Chet Hanks candidly revealed he once lost nearly 30 pounds in three days after going on a cocaine binge that ultimately prompted him to check himself back into rehab.
“Two years ago today, I was coming off a three-day coke binge where I didn’t eat, sleep or barely drink any water for three days straight,” the son of Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson shared in Tuesday’s episode of “Surreal Life: Villa of Secrets.”
“When I got to Vegas, I weighed 190 pounds. At the end of it, I weighed 163,” he continued. “I lost 27 pounds in three days, so my disease is gnarly. It’s not pretty.”
Chet Hanks candidly detailed on “Surreal Life” a “three-day coke binge” that landed him back in rehab. MTV
The son of Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson said he lost nearly 30 pounds in three days. MTV
Chet told his story to castmate Tyler Posey. MTV
Chet, 34, said he traveled straight from Sin City to a rehab center to help him recover from the grip the drug addiction had on his life.
“Here I am, 31 years old, broke, strung out, sucked up, just skinny, just at rock bottom,” he recalled to castmate Tyler Posey, “and I just knew, man, if I don’t change my life in a drastic way, either I’m not even going to be around or something bad, so bad, is going to happen that my life might as well be over.”
The “White Boy Summer” rapper admitted in June on fitness influencer Bradley Martyn’s “Raw Talk” podcast that he once snorted so much cocaine that even “cokeheads” told him to “chill.”
The “White Boy Summer” rapper previously revealed his famous parents sent him to a wilderness camp in Utah when he was a teenager to help treat his addiction. chethanx/Instagram
He said he was at the camp for “longer than anyone else.” chethanx/Instagram
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“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,’” he said.
While Chet confessed he “couldn’t get enough” of the drug at the time, he realized it was “so bad” for not only his heart but also his “soul.”
“It’s terrible. It eats away [at you]. You just, like, wither away ’cause you can’t eat, you can’t sleep,” he said.
Chet has been sober for two years. MTV
He eventually realized that cocaine was bad for his body and soul. chethanx/Instagram
The “Your Honor” actor has struggled with addiction since he was 16 years old, prompting his legendary parents to send him to a wilderness program in Utah.
“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,” he remembered in a 2022 interview.
If you or someone you know struggles with substance use, call SAMHSA’s National Helpline at 1-800-662-4357 to learn about resources in your area.
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