Tom Hanks' son Chet Hanks has welcomed a baby girl. Chet, who has been open about his struggles with substance abuse, shared the news in an emotional video on Instagram.
"I know I've been not that active on the 'Gram lately because I've been figuring out my life, which is what we're all doing. With that being said, I want to share something today because it's about to be shared anyway in the press, which is the fact that I have a daughter.
"I do have a daughter. She's the best thing that's ever happened to me," he said.
He credited his baby girl with helping him to get over the addictions and become sober. "She been sober for over a year and a half from everything. I don't share on her on Instagram. I don't post her on Instagram because her privacy is sacred to me. She is sacred to me. She is not something to be posted.
"She's something that I love, that's changed my life, but the fact is she's about to be shared with everybody so I wanted you to hear it from me...Because I'm a real person."
Chet captioned the video with, "No disrespect to people that post their kids, I just I never wanted her to be dragged into the negativity surrounding my past".