{"id":405113,"date":"2026-04-30T14:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T14:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/405113\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T14:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T14:36:10","slug":"tom-hanks-and-rita-wilsons-son-chet-hanks-is-living-in-a-trailer-park-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/405113\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson\u2019s son, Chet Hanks, is living in a ‘trailer park’: Here\u2019s why"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chet Hanks is embracing country living, but he didn\u2019t buy a farm or a mansion. The actor and musician revealed he has moved into a trailer park in Nashville, embracing RV life while pursuing his growing country music career.<\/p>\n

During an April 28 appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, the \u201cRunning Point\u201d star opened up about why he swapped traditional city living for a home on wheels. \u201cI didn’t want to get an apartment because I literally just got a condo in L.A. and I furnished it,\u201d Hanks told Jimmy Fallon. \u201cI didn’t want to do that again, and I didn’t want to furnish it.\u201d The 35-year-old said he bounced between temporary rentals.<\/p>\n

\"\u00a9 Getty Images for Netflix Chet Hanks speaks onstage during Netflix’s “Running Point” season 2 LA premiere at The Egyptian Theatre Hollywood.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was, like, staying in Airbnbs and hotels and that gets really old because I just like having my own space,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

Tom Hanks<\/a> and Rita Wilson\u2019s son said that on his search for comfort, he found an unexpected spark during a stay in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. \u201cI stayed in an Airstream trailer and I really loved it,\u201d Hanks said. \u201cI was like, \u2018Man, I want one of these\u2026\u2019 So I did. I got a trailer.\u201d<\/p>\n

While he joked he is \u201cnot there yet\u201d when it comes to owning an Airstream, Hanks said he is thrilled with his Jayco Eagle. \u201cIt has everything I need. I got my kitchen. I got, you know, a walk-in shower,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s a big deal with trailers\u2026 because sometimes they combine the toilet and shower. It\u2019s called a wet bath.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Chet\u00a9 Getty Images for Clarins USAChet Hanks attends the Clarins Iconic Lip Perfector with a Sugar & Shine Galentine’s Event at Alba on January 29, 2026
\nChet Hanks\u2019 Nashville Trailer Park Life<\/p>\n

Hanks<\/a> also pushed back on stereotypes surrounding trailer park living. \u201cI\u2019m probably, like, the youngest person in the trailer park by like 30 or 40 years,\u201d he joked.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not what you think,\u201d he said. \u201cYou think, oh, you’re gonna live in a trailer park. It might be a little sketchy. It might be a little dangerous. It\u2019s all just, like retirees, you know? Great people.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Actor\u00a9 Todd Owyoung\/NBC via Getty ImageActor Chet Hanks during an interview on Tuesday, April 26, 2026 –<\/p>\n

When Fallon asked whether he was taking advantage of trailer park amenities, Hanks admitted his day-to-day habits are surprisingly ordinary. \u201cI do have a campfire outside of it. I have a fire pit, and I have used it,\u201d he said. \u201cBut most of the time, I just do exactly what I do at home, which is just stay inside and lay in bed and watch Netflix and things like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hank appeared on Fallon to promote a new season of Netflix comedy \u201cRunning Point,\u201d and his band Something Out West, performing at the 2026 Stagecoach Festival on April 25. \u201cIt was a big deal,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was only our second performance ever.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chet Hanks is embracing country living, but he didn\u2019t buy a farm or a mansion. The actor and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":405114,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[430,16696,69872,208586,156,111,139,69,208589,5139],"class_list":["post-405113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrity-families","tag-celebrity-homes","tag-chet-hanks","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-rita-wilson","tag-tom-hanks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=405113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/405113\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/405114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=405113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=405113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=405113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}