--- title: Tom Hanks on Donald Trump Comments: 'I'm Offended as a Man' description: Tom Hanks doesn't think his reason for being offended by Donald Trump needs much qualification. canonical: https://time.com/4528931/tom-hanks-on-donald-trump-women-comments/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-12T22:15:34.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-07T06:50:32.257Z og:title: Tom Hanks Unloads on Donald Trump's 'Locker Room' Comments og:description: "It’s wrong, period" og:url: https://time.com/4528931/tom-hanks-on-donald-trump-women-comments/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7c40cc3ed5cc0cce/6988a9c9ab6d7754fd6ab8bf/tom-hanks-donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: 'INFERNO' German Premiere In Berlin og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Tom Hanks Unloads on Donald Trump's 'Locker Room' Comments twitter:description: "It’s wrong, period" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7c40cc3ed5cc0cce/6988a9c9ab6d7754fd6ab8bf/tom-hanks-donald-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Tom Hanks Unloads on Donald Trump's 'Locker Room' Comments: 'I'm Offended as a Man' > Sponsored content. 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Tom Hanks doesn’t think his reason for being offended by Donald Trump needs much qualification._  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 12, 2016 10:15 PM UTC Tom Hanks doesn’t think his reason for being offended by Donald Trump needs much qualification.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Oct 12, 2016 10:15 PM UTC [Tom Hanks](http://time.com/4507954/tom-hanks-wedding-photo-shoot/) doesn’t think his reason for being offended by [Donald Trump](http://time.com/4523757/donald-trump-women-comments-lewd/) needs much qualification. During an interview to promote his upcoming film _Inferno_, the 60-year-old actor criticized the [the remarks about women](http://time.com/4523972/donald-trumps-comment-root-sexual-violence/) that Trump made during a leaked 2005 conversation with former _Access Hollywood_ co-host Billy Bush. “He was at work, man. He wasn’t in a locker room,” Hanks said, referencing the GOP candidate’s response to the comments as [“locker room” talk](http://time.com/4526039/donald-trump-locker-room-athletes/). “He was at work. He was showing up to do a thing on camera. Look, I’m offended as a man. I’m not offended as a husband or a father. I’m offended as a guy. That’s just not right, I’m sorry. It’s not right at work, it’s not right in the locker room. It’s wrong, period. The end. That’s all.” Watch the full clip above. ## Transcript [00:00] And just finally, we're also of course looking in the [00:01] news and seeing everything that's going on with [00:03] American politics. You hear about the election that [00:05] we're having? You hear about this? It's crazy this year. [00:08] What are your thoughts on the likes of Trump [00:08] [ UNKNOWN ] locker room banter? Dear, no, no he was [00:10] at work, man. He wasn't in a locker room. He was [00:15] at work. He was showing up to do a thing on camera, [00:18] that's Look, a lot of [ INAUDIBLE ]. Look. [ LAUGH ] I'm [00:22] offended as a man. [ LAUGH ] I'm not offended as a [00:25] husband or a father. I'm offended as a guy. That's just [00:29] not right. I'm sorry, it's not right at work, it's not right in [00:32] the locker room. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] [00:36] It's wrong period, the end, that's all. Do you think it's [00:38] becoming something of a circus over there at the [00:40] moment. This final build up do you think. Politics [00:44] has been a circus I think since [00:49] John Adams ran for the second President of the United [00:51] States. It's a Donny Brook and it's a fist fight. But it [00:54] does come down to some pretty basic questions of [00:57] what is, where are you gonna place your fate as far as [01:00] the future of the country goes. You always got to vote [01:02] for what the future is. If you care about that, that's [01:04] what you have to do. And Its kinda like if [01:09] you have a horrible painful tooth and you need a root [01:11] canal. Who you gonna go see? A guy who says, I think I [01:15] can figure out how to do a root canal for you. Lay [01:16] down, let me get a. Or are you going to go see [01:18] somebody who's done 6, 000 of them, has a degree [01:20] on the wall and has a great history and expertise when [01:24] it comes down to it. That's always, somewhat, [01:28] the, that's always kind of like the allegory for the [01:31] option that you make for who you're going to vote for. [01:34] That's great. Thank you so much. Thank you! Pleasure. 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