It has been a long 35 years for Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson. The celebrity couple recently celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary together and shared a sweet photo on social media. The cute snap perfectly showcased the love of the couple at their milestone moment and their celebrity friends jumped in to congratulate them.
The Couple
Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson, both aged 66, first met back in 1981 on the set of the ABC sitcom Bosom Buddies. Hanks was married at that time to Samantha Lewes. The pair were good friends at first, but their mutual attraction started to grow. Finally, in 1986, they made their relationship public. After two years, Tom Hanks got divorced from Lewes and married Wilson. The couple has two children together, Chester “Chet” Hanks and Truman Theodore Hanks. Wilson also became stepmother to Tom Hanks’ older kids, Colin and Elizabeth. The famous couple recently achieved a relationship milestone of spending 35 years together.
The Picture
The couple spent their 35th wedding anniversary together at their home with a sweet celebration. Singer-songwriter Rita Wilson recently shared the most precious moment of the day with her fans and followers on her Instagram account by uploading a photo of her loving husband presenting her with a cake. The photo shows the Forrest Gump actor Tom Hanks looking at his giddy wife with loving admiration while handing her a beautiful yellow frosted cake with Happy Anniversary written on the top of it. A-list friends of the couple were quick to congratulate them in the comments of the photo. While Leslie Odom Jr. commented, “Just Beautiful! Congratulations,” Nia Vardalos penned, “Happy Anniversary you beautiful kids!!!!” But Jessica Capshaw’s comment was the shortest and right on point, as she just wrote, “The best.”