The Truth About Woody Harrelson's Brother, Brett Harrelson

So what's the deal with Woody Harrelson's brother Brett...and their dad? According to an EW interview from April 2020, Brett was sent to live with his estranged father as a teen "after getting caught smoking weed in high school," the magazine said. Their pops wasn't exactly a positive influence, and those four months are now being exposed.

"The podcast covers so much new things about my dad," Brett told EW. "When I thought I knew everything, there's just been way more than I realized. It's mind-blowing." Apparently, the 10-episode series details a former lover-turned-lead witness, an FBI agent assigned to the assassination case, and the nephew of a drug kingpin; all real, according to the A-lister's brother.

Per The Guardian, Charles Harrelson — who left the family when Woody was seven — was involved in all sorts of shady dealings, including killing a judge, the first time an American judge was murdered in the 20th century. Charles died in 2007 in prison; the gunslinger claimed he nabbed John F. Kennedy too, per Telegraph. Woody and Brett sadly didn't know the full extent of Charles' crimes growing up. "I see a lot of myself in him," Brett says of his father in the podcast. "I know this sounds terrible, but I thought, 'I wish I could be as cool as this guy when I get older.' I wish I could know all he has done." Son Of A Hitman was released May 2020.