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Metro
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Metro
Tom Hanks reacts after daughter reveals childhood of 'violence and deprivation'
Tom Hanks has spoken about his daughter's recent comments about 'violence and deprivation' while on the red carpet. On Thursday, the actor was on the red carpet for Wes Anderson's The Phoenician Scheme and was asked about his daughter E.A Hanks, short for Elizabeth Anne, and her memoir. In the tell-all titled The 10: A Memoir of Family and The Open Road, EA opened up about her turbulent early years, and revealed she had a childhood of 'violence and deprivation' with her mother. The interviewer asked Tom how proud he felt of his only daughter, given her recent success with her novel. 'There is a pride because she shares it with me,' he said in an interview with Access Hollywood. 'She's very open about what the process is.' 'As a dad, if you've had kids you realise that you see who they are when they're about 6 weeks old. Their personality is on display right there, their temper, the way they see the world is demonstrated in their body language and on their face,' he said. 'I'm not surprised that my daughter had the wherewithal as well as the curiosity as well as I'm going to say perhaps shoot herself in the foot kind of wherewithal in order to examine this thing. 'That I think she was incredibly honest about.' He then praised her work and said she was proud of her mind. 'We all come from checkered, cracked lives, all of us. Despite the fact that part of it would seem as though she worked for some international, well-known firm with a copyrighted last name. 'She knows that and she leans into absolutely everything. I think anybody who does that is a bold journalistic, literate mind, and I'm just thrilled I can say the same thing about my daughter.' The book is an account of the six-month road trip she took in 2019 from Los Angeles to book follows EA as she seeks to know more about her late mother's troubled life. EA's mother, Susan Dillingham, died in 2002 from lung cancer at the age of 49. EA was just 19 at the time. In her memoir, EA claims she and her brother, Colin Hanks, were physically abused and neglected by Dillingham. She also claimed that they lived with her until their custody arrangement changed after their mother got violent. 'One night, her emotional violence became physical violence, and in the aftermath, I moved to Los Angeles, right smack in the middle of the seventh grade,' she wrote in an excerpt published by People. More Trending 'My custody arrangement basically switched — now I lived in L.A. and visited Sacramento on the weekends and in the summer.' The writer also claimed that her actor father once had to 'track her down' after she was taken out of school. 'My dad came to pick us up from school and we're not there,' she said. 'And it turns out we haven't been there for two weeks and he has to track us down.' The 10: A Memoir of Family And The Open Road by EA Hanks was released on April 8. Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. MORE: Samuel L Jackson reveals horror moment he was dragged by a subway train MORE: Halle Berry awkwardly rejects boyfriend Van Hunt's marriage proposal MORE: The Wire actor Tray Chaney shares emotional update after son is carried away by tornado
USA Today
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Tom Hanks speaks out on daughter E.A. Hanks' 'bold' memoir of mom's alleged abuse
Tom Hanks speaks out on daughter E.A. Hanks' 'bold' memoir of mom's alleged abuse Show Caption Hide Caption Tom Hanks' daughter reveals childhood of 'violence' and 'deprivation' Elizabeth Ann Hanks opened up about her turbulent early years which she says were filled with "violence" and "deprivation" in her upcoming book, The 10: A Memoir of Family and The Open Road. Cover Media Tom Hanks is opening up publicly about his daughter's book. The "You've Got Mail" actor said daughter E.A. Hanks' memoir is "a pride" because she's been "very open" about it. In "The 10: A Memoir of Family and the Open Road," she looks back on her childhood and parents' divorce, alleging abuse perpetrated by her late mother (and Hanks' first wife), Susan Dillingham. "She's a knockout, always has been," Hanks told Access Hollywood on the red carpet premiere of "The Phoenician Scheme." The younger Hanks' memoir is wide-ranging, both a quest to understand her mother and a cross-country road trip. She writes about her time living in a van on her journey, political and sociological issues in the U.S. and the regional differences in the people she meets along the way. Hanks also tries to parse between fact and fiction in her family history, including a story about her maternal grandfather's possible connection to a murder. Tom Hanks proud of daughter E.A. Hanks' 'bold' memoir The "Forrest Gump" actor called his daughter a "bold, journalistic, literate mind," something he's known since she was young. "If you've had kids, you realize that you see who they are when they're about six weeks old," Hanks said. He continued: "I'm not surprised that my daughter had the wherewithal as well as the curiosity, as well as, I'm going to say, perhaps, the shoot-herself-in-the-foot kind of wherewithal in order to examine this thing that I think she was very honest about. We all come from checkered, cracked lives, all of us." Hanks and Dillingham, who acted under the name Samantha Lewes, divorced in 1987 after nine years of marriage. Together, they shared E.A. (born Elizabeth Anne) and Colin Hanks. He married actress Rita Wilson the following year. Dillingham died of lung cancer in 2002 at age 49 and had struggled with mental illness and addiction. Though her mother was never diagnosed, Hanks believes she was bipolar, she told People in an interview. Her father gained primary custody in her early teen years, following a childhood living with her mother filled with "emotional" and "physical violence." "As the years went on, the backyard became so full of dog (expletive) that you couldn't walk around it, the house stank of smoke. The fridge was bare or full of expired food more often than not, and my mother spent more and more time in her big four-poster bed, poring over the Bible," Hanks writes. "One night, her emotional violence became physical violence, and in the aftermath I moved to Los Angeles, right smack in the middle of the seventh grade." Hanks told People she was afraid to tell her dad how bad the situation became, calling herself a "protector" of her mom's secrets. Now Tom, a novelist and writer in his own right, is supportive of her memoir, she says: "I'm equally my father's daughter because he taught me to tell the truth and move forward."
Express Tribune
04-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Express Tribune
Tom Hanks' daughter opens up about tumultuous childhood in new memoir
E.A. Hanks, the daughter of actor Tom Hanks, is revealing the emotional and violent struggles of her childhood in her upcoming memoir, The 10: A Memoir of Family and The Open Road. In the book, set to release on April 8, Hanks delves into the chaotic early years spent with her late mother, Susan Dillingham, who she believes struggled with undiagnosed bipolar disorder. Hanks shares her journey of revisiting her mother's troubled past during a 2019 road trip, retracing the route she took with Dillingham when she was just 14. The memoir recounts Hanks' experiences from ages 5 to 14, marked by confusion, violence, and deprivation. Her mother's struggles with mental illness left the family in disarray, with memories of a home filled with neglect and emotional trauma. Hanks, now 42, opens up about how her mother's behavior became increasingly erratic, with their living conditions deteriorating over time. She recalls a moment when emotional violence turned physical, leading to a drastic change in her custody arrangement. The book also reveals Hanks' journey of self-discovery and her desire to understand the forces that shaped her mother's volatile path. The 10 offers an honest look at the challenges of growing up in a famous family, with a focus on personal healing and family dynamics.
