Tom Hanks is speaking out following the release of his daughter E.A. Hanks' memoir, where she alleged that her mom, Samantha Lewes, was emotionally and physically violent.

A Memoir of Family and the Open Road, E.A. Hanks wrote that her mother, actor Samantha Lewes, abused her. Her Oscar-winning father, an early reader and ardent supporter, isn't losing any of that “America's Dad” cred with his comments.