Tom Hanks had a special gift for an 8-year-old boy in Australia who was being bullied because of his name
On Thursday, Australian television networks reported that the Oscar winner had become pen pals with 8-year-old Australian boy Corona De Vries after the child sent him a letter while he and wifewere recovering in the country from their positive COVID-19 diagnosis. Corona wrote Hanks to ask if he and his wife were okay. The boy also told Hanks he had been feeling “sad and angry” because classmates started bullying him about his name.
Hanks decided to help make Corona feel better by gifting him a special typewriter he had brought with him on his travels. And it happened to be made by the brand Corona. RELATED: Tom Hanks Felt 'Very Fatigued' During Coronavirus Battle While Wife Rita Wilson Was 'So Nauseous' “Your letter made my wife and I feel so wonderful! You’re the only person I’ve ever known to have the name Corona — like the ring around the sun, a crown," Hanks replied in a letter typed on the Corona typewriter,
. "I thought this typewriter would suit you. Ask a grown up how it works. And use it to write me back.”franchise.Hanks has been opening up about his positive diagnosis now that he and Wilson are back in Los Angeles after fully recovering.
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