Chet Hanks says he’s stranded in Medellin, Colombia where he spent the weekend trying to resolve a passport issue.
The 35-year-old son of Hollywood royals Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson told his 600,000 Instagram followers after celebrating a friend’s birthday in Puerto Rico, he decided to drop in on a friend in Colombia.
According to Hanks – a dual-citizen traveling with his Greek passport — airport officials stopped him from re-entering the U.S. when he tried coming home.
“They tell me that if I’m using a foreign passport, I need a green card to get back into America,” he says. “I don’t have a green card because I’m an American citizen.”
Hanks said the issue could probably be resolved if he went to the US embassy in Bogota, but he wasn’t interested in making that 250-mile trip. He said he left his US passport at home because it’s about to expire, which he worried could be problematic.
“So, yeah, free me,” he says. “Free me.”
Hanks appeared to make the most of his time in the South American city. On Sunday, he posted video showing him singing in a bar and a photo taken in a Medellin gym.
“Estamos bien, no te preocupes,” he posted on the latter image.
That translates to “We’re fine, don’t worry.”
His famous parents aside, Hanks is best known as a singing, acting, lifestyle influencer who shares fitness tips on social media. - New York Daily News/Tribune News Service
