Since the start of 2021, Armie Hammer, known for his roles in “The Social Network” and “Call me by your name”, has been shunned by the general public and by producers. The actor has been accused of rape, sexual assault – accusations which he has always denied, and for which he has never been convicted – but also of having cannibalistic fantasies.
Since the controversy, the actor had disappeared from the spotlight, before making a resounding return in October 2024 on social networks, and via his own podcast. Well aware that his return does not please everyone, he nevertheless remains determined to make his version of the facts heard.
Armie Hammer believes everything was amplified
This time, it was on the microphone of the podcast “Your Mom’s House” that the fallen actor spoke, this Wednesday January 1, 2025. The opportunity for Armie Hammer to affirm that it is the pandemic which played a major role in the accusations against him.
“The world seemed to be falling apart and people were just deeply unhappy with their own lives,” he said. “And then comes this salacious story where this actor wants to murder and eat people. And all of a sudden everyone’s like, ‘Oh, it’s so much more fun to focus on that than the fact that I’m not I can’t leave my living room.”
The actor also claims that sentences pronounced “with humor” or “under the influence” of different substances were taken out of context. “If someone took a person’s intimate conversations – especially during a naughty moment – even if it was completely vanilla, out of context, everyone is going to be like, ‘You guys are fucking disgusting.’
He confides in his own fantasies
If Armie Hammer has always denied the accusations made against him, he did not hesitate to take advantage of the podcast to make some confidences about his own tastes in matters of sexuality, and in particular about his passion for bondage. After specifying that he likes to tie up his partners, and having practiced on a mannequin bought in a store, he explains: “I like the idea of my partners being completely mine. I can do anything, and you will love it because you know you’re mine.”
He added: “And this kind of possession thing, it’s just fun to talk about. And, by the way, especially if you’re drunk or high and you’re texting. While you’re saying that, you’re laughing internally, like, I’m going to cut off your toe and keep it in my pocket so I have a piece of you everywhere I go.” All while being perfectly aware that this type of sentence can be taken out of context.
In his podcast, however, the actor spoke of his desire to reclaim the accusations against him: “I’m not going to lie, I like cannibal stuff now. I just say to myself: ‘Hey, I’m a cannibal.” He was pleased with the attention the case had brought him: “Which is louder? ‘Armie Hammer is a cannibal’ or ‘Armie Hammer may not be a cannibal.’ (…) Someone says something about you, everyone believes it and then people move on with their lives.”
