11 Celebrities Who You Didn’t Know Have Diabetes

Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks is an American actor and filmmaker. He is also regarded as an American cultural icon. According to the media, Hanks is the fourth highest grossing actor in North America.

His roles in Philadelphia (1993) and Forrest Gump (1994) earned him two Academy Awards for Best Actor. He has also won 7 Primetime Emmy Awards for his work as a producer. In 2016, Hanks received a Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama.

On March 11, 2020, Hanks and his wife had tested positive for COVID-19 while he was shooting Elvis in Queensland, Australia. They were hospitalized for a few days and after quarantine, they decided to donate their blood antibodies for virus research.

However, our famous actor announced in 2013 that he has type 2 diabetes as well. “I’m part of the lazy American generation that has blindly kept dancing through the party and now finds ourselves with a malady … I was a total idiot,” he told E! News.

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