Tom Hanks Asked His Son Chet To Explain The Drake/Kendrick Lamar Feud To Him, And It's Sooooo Funny
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Okay, by now you probably have heard about the Drake/Kendrick Lamar feud.
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If not, don't worry: You're about to get an explainer in a minute.
And you've probably also heard of Tom Hanks and his son Chet.
I mean, I can understand if you haven't heard of Chet, but you gotta know Tom.
Well, it delights me to tell you that Chet Hanks shared a text conversation wherein he explained the Kendrick/Drake feud to his dad, Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks.
If you're unable to read the pic, the conversation goes:
Tom: Big Main, can you explain the Drake/Kendrick Lamar feud to me?
Chet: Yeah, so Drake and this other dude J Cole been saying they along with Kendrick are the "Big 3" in Rap. Then Kendrick put out a song saying, "Fuck the Big 3, it's just big ME" initiating the beef. Then Drake was like, "you got small feet cuz you're like 5 foot 5 or whatever." And then Kendrick was like, you're a dead beat dad and made fun of his Canadian accent. So Drake came back and was like, "oh yeah! Well I heard you beat your wife" but literally like 30 seconds later Kendrick put out a diss overshadowing Drakes diss where he pretty much methodically dismantled Drakes entire psyche and called him a pedophile for flirting with young girls and revealing Drake had another kid that he was hiding from the world, which turned out to be false, and Drake came back and was like, "hahaha I gotcho ass I had people give you false info to make you look stupid" but it didn't even matter cuz then Kendrick just dropped another West Coast banger where he really went in on labeling Drake a pedophile that was pretty much the sonic equivalent of when you took me to your high school in Oakland and we walked in on the basketball game and everybody started going nuts. Like if you heard it you would just automatically know how to Crip walk with a stank face while clutching an Oscar in each hand with Marshawn Lynch, then dap him up and tell him "Town Bidness" which solidified the win not only for Kendrick but the entire West Coast.
Tom: Holy cow! These are fighting words. People taking sides?? Who's winning??
Chet: Did you not just read what I said 😂😂😂
We don't have to go into every detail of this conversation, but I want to point out a few things that tickle me. First off, Tom is in Chet's phone as "Pops," which is adorable.
Second, Tom referred to Chet as "Big Main," which is ALSO adorable. He's speaking Chet's language. That's good dadding right there.
Third, the way that Chet put the reaction in terms Tom would understand. That's love right there.
And fourth: Tom, in full dad mode, clearly not understanding a word of anything he just read, but dropping an encouraging "Holy cow!" anyway.
I'm not the only one loving it. The internet at large is pretty delighted:
Tom Hanks making the mandatory monthly text to check in on Chet then instantly regretting it. pic.twitter.com/cCeoZLaOwJ
— Daddy Redux 👾 (@DaddyReduxx) May 20, 2024
petition to have tom hanks and chet hanks start a podcast called big main where chet explains extremely online things to his dad and it helps out other olds not necessarily like me but almost exactly like me https://t.co/JF7lXo4nBp
— Sarah Cooper (@sarahcpr) May 20, 2024
Tom Hanks calling Chet Big Main tells me that Tom loves and accepts his ridiculous son for who he is. https://t.co/ReYuhMOcJr
— Rolo Tony (@PoorOldRoloTony) May 20, 2024
Tom Hanks earnestly attempting to engage with his weird son is actually incredible. Like he didn’t read all that but said “holy cow” https://t.co/SUGn1SsuZB
— Laura Bassett (@LEBassett) May 20, 2024
Tom Hanks knew exactly which child to go to with that question. pic.twitter.com/2f1iFMmfHZ
— Ashley (@ashleyeleigh) May 20, 2024
I do love that Tom Hanks uses “Holy cow!” as an earnest reaction. It just fits very well into my conception of Tom Hanks as like the last normal guy to become a movie star.
— Monkey With A Knife (@monkeywillnotgo) May 20, 2024
May we all love our family enough to attempt to connect with them across a divide this deep. *Sheds single tear*.
