Tom Hanks’ son Chet says he’s trapped in Colombia without his US passport, begs to be freed: ‘I’m an American citizen’
Tom Hanks’ son Chet Hanks is stranded in Colombia.
“Ya’ll ready for story time?” Chet said in an Instagram video shared on Friday, noting that he travelled to Puerto Rico last week for his “home Max’s birthday party,” where he “had a good time.”
The “Running Point” actor — who is the son of Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson — then explained he decided to take a detour to Medellin to visit a pal named Taylor.
“Sounds good, right?” he said while speaking to fans. “We’ll check this out.”
The actor and musician — who wore a black Los Angeles Dodgers ball cap, black shirt and heavy chain link necklace for the video — then shared how things had taken a stressful turn.
“I’m traveling with my Greek passport because I’m a dual citizen,” he said, adding that he didn’t use his American passport because it’s about to expire, “and sometimes they don’t let you in the country, even if it hasn’t expired, but it’s about to expire.”
He continued, “I go to the airport to check in [for] my flight three hours early.”
“This is an international flight. They tell me that if I’m using a foreign passport, I need a green card to get back into America.”
The incredulous “Surreal Life” alum then explained that he doesn’t “have a green card because I’m an American citizen,” so he’s “literally stuck in Colombia. I’m stuck in Medellin.”
He added, “Granted, there’s worse places to be stuck, but I literally have no f–king idea what I’m gonna do, and the only embassy to get this s–t settled is in Bogota.”
Chet shared that he doesn’t “want to go to Bogota,” which is roughly an hour away from Medellin by air, “so free me.”
A rep for Chet did not immediately return Page Six’s request for additional comment on Saturday.