Chet Hanks and Eric André have found themselves at the centre of a heated confrontation that has dragged an old celebrity feud back into the spotlight. More than three years after their very public fallout over Hanks’ appearance on The Eric André Show, the two crossed paths again at ComplexCon in Los Angeles — and the meeting quickly became tense.

Video shared by Hanks shows him approaching André and putting a hand on his shoulder before the exchange escalates. André’s security team eventually intervenes and separates the pair. But while the footage captures the confrontation itself, parts of the conversation are difficult to hear, leaving some of the more specific claims about what happened firmly in the realm of each man’s account.

What happened between Chet Hanks and Eric André at ComplexCon 2026?

The latest chapter unfolded during ComplexCon 2026, held October 3-4 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

The 2026 edition was a significant one for ComplexCon, marking the festival’s 10-year anniversary and bringing the event to Los Angeles for the first time. Its programming covered style, sneakers, pop culture, music, art, food and innovation.

Amid all of that, an old dispute unexpectedly resurfaced.

According to video shared by Hanks and reported by TMZ, Hanks approached André from behind and tapped him on the shoulder. André initially appeared friendly and held out his hand while asking:

“What’s up?”

Hanks did not return the handshake. Instead, he kept a hand on André’s shoulder and began confronting him.

The mood changed quickly.

At one point during the exchange, André asked:

“What’d I say?”

Both men removed their glasses as the argument became increasingly heated, with the pair yelling at one another. André’s security team then stepped in and moved him away from Hanks.

TMZ reported that André also appeared to yell something about Tom Hanks as he walked away, while Chet Hanks stayed behind with friends.

The footage confirms that the confrontation happened and that security intervened. However, it does not make every part of the conversation clearly audible. That distinction matters, particularly because Hanks later made additional claims about what was allegedly said during the encounter.

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Chet Hanks revisits the feud on Instagram

After the confrontation, Hanks took the dispute back to social media and offered his own account of the encounter.

He wrote:

“Finally ran into @ericf–kingandre,”

Hanks also mocked André for travelling with four security guards, saying they were there because “the environment makes him uneasy.”

But the post quickly moved beyond the ComplexCon encounter itself. Hanks returned to the original dispute that began after his appearance on The Eric André Show in 2023.

According to Hanks, André had forgotten what he had previously said about him in the media.

Hanks wrote:

“[He] had NO MEMORY WHATSOEVER of trashing me to the media after I outshined him on his show!!”

He then described what he said happened during their latest conversation, claiming André acknowledged having an issue with Hanks “mocking Caribbean culture” when Hanks used a Jamaican accent during his appearance on the show.

Hanks wrote:

“After being sheltered by his security team, [he] began foaming at the mouth and admitted it was because he had a problem with me ‘mocking Caribbean culture” when I did my Jamaican accent all those years ago,”

Hanks ended his post with another pointed comment:

“WHO KNEW that in addition to the brain rot and poop joke humor he is known for, Eric is also such a passionate cultural activist!!! Great running into you Eric!!!!!”

Those comments are Hanks’ account of the conversation. The available video does not independently establish that André made the remarks Hanks attributed to him.

André had not publicly confirmed that version of the exchange at the time of the latest reports. His representative also did not immediately respond to Page Six’s request for comment about the ComplexCon confrontation.

The 2023 Eric André Show appearance started the feud

To understand why the ComplexCon meeting became so tense, it is necessary to go back to 2023.

Hanks appeared during the sixth season of The Eric André Show, a programme known for its deliberately chaotic and outrageous style. What happened during that production later became the source of a public disagreement between the two.

In a Rolling Stone interview published in March 2023, André discussed Hanks’ behaviour during filming and characterised it as disruptive and dangerous.

André described Hanks as a “tough cookie” and said:

“He broke our crew,”

According to André, Hanks rode a motorcycle around the set and nearly knocked crew members off ladders.

André said:

“He stole a motorcycle and rode it around. He almost knocked a bunch of grips and gaffers off their ladders.”

He also claimed Hanks attempted to prank the production in return, adding:

“He tried to prank us back, but we edited out all his bulls–t!”

André later described Hanks as “emotionally disturbed” and said:

“He’s not well. How did Colin Hanks come out so good and Chet Hanks come out so bad?”

Those comments became a major part of the dispute that followed Hanks’ appearance.

Chet Hanks disputed Eric André’s version of the motorcycle incident

Hanks did not accept André’s description of what happened on the set.

In response on Instagram, Hanks explained that he had watched episodes of The Eric André Show after being invited onto the programme and understood its format to involve deliberately outrageous behaviour.

He said he decided to match that energy.

Hanks recalled:

“At one point, he has a dude come and jump a dirt bike on the stage,”

He continued:

“He must not have known I ride dirt bikes because I picked that s–t up and start riding it around the set. Everybody’s like, ‘No, no, no, don’t do that. You could get hurt!’ I’m like, ‘Chill I just popped a little wheelie.’”

Hanks acknowledged riding the dirt bike but maintained that he was participating in the show’s unconventional style rather than deliberately attempting to put the production in danger.

He then took issue with André discussing the incident publicly after filming.

Hanks said:

“I put the bike down. Now he wants to come out and talk s–t about me? You must’ve just not liked the fact that I outshined you on your own f–king show.”

During the dispute, Hanks also called André a “f–king weirdo” and a “p–s.”

The two accounts remain different. André characterised the motorcycle incident as dangerous behaviour that nearly endangered crew members, while Hanks acknowledged riding the dirt bike but said he was simply responding to the show’s deliberately outrageous format.

Neither account independently establishes the other person’s characterisation of the incident.

Eric André fired back with a DNA-test challenge

The feud did not stop with the disagreement over what happened during filming.

André responded to Hanks’ social-media posts with an equally aggressive message.

He told his followers:

“Guys, everything Chet said about me is a f–king boldface lie,”

He then added:

“F–king liar. And I dare him to take a f–king DNA test to prove that Tom Hanks is his f–king father.”

Hanks subsequently reposted André’s response and pointed back to André’s earlier description of him:

“This is the same dude that said I was ‘emotionally disturbed.’”

The public back-and-forth continued beyond those initial Instagram exchanges.

In a later interview, André challenged Hanks to repeat his insults in person, saying:

“Tell him to say that s–t to my f–king face.”

More than three years later, Hanks and André did in fact come face to face — this time at ComplexCon.

Chet Hanks and Eric André’s feud comes full circle at ComplexCon

The 2026 confrontation is significant because it brought an old social-media and interview dispute into a real-world encounter.

Hanks’ latest comments once again centred on the criticism he received following his appearance on The Eric André Show. His position remains that André unfairly characterised his behaviour and that he was simply matching the programme’s deliberately chaotic energy.

André has not yet publicly released a detailed account of the ComplexCon meeting.

The available footage instead shows the immediate sequence: Hanks approached André, the pair exchanged heated words, and André’s security team intervened and separated them.

Chet Hanks and Eric André feud timeline

Date/Event	What happened
2023	Chet Hanks appeared during Season 6 of The Eric André Show.
March 2023	Eric André discussed the production in a Rolling Stone interview, describing Hanks’ behaviour as disruptive and dangerous.
2023	Hanks disputed André’s account and said he was matching the show’s deliberately outrageous style.
2023	André called Hanks a liar and challenged him to take a DNA test to prove Tom Hanks was his father.
Later interview	André challenged Hanks to repeat his insults to his face.
October 3-4, 2026	ComplexCon 2026 took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Hanks and André encountered each other at the event.
October 2026	Hanks shared video of the confrontation and later addressed the encounter on Instagram.

What is confirmed about the ComplexCon confrontation?

The distinction between what the footage shows and what either man claims is especially important here.

The available material confirms that Chet Hanks approached Eric André at ComplexCon, tapped him on the shoulder and confronted him. It also shows the interaction becoming heated, with both men yelling and removing their glasses before André’s security team stepped in and moved him away.

What the footage does not independently establish is every statement made during the confrontation.

In particular, Hanks’ claim that André admitted to having a problem with his Jamaican accent and his allegation that André had “NO MEMORY WHATSOEVER” of previously criticising him remain Hanks’ account of the exchange.

At the time of the latest reports, André had not publicly confirmed those specific claims.

There is also no indication in the available reporting of an arrest or criminal investigation connected to the ComplexCon confrontation. As currently reported, the incident was a verbal confrontation that ended when André’s security intervened.

The feud remains unresolved

For now, the ComplexCon encounter appears to have reopened a disagreement that never fully disappeared.

What began with a chaotic television appearance in 2023 grew into a public clash over the motorcycle incident, accusations about what happened behind the scenes, insults exchanged online and André’s challenge for Hanks to repeat those comments face to face.

That face-to-face moment finally happened at ComplexCon in 2026 — but it did not produce a clear resolution.

Instead, it produced another heated exchange, another intervention by security and another round of public accusations from Hanks.

The key facts remain straightforward: Chet Hanks approached Eric André at ComplexCon, the two exchanged heated words, security separated them, and Hanks subsequently used Instagram to revisit their three-year-old dispute. The more specific claims about what André allegedly said during their latest encounter remain attributed to Hanks and have not been independently verified.

Conclusion

Chet Hanks and Eric André’s ComplexCon confrontation has revived one of their most public celebrity disputes, more than three years after their original fallout over The Eric André Show.

Their versions of the 2023 motorcycle incident remain sharply different, while their subsequent social-media exchanges made the feud even more personal. Now, after unexpectedly meeting at ComplexCon, the two have once again found themselves trading heated words — with security ultimately stepping in.

For now, the footage provides evidence of the confrontation itself, while the more disputed details remain claims attributed to the people involved. Until André provides his own detailed account of the latest encounter, the full story behind what was said at ComplexCon remains unresolved.

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Source and research disclaimer

The article distinguishes between information visible in the reported ComplexCon footage, statements previously made publicly by Chet Hanks and Eric André, and allegations or descriptions attributed to either person. Some portions of the latest exchange are difficult to hear clearly, so claims about what was said during the confrontation remain attributed to the person making them. The article does not imply independent verification beyond what the provided source material supports.

Sources

• Page Six — Chet Hanks confronts Eric André at ComplexCon
• TMZ — Chet Hanks confronts Eric André at ComplexCon
• Complex — ComplexCon 2026 official event information
• Complex — ComplexCon 2026 announcement
• The Independent — Eric André’s 2023 comments about Chet Hanks
• NME — Eric André and Chet Hanks’ 2023 Instagram feud

Featured Image Credit: Chet Hanks (@chethanx) / Instagram