Tom Hanks Denied Beer At Stagecoach Despite ‘Toy Story 4’ Tickets

Tom Hanks, the person in any other case often called “America’s Dad,” was denied beer at this yr’s Stagecoach Festival in California. Yes, that’s proper. The 62-year-old actor wasn’t allowed to purchase a beer whereas watching singer and songwriter Rita Wilson (who simply so occurs to be his spouse) carry out at this yr’s acclaimed nation music pageant. As Hanks defined to host Ellen DeGeneres whereas recalling the episode on Wednesday’s The Ellen Show, nonetheless, he’s not mad. If something, he’s impressed the bartenders didn’t “cave” to his calls for.

As famous by People, Hanks informed DeGeneres he “wanted to have a beer,” however when he “went to the place where you get the beer from,” issues didn’t work out as easily as he would have hoped:

“There were four ladies who were serving up and I stood up and I said, ‘Pull me a draw!’ And they said, ‘We can’t because your ID has not been verified.’ And I said, ‘Okay, I’m so confused because it says ‘Beer For Sale Here’ and I’ve come to ask for a beer, and you’re not going to give [me] one because you think I’m underage?’”

Hanks had a large beard on the time and used this to try to point out his age, however to no avail:

“I said ‘I’m 62 years old and you know my name, so I think I should be able to get a beer.’ They said, ‘No, you have to go. Somewhere over there is a stand where you give them your ID and you verify that you’re old enough to have a beer.’”