--- 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: 2026-08-19T07:44:37.602Z 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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US actor Tom Hanks attends the German premiere of the film 'INFERNO' at Sony Centre on October 10, 2016 in Berlin, Germany.Isa Foltin/Getty Images for Sony Pictures  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. 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