Claim:
In September 2023, exposed the role his father, actor , supposedly played in the Maui wildfires.
Rating:
On Sept. 5, 2023, the celebrity gossip YouTube channel named Just In (@JustInCeleb) posted a video to the social media platform with the title, "Tom Hanks' Son Exposes Dad's DISTURBING Role In Maui Fires." The video was viewed more than 100,000 times in a day.
In the thumbnail image for the video, it claimed that Chet Hanks, the son of Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks, had said he was "done covering for you!" The "you" referred to Tom Hanks. The thumbnail showed the latter wearing devil-like horns on his head, as well as pictures of a fire, a blue house that was circled, and a no-talking sign.
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In addition to the YouTube video, we found that the video was also posted on TikTok in three separate videos. The third part of the video received over 140,000 views in under 24 hours on the platform. We also found the video posted on BitChute.com.
At the time of this writing, we found no evidence that Chet Hanks had publicly commented on the 2023 Maui wildfires, let alone said that he was "done covering" for Tom Hanks' supposed role in causing the fires.
The video cited as "evidence" for the claim by Just In was posted over a year before the devastating wildfires occurred on the Hawaiian island, and was completely unrelated to the claims made in the video.
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