Chet Hanks Says His Cocaine Addiction Was So Bad ‘Cokeheads’ Told Him To ‘Chill’

Chet Hanks

Chet Hanks Says His Cocaine Addiction Was So Bad ‘Cokeheads’ Told Him To ‘Chill’

Actor Chet Hanks is getting candid about his past cocaine addiction.

The 33-year-old admitted things were so bad at one point, that “veteran” users advised him to slow down, though he shared he just couldn’t get enough.

Chet Hanks

Chet Hanks, son of Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks and actress Rita Wilson, opened up about the matter during a recent interview. Reflecting on his past struggles with substance abuse, he stated:

“The drug I had the most problem with was just f***king coke, dude…I’m a f***king cokehead, straight-up…Not anymore, but that is my drug of choice — cocaine, bro, like Tony Montana [Al Pacino’s character in ‘Scarface’].”

Continuing, the Your Honor actor spoke on having past interactions with known cocaine users and intentionally seeking them out for drugs. He added:

“You’re like, ‘I know this dude’s a f**king cokehead, but I want a little bump.’ Like, OK, fine…I would go do coke with the cokeheads, and they would be telling me, like, ‘Yo, chill, bro. … Wait a second. Give it like 15 minutes.’”

Chet Hanks went on to acknowledge that he “couldn’t get enough” of the substance but now understands how damaging it was to his heart and mental health. He stated:

“It’s terrible. It eats away [at you]. You just, like, wither away ’cause you can’t eat, you can’t sleep,” 

In case you’re unfamiliar, Chet has been candidly speaking about his previous abuse issues in recent years, sharing that he started struggling with cocaine when he was 16 years old.  In 2015, the father of 8-year-old Michaiah revealed that he had gone to rebab in an Instagram message, writing:

“A couple months ago, I was selling coke, doing coke until I couldn’t even snort it up my nose anymore because it was so clogged. I even smoked crack,”

Chet Hanks

In a subsequent interview, Chet recalled his stint at a mental health facility in Utah where his parents enrolled him after intervening in his addiction. He stated:

“I was there longer than anybody else that I had seen come or go in the whole program, except for one kid who was there for six months.”

It appears the moment was transformative for Chet, who said he has since gotten a much better handle on the issue.

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