Tom Hanks daughter's 'surprising fact' about dad in resurfaced interview amid book claims

Despite E.A. Hanks having a turbulent childhood , the upside of having the Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks was that he was an excellent cook.

During her recent interview on KTLA, E.A., opened up about her dad amid promoting her new memoir, The 10: A Memoir of Family And The Open Road.



She was candid after she was asked what fans of Tom would be surprised to know about the Forrest Gump star. “My dad is the best non-professional short-order cook in the continental US ,” E.A.

stated. “You need a stack of pancakes, he’s your guy. You need bacon crispy soft, he’s on it.

He can do eggs...

he can deliver,” E.A. continued.

E.A.’s revelation was much more joyous than what she shared in her aforementioned memoir.

In the book, she recalls he life-changing journey traveling solo cross-country on a road trip. While E.A.

was traveling, she was on a mission to connect with her late mother, Susan Dillingham, and further understand her mom’s complicated and troubling past. Along with rehashing her relationship with her mother, E.A.

also delved into her childhood with her iconic father Tom. She admitted that her dad had welcomed E.A.

during his first marriage with the actress during their nine-year-long union from 1978 to 1987. Susan and Tom blamed their “youth” and their personal difficulties for why their marriage didn’t work out. "I am a kid from the First (non-famous) Marriage,” E.

A. wrote in the snippet of her memoir shared with People. “My only memories of my parents in the same place at the same time are Colin’s high school graduation, then my high school graduation," the except further read.

"I have one picture of me standing between my parents. In it, my mother’s best wig is slightly askew,” it continued. E.

A. explained that after her parents split, her mom, Susan, took her and her older brother to live in Sacramento, California. Following the divorce, she’d visit her dad and stepmother on the weekends and during the summer months.

"But from 5 to 14, years filled with confusion, violence, deprivation, and love, I was a Sacramento girl,” E.A. shared.

She continued: “I lived in a white house with columns, a backyard with a pool, and a bedroom with pictures of horses plastered on every wall. As the years went on, the backyard became so full of dog s--t that you couldn’t walk around it, the house stank of smoke. The fridge was bare or full of expired food more often than not, and my mother spent more and more time in her big four-poster bed, poring over the Bible.

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