{"id":225757,"date":"2026-03-01T03:47:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T03:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/01\/cast-away-star-tom-hanks-son-chet-says-hes-stranded-in-colombia\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T03:47:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T03:47:01","slug":"cast-away-star-tom-hanks-son-chet-says-hes-stranded-in-colombia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/01\/cast-away-star-tom-hanks-son-chet-says-hes-stranded-in-colombia\/","title":{"rendered":"Cast Away Star Tom Hanks&#8217; Son Chet Says He&#8217;s Stranded in Colombia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/tom-hanks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Tom Hanks<\/strong><\/a>\u2019 son <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/chet-hanks-ups-and-downs-over-the-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Chet Hanks<\/strong><\/a> faced more than a few <em>Cast Away<\/em> jokes after revealing he is stuck in Colombia without his U.S. passport.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFree me! Free me,\u201d Chet, 35, joked via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DVRM__hEUTO\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an Instagram video<\/a> on Friday, February 27.<\/p>\n<p>The<em> Running Point<\/em> actor explained that he recently traveled to Puerto Rico for his \u201chomeboy Max\u2019s birthday party\u201d and \u201chad a good time.\u201d After the birthday festivities, Chet decided to visit another friend in Medell\u00edn, Colombia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSounds good, right? Well, check this out,\u201d he quipped before revealing his nightmare travel story.<\/p>\n<p>Per Chet, he has been \u201ctraveling with my Greek passport because I\u2019m a dual citizen\u201d and thus decided to leave his U.S. passport at home since it was about to expire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes they don\u2019t let you in the country, even if it hasn\u2019t expired, but it\u2019s about to expire,\u201d Chet claimed.<\/p>\n<p>Chet apparently had a wild time in Medell\u00edn but the trip took a stressful turn when he showed up at the airport to fly back home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI go to the airport to check in [for] my flight three hours early,\u201d he said. \u201cThis is an international flight. They tell me that if I\u2019m using a foreign passport, I need a green card to get back into America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The problem with the airport staff\u2019s request is that Chet doesn\u2019t have a green card since he\u2019s \u201can American citizen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m literally stuck in Colombia. I\u2019m stuck in Medell\u00edn,\u201d he admitted to viewers. \u201cGranted, there\u2019s worse places to be stuck, but I literally have no f***ing idea what I\u2019m gonna do, and the only embassy to get this s*** settled is in Bogota.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4265839\" style=\"width: 900px;\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<div class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\" style=\"padding-bottom:66.714285714286%;\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption\"><br \/>\n Chet Hanks, Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson, and Truman Hanks in January 2024.<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Amy Sussman\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Chet explained that he was reluctant to travel from Medell\u00edn to Bogota in order to get the travel issue resolved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, free me,\u201d he jokingly begged.<\/p>\n<p><em>Us Weekly<\/em> has reached out to Chet\u2019s representatives for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Chet did not seem too stressed about his travel situation, as he later shared numerous videos and photos of himself <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DVR91VSkps0\/?img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">partying with friends<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The comments of Chet\u2019s video were filled with fans humorously referencing his dad\u2019s classic movie <em>Cast Away<\/em>, where Tom played a Fedex courier stranded on a South Pacific island.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBetter call someone in your family to have them FedEx your passport to you ASAP,\u201d one Instagram user joked, while another added, \u201cTom Hanks doesn\u2019t have the best of luck with FedEx.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One commenter slipped in a sly reference to another of Tom\u2019s movies by suggesting that the Oscar winner might be \u201cwaiting at the terminal\u201d for Chet. (The 2004 comedy<em> The Terminal<\/em> starred Tom, 69, as an Eastern European traveler stuck at New York City\u2019s John F. Kennedy Airport.)<\/p>\n<p>Before his vacation troubles, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/why-chet-hanks-wants-to-make-a-strip-club-song-with-mom-rita-wilson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Us Weekly<\/em> exclusively chatted<\/a>\u00a0with the actor and musician about a potential collaboration with his mom, <strong>Rita Wilson<\/strong>. Chet \u2014 who has released music under the pseudonym \u201cChet Haze\u201d \u2014 initially joked that he couldn\u2019t \u201cafford\u201d to make a track with his mom. (While primarily known for her acting, Wilson, 69, has also released five studio albums as a singer-songwriter.)<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/tom-hanks-son-chet-hanks-says-he-grew-up-feeling-worthless\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Tom-Hanks-Son-Chet-Says-He-Grew-Up-Feeling-Completely-Worthless-01-2024.jpg?crop=0px%2C34px%2C1919px%2C1083px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Tom Hanks\u2019 Son Chet Hanks Explains Why He Grew Up Feeling Completely \u2018Worthless\u2019\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Tom-Hanks-Son-Chet-Says-He-Grew-Up-Feeling-Completely-Worthless-01-2024.jpg?quality=86&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/tom-hanks-son-chet-hanks-says-he-grew-up-feeling-worthless\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Tom Hanks\u2019 Son Chet Says He Grew Up Feeling Completely \u2018Worthless&#8217;<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tChet Hanks is sharing a glimpse into his childhood being raised by parents Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson. During the Tuesday, July 23, episode of MTV\u2019s Surreal Life: Villa of Secrets, Chet, 33, thought he was participating in an innocent game of uno with his housemates. The conversation, however, quickly turned into the cast discussing [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d probably have to sign my life away,\u201d he joked to <em>Us<\/em> at the Clive Davis Pre-Grammys Gala at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 31.<\/p>\n<p>Pressed on what kind of music they might make together, Chet hinted, \u201cI don\u2019t know, maybe we\u2019ll have to do, like, a really ratchet, like, strip club song or something, I don\u2019t know. You never know. I think she\u2019s got it in her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chet is one of Tom\u2019s four children. The <em>Da Vinci Code<\/em> actor shares his eldest son, <strong>Colin Hanks<\/strong>, and daughter, <strong>Elizabeth Ann \u201cE.A.\u201d Hanks,<\/strong> with his first wife, <strong>Samantha Lewes<\/strong>, and welcomed Chet and his brother <strong>Truman Hanks<\/strong>\u00a0with Wilson.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/cast-away-star-tom-hanks-son-chet-says-hes-stranded-in-colombia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Hanks\u2019 son Chet Hanks faced more than a few Cast Away jokes after revealing he is stuck in Colombia without his U.S. passport. \u201cFree me! Free me,\u201d Chet, 35, joked via an Instagram video on Friday, February 27. 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