Tom Hanks’ son slams bigots for ‘twisting’ his ‘white boy summer’ phrase
After releasing a song containing the term, Tom Hanks’ son Chet is slamming bigots who have “twisted” the meaning of his “white boy summer” phrase.
Tom Hanks’ son is slamming bigots who have “twisted” the meaning of his “white boy summer” phrase.
The 67-year-old ‘Forrest Gump’ actor’s boy Chet Hanks, 33, used the term in an Instagram post in May in which he said summer 2024 was a “white boy summer” in a post that said: “I have consulted with the heavens, felt a westward breeze, and walked outside of a strip club and saw my shadow… this will be a #WBS #iHaveSpoken (white church emoji.)”
Chet also released his song ‘White Boy Summer’ in 2021 after being inspired by Megan Thee Stallion’s song ‘Hot Girl Summer’.
But he has now slammed neo-Nazis for co-opting it in a furious Instagram post in which he raged: “White boy summer was created to be fun, playful, and a celebration of fly white boys who love beautiful queens of every race.
“Anything else that it has been twisted into to support any kind of hate or bigotry against any group of people is deplorable and I condemn it.
“I hope that we all can spread love to each other and treat each other with kindness and dignity.”
Chet hit out after the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism warned the “white boy summer” phrase has been “co-opted by far-right extremists to promote hate and bigotry”.
It added: “The far right is adept at bringing their hateful ideologies into the mainstream, especially through the use of social media, and the already-viral ‘White Boy Summer’ has proved to be the perfect segue for them to spread their bigotry to a wider audience.”
Chet’s ‘White Boy Summer’ song includes the lyrics: “I met a bad little shawty at a party dance, Gettin’ to the bag like it was her only chance, Rich b****, known to run up them band, Said f*** it, then she went and made an OnlyFans, uh Hot boy, white boy summer.”
He has previously defended the tune after he was hit by huge backlash over it on social media.
Chet said online in 2021: “I just got this feeling man, that this summer is, it’s about to be a white boy summer. Take it how you want.
“I’m not talking about Trump, NASCAR type white. I’m talking about, you know, me, (the rapper) Jon B, Jack Harlow type white boy summer.
“Let me know if you guys can vibe with that and get ready, ’cuz I am.”
