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Chet Hanks Butchers Jamaican Patois At The Golden Globes

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Chet Hanks

Tom Hanks’ son Chet Hanks has once again gone viral for all the wrong reasons.

The 29-year-old posted a cringe-worthy clip of himself on Instagram speaking Jamaican Patois as he walked the red carpet on Sunday night to support his father, who was being presented with the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement.

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Chet and the family at the Golden Globes

Chet was at the Golden Globes awards along with his mother Rita Wilson, siblings Colin, Elizabeth and Truman and sister-in-law Samantha Bryant.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B69VY-Tp2e5/

In 2015, he came under fire for a series of Instagram posts defending the use of the n-word. This time he attempted to speak Jamaican patois at the Golden Globes, apparently unprompted.

In the video filmed for his 74,000 Instagram followers, he said: ‘‘Big up the whole island massive, it’s your boy Chet coming straight from the Golden Globes.”

Chet responded to wide spread media coverage of his video with a screenshot of CNN’s story which was captioned: “Average citizens: damn this is scary I can’t believe we’re on the verge of WW3 let me check the news smh @CNN: 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣”

https://www.instagram.com/p/B6-49yBJCsQ/

Chet’s antics were first noticed after a clip was shared by Twitter user Brittny Pierre, who question: “Why is Tom Hanks’ son Chet Hanks speaking patois?”

https://twitter.com/sleep2dream/status/1214033725631143936

Another social media user said: “So there is one thing that Tom Hanks has made that hasn’t worked”. Another user commented: “Tom Hanks is so damn unproblematic, and yet…dis child. Butchering Patois on a red carpet, putting out raps with the word n***a in them and then telling everybody he should be allowed to say it.”

The younger Hanks is a 29-year-old aspiring rapper who recently turned to acting. Tom Hanks received a lifetime achievement award at the award show last night.

Most of social media seem to making fun at his attempt to use Patois.  Here are some gems:

https://twitter.com/YoPixrre/status/1214045627400765440

https://twitter.com/TrimHalpert/status/1214038200437628928

https://twitter.com/raaleh/status/1214107160671670272

https://twitter.com/CosyandMonty/status/1214129950837612545

https://twitter.com/elchaupo/status/1214047293185368069

https://twitter.com/mccruddenm/status/1214171923745255424