Last year, Rita—mom to sons Chet Hanks35, and Truman Hanks30, with Tom, who also shared kids Colin Hanks48, and Elizabeth Hanks43, with his late ex-wife Samantha Lewes—marked 10 years of being cancer-free.
And to celebrate the milestone, the Runaway Bride star thanked those who supported her during the difficult time.
“It’s a celebration for me,” Rita said in a March 2025 Instagram video. “March 31st marks 10 years of being cancer-free. 10 years. And I am so deeply grateful.”
“I’m so thankful to my doctors, to my friends, to my family,” she added. “The gratitude is overwhelming. Didn’t always feel this way. And you know that, anybody who’s going through [it, or] who’s survived knows that it’s an up and down like a hamster wheel. But then you get to this point.”
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