Every parent has been faced with explaining coronavirus to their kids, but for Colin Hanks and wife, Samatha Bryant, things were extra personal as they had to tell their daughters that their grandparents, Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, had contracted it. “I told them that there’s something very serious going on… an illness,” Colin told US Weekly.
of what they told their daughters Olivia, 9, and Charlotte, 7. “Something that’s making people sick and provided you do what the doctors tell you to do, and you wash your hands and you keep your distance and you socially distance from people… things are going to be OK.” RELATED: Tom Hanks Celebrates His Birthday With Slow Motion Video Colin also considers his family “in the same group as everyone else”