Tom Hanks Yells at Fans to 'Back the F**k Off' After They Cause Wife Rita Wilson to Trip

Tom Hanks is “a man of many hats,” one being “a man who will show up at a wedding, invited or not.”

Elvis star and his wife can be seen leaving a restaurant in New York, before being approached by fans on the way.After Wilson was caused to trip up by fans asking for selfies, she was filmed firmly telling one person to “stop it”.Hanks then shouted, “That is my wife, back the fuck off,” before scorning the group for “knocking over my wife.”Take a look at the footage here:if Tom Hanks yelled and looked at me like that I think I would feel shame forever https://t.co/trExAgfRSh— i bless the rains down in castamere (@Chinchillazllla) June 16, 2022Meanwhile, Tom Hanks recently said he thinks he couldn’t play a gay lawyer in Philadelphia today.“Could a straight man do what I did in Philadelphia now? No, and rightly so,” Hanks told The New York Times Magazine.“The whole point of Philadelphia was don’t be afraid. One of the reasons people weren’t afraid of that movie is that I was playing a gay man.” Hanks added: “We’re beyond that now.”“I don’t think people would accept the inauthenticity of a straight guy playing a gay guy,” he went on.“It’s not a crime, it’s not boohoo, that someone would say we are going to demand more of a movie in the modern realm of authenticity.

Tom Hanks quickly jumped into action and yelled at a group of fans to "back the f–k off" from wife Rita Wilson after she was nearly knocked over while leaving dinner at Nobu Wednesday night in New York City. Hanks appeared stunned. "Knocking over my wife?" he asked as he stood looking visibly annoyed.

Gallery: ‘I wouldn't wish my childhood on anyone’: Celebs who still struggle with their parents' divorce (BANG Showbiz)The pair then continued to make their way to their car as some fans attempted to apologise for the incident. The couple - who have sons Chet, 32, and Truman, 27, together - married in 1998 after 12 years of dating but Tom previously admitted he had had a crush on Rita since she appeared on TV as Pat Conway in 'The Brady Bunch'. The 'Toy Story' star - who also has Colin, 44, and Elizabeth, 40, from his marriage to Samantha Lewes - said: “Oh, every now and again I just pull it up in YouTube.

Things got more than a little tense between Tom Hanks and some fans.

Who knew he had this in him?!

Getting protective. Tom Hanks stood up for his wife, Rita Wilson, when an excited crowd of fans caused her to nearly fall during a recent outing.

Tom Hanks was caught raging at a fan in defence of his wife Rita Wilson after she was nearly knocked over after leaving a New York restaurant.The 65 year old was heard shouting “back the f*** off” as he pushed away the overzealous suspect, who had bashed into Rita, 65, from behind in an attempt to get an autograph from the Castaway star as the pair entered the streets. Rita was seen in a clip from the incident looking panicked as she stumbled on the streets following the collision and raised her hands yelling: “stop it!” Tom then turned around and checked on his wife, before he shouted: "That is my wife.

Tom Hanks had to scream to protect his wife, Rita Wilson, after she was nearly knocked to the ground by a frenzy of fans.

Zack Sharf Tom Hanks won his first Oscar for best actor thanks to Jonathan Demme’s 1993 legal drama “Philadelphia,” in which he plays a gay man with HIV who is discriminated against at work. Cut forward almost 30 years later, and Hanks says he or any fellow straight actor would no longer be able to play the openly gay character at the heart of “Philadelphia.” Not that at Hanks sees a problem with that change in mentality in Hollywood.“Let’s address ‘could a straight man do what I did in “Philadelphia” now?’ No, and rightly so,” Hanks recently told The New York Times Magazine.

Tom Hanks is happy to see progress being made for gay representation in Hollywood.