Chet Hanks Recreates Tom Cruise's Viral Couch Jump Moment Nearly 20 Years Later: 'Something That I've Always Wanted to Do'

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18-03-2025

Chet Hanks made his first-ever talk show appearance a memorable one.
The actor, who stars as bad boy basketball player Travis Bugg in Running Point, stopped by The Drew Barrymore Show on Tuesday, March 18 and made a hilarious move in ode to Tom Cruise.
"This is my first time on a talk show ever," he told a shocked Drew Barrymore before unveiling that there was "something that I've always wanted to do" and asking if he could do it.
"It's only gonna work if you guys cheer really loud. You gotta scream, you gotta lose your minds or else I'm gonna look stupid," he told the audience, who he said he would "need" to make his plan work.
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After counting down from three, Chet, 34, jumped up on the couch with his hands in the air, making Barrymore laugh as he reenacted Cruise's infamous 2005 moment on Oprah, when he jumped on the couch with his hands in the air in excitement over how in love with Katie Holmes he was.
When Chet — who is the oldest son of Tom Hanks and wife Rita Wilson — jumped down from the couch, he also got on one knee and shook his arm in celebration, just like Cruise did in the viral clip.
"Okay, that was good," he said as he sat back down next to an excited Barrymore, before asking the audience, "Do you guys get the reference?"
"Oh my God, Tom Cruise? Yes, of course!" she said. "Oh, I love it!"
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Hanks' reenactment comes just shy of the 20th anniversary of Cruise's infamous moment, where he brought out his then-girlfriend Holmes from backstage after gushing about her to host Oprah Winfrey.
"I'm in love. And it's one of these things, you wanna be cool. That's not me. I admired her and I thought I wanted to meet her. And I called her," he said during the May 23, 2005 interview, calling Holmes, who he'd later marry within the year, "an extraordinary woman.'
After making a splash with his entrance on the show, Chet and Barrymore bonded about their shared experiences getting sober amid addiction issues, with the host celebrating five years sober while he shared that he's three-and-a-half years sober.
"I just really am so grateful for where I'm at, where we're all at, the things I've got going in my life, all the beautiful people in my life, my relationships, my loved ones. I've gotten the point where I fully understand that those are the most important things, by far, and everything else is like a bonus."
He also said that his parents have "always been super supportive" which has meant a lot.
"I don't take it for granted. I'm really, really grateful for both my parents and I just.. I'm at the age where I'm just like, I'm really grateful for them, I really cherish the time that I spend with them. They've stuck with me through thick and thin," he said.
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The Drew Barrymore Show airs weekdays on CBS (check local listings).
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