During a recent press circuit for the upcoming Apple TV+ movie Greyhound, certified good guy Tom Hanks was asked about the use of face masks.

The actor did not refrain from sharing a few choice words about stopping the spread of the virus.

“There’s really only three things we can do in order to get to tomorrow: Wear a mask, social distance, wash our hands,” Hanks shared.

The veteran actor went on to shame those failing to wear masks, succinctly saying “Don’t be a pussy”.

“Those things are so simple, so easy,” he stressed. “If anybody cannot find it in themselves to practice those three very basic things – I just think shame on you. Don’t be a pussy, get on with it, do your part. It’s very basic. If you’re driving a car, you don’t go too fast, you use your turn signal and you avoid hitting pedestrians. My Lord, it’s common sense.”

Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson were two of the first high profile celebrities to contract the virus, which they contracted whilst Hanks was filming in Australia. They consequently isolated in the Gold Coast after being diagnosed with the disease.

When asked about the health status of himself and hide wife he shared, “Oh, as the canaries in the coal mine for the COVID-19 experience, we are fine.

“We were also isolated so that we would not give it to anybody else that we came in contact with, and since then have been doing the same isolating, social distancing that is being asked of the world so, we are fine,” Hanks said.

Since recovering from the virus, Hanks has shared multiple photos on Instagram of bags of convalescent plasma he’s donated as part of coronavirus vaccine research. That’s king shit.

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