Why Chet Hanks Wants to Make a ‘Strip Club’ Song with Mom Rita Wilson
Whether he’s in the studio or in front of a Netflix camera, Chet Hanks It’s all about expanding his creativity – especially if it includes a possible collaboration with his mom, Rita Wilson.
“I can’t afford her,” Hanks, 35, said EXCLUSIVELY US Weekly He will likely be working alongside his mother while attending the Clive Davis Grammy Awards on Saturday, January 31, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, California.
“I’d probably have to give up my life,” he jokingly added of his mom’s affordability, before talking about what type of collaboration he’d be interested in.
“I don’t know, maybe we have to do a real ratchet song, like a strip club song or something,” he continued. “I don’t know. You never know. I think she’s done it.”
Wilson, 69, like Chet and his brother Truman Hanks with husband and famous actor tom hanksattended Saturday’s event with her son, who offered us About how his mother has been an inspiration in his own career. (Tom also shared that his son Colin Hanks and daughter Elizabeth Hanks and his ex-wife, Samantha Lewis.)
“It inspires me, she works really hard,” Chet told me us Saturday. “I just think you have to have this drive, and I can learn a lot from it, you know? I, like, I’m torn between acting and music. My time commitment is my obstacle.”
Chet Hanks and Rita Wilson
Getty ImagesHe added, “You know, you have to be 100 percent committed to whatever you do, and I’m trying to be 100 percent committed to two things. But, yeah, so I think it just requires you to work harder.”
Chet’s family has been by his side through his various ups and downs, including his public battles with alcoholism and substance abuse. March 2025, Run points Celebrities talked us On what it means to celebrate three years sober.
“Everything. Everything,” he told us then. “None of these opportunities would have been possible if I hadn’t been sober.”
He continued, “My advice is, if you think you might have a problem, you do. Because if you’re thinking, you have the potential to make a change, and you just have to stop thinking and act.”
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On Saturday, Chet told us Past experiences are also one of the reasons why he draws inspiration from singers jelly rollwho has also been open about his previous substance abuse issues.
“Well, I’ve never worked with him, but I know him,” Chet said. “I’m really grateful to have known him. He was so friendly and kind, and he inspired me because he was kind of new to country music. Now he’s done that.”
He continued, “But you know, coming from… [I] I think there’s something similar about our past, our history and stuff, and it’s cool to see someone break through in a way like that, coming from the outside. “
