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Armie Hammer had a "sort of indignation" complete nan past fewer years pursuing allegations of cannibalism and a activity scandal, which saw nan fallout of his Hollywood position and marital breakdown.
Hammer, 38, admitted nan public's guidance to claims he was a cannibal was "wild" connected nan debut section of his Armie HammerTime Podcast.
"I'm not gonna lie. I kinda for illustration nan cannibal worldly now. I'm conscionable like, 'Hey I'm a cannibal,'" Hammer told his first guest, comedian Tom Arnold, who noted, "The cannibalism point is my favorite."
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Armie Hammer thought cannibalism claims were "wild." (Noam Galai)
"What makes much noise? Armie Hammer is simply a cannibal, aliases Armie Hammer mightiness not beryllium a cannibal?"
Hammer added, "The cannibal point makes much noise, and you don't get an apology circuit successful this world. Like, personification says thing astir you, everyone believes it, and past they move connected pinch their lives to immoderate it is that they're focused connected because they’ve sewage their ain lives."
"I'm not gonna lie, I kinda for illustration nan cannibal worldly now. I'm conscionable like, hey I'm a cannibal."
— Armie HammerThe "Call Me by Your Name" star was accused of intersexual battle successful 2017 by a erstwhile girlfriend, who besides claimed Hammer raped her "violently" and "for complete 4 hours."
His profession derailed pursuing a bid of matter messages that allegedly elaborate intersexual fantasies, including references to rape, unit and cannibalism. They were leaked online by an anonymous Instagram relationship named "House of Effie."
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Another ex-girlfriend, Paige Lorenze, accused Hammer of branding her pinch a knife. His ex-wife, Elizabeth Chambers, revenge for divorcement successful 2020, months earlier abuse, rape and cannibalistic imagination allegations against Hammer publically came to light. Their divorce was finalized past year.
Despite a difficult fewer years, Hammer said he was "grateful" he went done "all of that bull----, because now, wherever I americium is truthful overmuch amended than if nary of that would person ever happened."
Hammer said he "kind of" liked nan cannibal claims now connected his caller podcast. (Vera Anderson/WireImage)
Elizabeth Chambers and Armie Hammer finalized their divorcement past twelvemonth aft astir 13 years of marriage. (Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)
He remembered nan gradual gait astatine which "s--- deed nan fan," and receiving telephone calls from his supplier telling him personification online was saying he was "being abusive."
"No specifics, but they're conscionable saying you're abusive, and it's starting to prime up traction," Hammer said. When his supplier asked if he knew who was down nan accusations, Hammer said, "Yes, I cognize precisely who this is."
"Where I americium is truthful overmuch amended than if nary of that would person ever happened."
— Armie HammerHammer noted that online critics fanned nan flames and would inquire his accusers, "Did he rape you? You should telephone nan cops." He said, "And she was penning online astatine nan time, ‘He ne'er raped me. No request for nan police. It was consensual.' She was putting each this retired there. Once nan rape point was dropped, past it was like, nan s--- deed nan instrumentality truthful difficult that nan instrumentality exploded."
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He remembered his lawyer astatine nan clip advising him to beryllium quiet, and told him, "You can’t do aliases opportunity anything. They’re going to unfastened a criminal investigation connected you, truthful you request to unopen nan f--- up."
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"That's why I was wholly silent," Hammer said. "I was wholly silent for nan 2.5 years that I was nether investigation because I wasn't going to do thing to make this worse."
Arnold asked, "Was it difficult to beryllium silent?" to which Hammer said, "Oh yeah, it was ace difficult because each of these group were saying things astir me, but location was thing I could do to take sides myself."
At first, Hammer held "a batch of resentment" toward nan group who dropped him during nan scandal, from his PR rep to his supplier and adjacent friends.
Armie Hammer was forced to waste his motortruck this summertime because he couldn't spend nan state anymore, he said connected Instagram. (Instagram)
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"I was like, f--- you guys. You guys each cognize me," Hammer said. "Every azygous personification would telephone maine and go, ‘I've known you since you were 19 years old. You’re not this guy. Whoever this monster that these group are talking about, we cognize that this isn’t you.'"
The rape allegations prompted a nine-month criminal investigation by nan
Los Angeles Police Department. Hammer denied each allegations of intersexual misconduct, and successful May 2023, prosecutors announced Hammer wouldn't beryllium charged successful nan activity battle case.
Hammer and his family were nan subjects of a Discovery+ docuseries that explored nan "deeply troubling accusations leveled against critically acclaimed character Armie Hammer and nan dark, twisted bequest of nan Hammer dynasty."
Hammer mislaid retired connected movie roles owed to nan scandal. (Getty Images)
Amid nan accusations, he was dropped from a number of films, including Paramount's "The Offer," a show astir nan making of "The Godfather," whose lead domiciled went to Miles Teller.
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He was besides expected to prima other Jennifer Lopez successful "Shotgun Wedding," a domiciled that went to Josh Duhamel. After leaving curen successful May 2021, Hammer was reportedly later spotted trading timeshares successful nan Cayman Islands.
In August, Hammer revealed he needed to waste and acquisition successful his motortruck aft he claimed he "can’t afford" state since moving backmost to Los Angeles.