Tom Hanks regrets backing President Clinton

LAP98113006 - 01 DECEMBER 1998 - LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, USA: Actor Tom Hanks, pictured arriving the 1995 Golden Globe Awards, says he now regrets giving $10,000 to President Clinton's legal defense fund. The two-time Oscar winner tells The New Yorker magazine that "In light of events since, it would be awfully hard to say now 'Oh, here, let me help you out with your problem." Hanks is the first of Clinton's Hollywood supporters to publicly turn their back on the embattled commander-in-chief. UPI (bc-people) jr/Jim Ruyme/file photo