TOM HANKS AND RITA WILSON ARE NOW GREEK

Couple Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson have recently become Greek citizens. Wilson grew up in a Greek Orthodox home and had been practicing the faith ever since. When she married Hanks, he converted to the religion as well. Soon after, they made an investment to buy a place in Antiparos and spend their vacations there. Hanks has also stated on several occasions that among the many beautiful places he’s gone to, none of them could ever top the magnificence of Greece.

However, at the beginning of 2020, they took their commitment a step further and earned their citizenship after being of assistance to the 2018 wildfire victims in Athens. Because of their noble act, Prokopis Pavlopoulos, Greece’s past president, gave them honorary naturalization. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis then announced the Hollywood stars’ citizenship with a picture with them and their new Greek passports. Hanks proudly tweeted about it during the New Year as well.