. "Chet, do you ever feel like talking to yourself, it's kind of weird... No, I f**king don't, why would I do that... I don't know, I'm just saying, I'm just asking... I don't f**king know where you're coming out of pocket with that sh*t. You should shut the pocket with that sh*t. You should shut the f**k up before you really start to piss me off... Hey hey, I'm sorry bro, it was just a f**king simple question..."
Photo credit: Splash News
Actor Tom Hanks and his son Chet Hanks (Chet Haze) take in the New York Rangers game at Madison Square Garden
Photo credit: Splash News
"Chet has been a real downward spiral over the direction of his life and career for some time," says a source.
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After his recording and performing career under the stage name Chet Haze closed in, the wannabe rapper appeared to be trying to move in another direction. "He wants to be taken seriously, but being the son of Tom Hanks takes the edge off his street cred," says the source.
Actor Tom Hanks and his son Chet Hanks (Chet Haze) take in the New York Rangers game at Madison Square Garden
Star exclusively reported
Chet's drug and booze problems last November—and soon after, he admitted in a Twitter post that he had been to rehab for his destructive addictions.
Photo credit: Splash News
Chet Hanks and Hazel E walking and chatting in WeHo __USA ONLY__
"He's had a lot more on his mind, as well—including his mom
Rita's battle with breast cancer earlier this year, and his breakup with his girlfriend [10-years-older
Love & Hip Hop Hollywood star
Hazel E.] There's been a storm brewing inside Chet for quite some time," adds the tipster.
Actor Tom Hanks and his son Chet Hanks (Chet Haze) take in the New York Rangers game at Madison Square Garden
As
Star has reported,
he got into a booze-fueled brawl with a number of bouncers at The Vault nightclub in L.A. last March, and in June, he allegedly trashed a hotel room in the London suburbs in a drunken rage.
Photo credit: Splash News
Scooter Braun's 30th Birthday Party
"Chet had started acting really distant over the last month and a half before he went missing," says the source.
Photo credit: Getty Images
INF - Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson enter Katsuya Restaurant in Brentwood, CA
"He's even shaved his hair real close in early July and had it colored a weird yellow-blond. He may be having a real identity crisis on top of everything else," the insider claims, which says would make sense because he's always pushed back on the wealthy 'one-percent' lifestyle that Tom lives.
Photo credit: INFPhoto.com
star-issue-36
To get more exclusive details on this story—like the shocking location that Chet's cell phone was last tracked—pick up the new weekly Star issue that hit newsstands on Aug. 26!
