Armie Hammer is addressing the allegations that derailed his Hollywood career four years ago. And while he spoke candidly about his harmful behavior, he insisted his actions were “not illegal.”
“People were sort of like my bags of dope with skin on them,” Hammer said on “The Louis Theroux Podcast.” “You make me feel amazing, so I’m going to throw everything into this, and we’re going to have this whirlwind romance, and I’m going to whisk you up, and we’re going to go on trips, and we’re going to do all this, and then I’m going to bring you home and I’m going to go, ‘Thanks so much, that was great,’ and then I’m going to move on.”
“I would go do something almost exactly the same with someone else. And I left a lot of people in that wake very angry at me for my behavior, which, by the way, I’m not angry,” he continued. “Does it make me a dick? Absolutely. I have no problem admitting that I was a dick. That’s not illegal.”
Hammer also addressed the infamous text message in which the “Call Me by Your Name” star writes “I am 100% a cannibal.” Hammer quickly pointed out that the texts were “digitally altered” to not include the other side of the exchange, adding that it “could have been a very funny conversation between two people who were joking and pushing each other and egging each other on.”
“Sometimes when you’re involved with a person and you’re dating and you guys are having sex and you are a bit of a provocateur and you are exacerbated by alcohol or drugs or anything like that, it’s fun to ruffle feathers and it’s fun to push the envelope little by little,” Hammer said. “Did I ever have any intention of cutting anything off of anyone or eating anything off of anyone? No.”
In 2021, Hammer was accused of sexual assault by numerous women. A LAPD investigation followed, but charges were never filed.
The scandal saw Hammer completely blacklisted from the industry. But, during a January appearance on Christina Pazsitzy and Tom Segura’s “Your Mom’s House” podcast, the 38-year-old actor said his career is making a comeback.
“The worm is turning, it takes time,” Hammer said. “It’s slow, but generally now the conversation when my name comes up with people in the industry is, ‘Man, that guy got fucked.’ And that feels really good. It’s really encouraging.”
