Chet Hanks showed off his brand new art work as he uploaded a topless snap to his social media.
The 32-year-old son of Hollywood star Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson shared the image to Instagram as he flexed his toned physique. The actor and rapper - also known as Chet Haze - shared the up close image before deleting all of his posts.
Despite being known for having a boisterous public persona, Chet tried to explain the "real him" and opened up on how he plans to live more authentically. Before deleting his posts, Chet wrote: "I have been in character for as long as I’ve been in the public eye.
"I've played many roles and worn many masks. Actor. Rapper. Fitness guy. Lambo guy. None of them are the real me... But the more I look around at the world I see that the world doesn’t need any more caricatures. False depictions of who we think we need to be... There’s only on thing the world needs more of and that’s God."
Chet converted to Christianity 10 years ago, after previously being an atheist. His new work covered up an old chest tattoo of the Eye of Providence. In its place he chose another religious icon as he opted for a large cross.
He added: "All the pain in my life has resulted from one thing — the lie of believing that my purpose is anything but just serving God," he continued. "It's not fully clear to me yet how I can best serve Him but I feel that this level of honesty is a starting point. And I know He will continue to reveal more."
On a 2021 podcast with Logan Paul, Chet opened up on his change in faith, telling the host how he was an angry, rule-breaking 17-year-old before his parent sent him to a 12-week camp in the Utah wilderness.
He revealed how he found himself "overcome with emotion" during a hike as he took in the beauty of the landscape. He told the host: "It felt like I was touched by the hand of God. It was at that moment God revealed Himself to me.
"All that anger, and that hate, and that resentment flipped. It inverted to just infinite hope, gratitude, peace, love. It just flipped on a dime, like that. And I was so overcome by emotion, I just sat at the edge of that cliff and I wept. I wept for an hour, uncontrollable weeping for like an hour. It did not cease, but tears of joy,' he continued.
"Tears of everything, feeling every emotion at once, all the pain and all the joy."