Posted on 10/13/2025 12:32:53 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Hanks made the comment after learning that the late comedian John Candy — who lost his father at the young age of 5 — had just begun "therapeutic work" prior to his death at 43Collin Hanks is a proponent of therapy.
During a discussion at a screening of the Prime Video documentary John Candy: I Like Me on Thursday, Oct. 9, the actor, 43, said all "white men in their 40s" should be "doing therapy."
He made the comment while speaking about how the late comedian John Candy navigated the death of his father at the young age of 5. Hanks directed the documentary, which Ryan Reynolds produced.
The Nuremberg star recalled getting off a phone call about the project with Reynolds, 48, and spending the "better part of a month just sort of digging and doing research" into Candy's life in search of "the theme" that would underpin the documentary.
During that time, Hanks reconnected with Candy's kids, Christopher Candy and Jennifer Candy-Sullivan (who serve as co-producers, along with John's wife, Rosemary Margaret Hobor) — and learned something profound about the Uncle Buck star.
"Once I found out that John's father had died when he was 5, I said, 'Okay, that's something that never leaves you. That's something that he wrestled with for his entire life. How? What's that?' " he recalled at the screening at Kings Theatre in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Hanks continued: "And then when I connected with Chris, he had mentioned that [John] had just started to do that therapeutic work that a lot of people do in their 40s, specifically white men in their 40s — they should all be doing therapy. And so once I found out that he had started to do that work and was
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The turd doesn’t fall far from the ass.
I’ve never understood neurotic Leftists’ obsession with “therapy”. I’m not opposed for those who actually need it but its never something I’ve had any need for.
There are kids that get a scrape and are told to rub some dirt in it and there are these kids...
It’s a jobs program for liberal women.
They have to pay someone to listen to the idiocy they spout.
I’m sure it works for some people but it seems pretty narcissistic to go talk about yourself for an hour
Well I just started therapy, medical massage therapy, highly recommend it.
>> It’s a jobs program for liberal women.
They’re the craziest cohort in the USA! By all means, turn ‘em loose to do therapy on other neurotics and psychotics! What could go wrong?
>> I’ve never understood neurotic Leftists’ obsession with “therapy”
Nor have I. It’s what friends are for. And pastors.
I asked her what trauma and got a litany of normal things you go through in life.
I did not tell her to pull up her socks and deal with it.
I was polite.
But I did think it.
John Candy was a funny guy but it would have been better for him to lay off the fried chicken, booze and smokes.
“It’s a jobs program for liberal women.”
Who in turn make their psychiatrists rich.
Who is Collin Hanks?
And why should I care?
I just watched the John Candy documentary last night. It was good and reminded me of why I thought Candy was so funny. And he came across as a genuinely nice guy too. But ironically, one thing that came across in the documentary is that Candy most definitely did not want to work on himself with therapy or anything else. He would cut friends off who said they were concerned about his weight and other bad habits. He kept up an front that he was just fine with how heavy he was and his lifestyle. That ultimately got him.
I remember though at the time of his death IIRC, he was on a diet and had lost about 40 pounds.
And often a windfall for pharmaceuticals.
All I know is Colin Hanks was, by far, the worst part of “Band of Brothers”
No...they need GOD!
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