Tom Hanks has called himself an 'idiot' for not taking care of his diet and weight before his type 2 diabetes diagnosis.
The Hollywood actor, 65, first announced his diabetes diagnosis back in 2013 during an interview on the Late Show with David Letterman.
At the time, the Forrest Gump star said: "I went to the doctor, and he said, 'You know those high blood sugar numbers you've been dealing with since you were 36? Well, you've graduated. You've got type 2 diabetes, young man'."
Tom, who recently worried fans when he was unable to control his shaking hand on stage, was told by doctors that if he lost weight, he would be able to significantly decrease his chance of getting diabetes - but the actor felt as though the task was impossible.
And the much-loved actor recently opened up further about his diabetes diagnosis when he described himself as 'lazy'.
He told Radio Times: “I'm part of the lazy American generation that has blindly kept dancing through the party and now finds ourselves with a malady.
“I was heavy. You've seen me in movies, you know what I looked like. I was a total idiot.
“I thought I could avoid it by removing the buns from my cheeseburgers."
Tom's honest health confession comes after fans became concerned for the actor's health after he was unable to control his shaking right hand while on stage earlier this month.
The Castaway actor, 65, was promoting Baz Luhrmann's biopic of Elvis, in which he stars as the singer's manager.
The movie premiere was being held in Sydney, Australia, where filming took place.
Standing on the stage in front of an audience, Tom began: "There is no better place in the world to make a motion picture than right here on the Gold Coast."
"I've shot films in Morocco and Los Angeles and New York City and Seattle and in Berlin," he continued, while holding the microphone in his right hand. None of them have what the Gold Coast have, and what is that? Two words. None of those other cities have Dan Murphy. What a man, who I got to know quite well."
Tom's hand was visibly shaking by this point, and he made an attempt for it to stop.
He then placed his left hand underneath the microphone, before trying to switch hands completely.
Fans have now started to speculate about Tom's health on social media after the video clip went viral.
One penned: "I love Tom Hanks. Saw him on screen recently and thought he looked very thin. Hope he's ok."
"He does seem like he has aged all of a sudden - lost weight," a second commented.
A fourth suggested: "Unfortunately his declining health points to possibly Parkinson's."
And a fifth wrote: "He's diabetic. This happens to my mom when she gets low blood sugar."
