At the time, Hanks was still married to his high school sweetheart Samantha Lewes, with whom he shares a son Colin Hanks.\n\n\n\n

But Hanks and Wilson \u2013 who both produced the My Big Fat Greek Wedding franchise \u2013 were destined to be together.\n\n\n\n

\u201cRita and I just looked at each other and \u2013 kaboing \u2013 that was that,\u201d said the star of Forrest Gump. \u201cI asked Rita if it was the real thing for her, and it just couldn\u2019t be denied.\u201d\n\n\n\n

In 1988, the star of Big divorced Lewes and married Wilson, his co-star from the 1985 film Volunteers.\n\n\n\n

Almost four decades later\n\n\n\n

Both now 67, the couple \u2013 who share two sons, Chet and Truman \u2013 celebrated their 35^{th anniversary in April 2023.\n\n\n\n}

Over the past three decades, they have starred together in several films, like\u00a0Bonfire of the Vanities\u00a0and\u00a0Sleepless in Seattle, and have supported one another with their unconditional love.\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ll never forget, we were standing on the corner of 57th and 5th in New York, or 58th and 5th,\u201d Wilson said of her husband. \u201cWe were holding hands, and we were waiting for the traffic light to change. And he looked at me and he said, \u2018You know, I just want you to know, that you never have to change anything about who you are in order to be with me.\u2019 Literally, a wave of \u2013 if love is a feeling, or a cellular thing that happens to your body \u2013 it went through me, and that\u2019s pretty much who he is, and how he\u2019s been.\u201d\n\n\n\n

In 2015, when Wilson had a double mastectomy and reconstruction after being diagnosed with breast cancer, she said she was filled with gratitude for her supportive husband.\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou never know how your spouse is going to react in a situation like this. I was so amazed, so blown away by the care my husband gave me\u2026who knew it would make you even closer?\u201d\n\n\n\n

And no one can forget 2020 when the famous couple announced at the beginning of Covid that they both tested positive.\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think that having the virus at the same time made it that little bit easier,\u201d said Wilson, a singer-songwriter. \u201cWe were taking care of each other instead of having the pressure of taking care of one person and no one taking care of you or understanding that the person at home needs a break.\u201d\n\n\n\n

In 2022, when the power pair were in New York City promoting Elvis, which Hank stars, the actor and filmmaker pulled a huge power move when a fan tripped his lovely wife while they were traveling from the building to their car.\n\n\n\n

The usually cool Hanks sniped at swarming fans, \u201cGuys, this is my wife. Back the f\u2013k off! Knocking over my wife?!\u201d\n\n\n\n

The same year, some pictures emerged of Wilson \u2013 who\u2019s no stranger to weight fluctuations \u2013 and she became the target of online trolls who compared her to an \u201cunmade bed,\u201d and said she looked \u201cflabby.\u201d\n\n\n\n

\u201cTom looks in great shape, while Rita looks out of shape and flabby,\u201d one user writes, while another adds, \u201cRita Wilson has really let herself go.\u201d\n\n\n\n

Before Hanks had a chance to respond, netizens jumped in with comments, defending Wilson, who worked as a producer with her husband on the 2022 film A Man Called Otto, that Hanks also starred.\n\n\n\n

One fan writes, \u201cPlease, Mr. NoProfilePic, post a picture of your perfect body that gives you the right to judge others so harshly\u2026\u201d A second shares, \u201cOMG, really, we get older and our bodies change dramatically. I think she looks great!\u201d And a third adds, \u201cBeauty within ya twit.\u201d\n\n\n\n

As for Hanks, he says his wife is \u201cextremely brave and beautiful,\u201d and \u201cone of the most classically beautiful women who\u2019s ever walked the planet Earth.\u201d\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"