The son of Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, who were among the first celebrities to contract the coronavirus last year, is telling people to "get over" COVID-19 in an anti-vaccine tirade.
Chet Hanks, 31, posted a video on Instagram that seemed to start with him trying to convince his followers to get the vaccine.
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"I've been on the fence about this for awhile, that's why I never spoke on it, but with the amount of people that I know recently that have gotten COVID, and with the numbers rising, I think it's important for me to say I got the vaccine, I think everybody should. I think it's really important that we all do this," Hanks said. "We have to look out for each other and get this s**t under control."
That's where his message takes a turn.
"I suggest to all my followers, you guys, set an appointment and get the vaccine first thing. Psych!" Hanks exclaimed. "B***h! If it ain't broke don't fix it! I never had COVID! You ain't sticking me with that motherf--ing needle!"
WARNING: Video contains explicit language
Chet went on to call the virus "the motherf--ing flu," and said people need to "get over it."
"If you're sick, stay inside," he said. "Why we working around y'all? If you're in danger, stay your a** inside. I'm tired of wearing a motherf--ing mask."
Tom Hanks, 65, and Wilson, 64, made a full recovery after announcing they both tested postive for COVID-19 in March 2020 while in Australia.
Hanks and Wilson were hospitalized for three days even though both were suffering different symptoms.
"My wife lost her sense of taste and smell, she had severe nausea, she had a much higher fever than I did," he told The Guardian. "I just had crippling body aches, I was very fatigued all the time and I couldn't concentrate on anything for more than about 12 minutes."
This March, Wilson shared a message on Instagram marking one year since the couple was infected.
"I want to take a moment to say how grateful we are for our health, how thankful we are for the medical care we got in Queensland, and that we share in the sorrow of each person who lost a loved one to this virus," she said. "I'm hopeful for so many being able to get the vaccine."
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