Rita Wilson Wishes 'My Love' Tom Hanks Happy Birthday: 'You Bring Joy Wherever You Go'
"Your patience for our kids harassing you about your ignorance of pop culture is admirable," Wilson teased her husband as she celebrated him turning 68
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Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks in Cannes, France, on May 23, 2023Rita Wilson is celebrating another trip around the sun for Tom Hanks!
As the Forrest Gump actor turned 68 on Tuesday, July 9, his actress wife of 36 years posted a lengthy tribute on Instagram, which she presented alongside a seemingly recent photo of Hanks standing in front of an impressive record collection and record player.
"?????? Happy Birthday to my love! ??????," Wilson, 67, began her caption. "You made the world a better place the day you were born. You bring joy wherever you go."
"You are the bringer of laughs, a lover of vehicles, or pretty much anything, shaped like a round bath tub," she continued. "The bookshelves in our house shout from their bindings your love of history and the unexpectedly romantic Maeve Binchy."
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"You get as much pleasure from recording your radio show @bossradio66 as you do from listening to any kind of surf music on vinyl," Wilson went on. "@tcm is your go to channel any time of day or night. Your patience for our kids harassing you about your ignorance of pop culture is admirable."
She concluded, "We love you. I love you. So much and every day. ??????"
Julia Roberts, who starred with Hanks in Charlie Wilson's War (2007) and Larry Crowne (2011), was among those who left sweet messages in Wilson's comments section.
"Yes! Happy Birthday Tom," wrote Roberts, 56. "So happy you were born. ??????"
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Wilson and Hanks made their red-carpet debut as a couple in 1986, and tied the knot in 1988. They share sons Chet Hanks, 33, and Truman Hanks, 28, in addition to Hanks' kids from his first marriage: Colin Hanks, 46, and Elizabeth Hanks, 42.
The couple marked their 36th wedding anniversary on April 30, with the actor captioning a photo of himself and his wife, "1988? April 30th? Big Doings. The Wilson & Hanks couple became Wife & Husband. 36 years! Nothing but Love since … Hanx."
Wilson, meanwhile, shared a carousel of photos featuring the pair posing together in a variety of scenarios, including on a ski trip, at Egypt's Great Sphinx of Giza and in a recording studio. In one photo, Hanks amusingly placed his head on Wilson's shoulder, while the final picture showed them laughing together inside a car.
"36th anniversary! April 30, 1988," the Asteroid City actress captioned her post, before quoting "Rabbi Ben Ezra" by poet Robert Browning: “Grow old along with me; the best is yet to be."
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