Tom Hanks has revealed what is the secret about the secret to this decades-long marriage with Rita Wilson, with whom he shares two sons: Chet, 33, and Truman, 28, E! News reports.
The duo who tied the knot in 1988, years after meeting the set of Tom’s sitcom Bosom Buddies have one of the most enviable relationship in Hollywood, and the Oscar winner knows just what the secret sauce to making it last.
“Finding each other!” Tom Hanks told E! News’ Francesca Amiker with a smile. “How about that.”
The parents of Chet, 33, and Truman, 28, were all smiles as they hit the red carpet as the honorary chairs of “An Unforgettable Evening” benefiting the Women’s Cancer Research Fund. The cause is near and dear to them, especially for Rita, who underwent a double mastectomy for breast cancer in 2015.
“It takes a village,” Rita told E! about supporting cancer research. “And this community in our town of Los Angeles, California has turned out for 25 years to support this cause. We don’t do it alone.”
As for Tom Hanks, the Oscar-winner noted that none of it would be possible without Rita.
“Periodically this lady sits me down,” he said, “and we pull out the books. We look at the year. We ponder the work that’s gotta get done.”
The 67-year-old—also father to son Colin, 46, and daughter Elizabeth, 41, from his first marriage to actress Samantha Lewes—added that making a plan and following through with the plan is “a skill that I did not have until I met Rita Wilson.”