‘Make Macaroni and Cheese Perfectly’
The Hollywood power couple has three granddaughters, giving them plenty of practice
P. Lehman / Barcroft Media via Getty Images From left: Colin Hanks, Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson and Chet Hanks
Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson have achieved major success in Hollywood — and now they have their sights set on being award-winning grandparents.
The couple recently shared some of their secrets to being the coolest grandparents around. “All you gotta do is love those little brats and they’re better than TV,” Hanks, 66, told Entertainment Tonight at Tuesday’s New York City premiere of Asteroid City, quickly adding, “They’re not little brats, they’re extraordinary young women. They are extraordinary young women.”
Hanks and Wilson, 66, have enjoyed a large blended family for 35 years. Hanks is dad to fellow actor Colin Hanks, 45, and daughter Elizabeth Hanks, 41, from his nearly 10-year marriage to the late actress Samathan Lewe. Hanks and Wilson, who married in 1988, share two children, sons Chet, 32, and Truman, 27. They have three grandchildren: Colin’s two daughters, Olivia, 12, and Charlotte, 9, and Chet’s daughter, Michaiah, 7.
David Crotty/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images Chet Hanks and Rita Wilson
Now that they’ve got plenty of grandparenting experience under their belts, the couple is sharing the tips and secrets that make them popular with their grandkids. Wilson evidently likes to spend time outdoors getting active with the three young girls.
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“You got to get on the trampoline with them, you got to get in the pool with them, you got to get on the tennis court, you got to do all the sports,” she told ET. “You just got to hang out.”
Her Oscar winner husband, meanwhile, likes to score his good grandfather points by honing his culinary skills in the kitchen. “You have make their macaroni and cheese just perfectly,” the Forrest Gump star said with a laugh.
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