Armie Hammer speaks out on cannibalism claims in new podcast
Armie Hammer addressed the shocking cannibalism allegations that affected his career for the first time. In the new podcast "Armie HammerTime," the actor discussed his approach to these accusations and his plans.
12:03 PM EDT, October 29, 2024
The actor, known for the film "Call Me by Your Name," spoke openly with Tom Arnold about the scandal that erupted in 2021. "It's crazy. I'm not going to lie; now I even like the allegations of cannibalism," he said in the podcast.
Hammer emphasized how much attention the controversial accusations brought him. "The accusations are the thing that make so much noise. Like, what makes more noise? ‘Armie Hammer is a cannibal’ or ‘Armie Hammer might not be a cannibal? The cannibal thing makes more noise and you don’t get an apology tour in this world," he added.
The actor admitted that the crisis caused a significant change in his life. "Like, someone says something about you, everyone believes it, and they move on with their lives to whatever it is they’re focused on, because they’ve got their own lives," he said.
What was Hammer accused of?
Accusations against Hammer surfaced after two women, Courtney Vucekovich and Julia Morrison, claimed he sent them messages with cannibalistic fantasies. The case was publicized in the documentary series "House of Hammer." The actor also faced rape accusations, but the Los Angeles prosecutor ultimately did not charge him due to insufficient evidence.
In a video posted on Instagram, Hammer talked about his podcast's mission. "I want to have long form, interesting conversations with people who have tools or skills or have acquired wisdom or even just no random sh*t that I don’t know. I want to learn, and that’s very much is still the sort of core idea of what it is that we’re trying to do with this podcast, but it’s also a journal of sorts."
Comeback after the fall
The actor recently caught media attention by selling his car due to a lack of funds for gas. Earlier on the podcast "Painful Lessons," he called the cannibalism accusations "absurd." "People called me a cannibal, and everyone believed them (...) How am I going to be a cannibal? It was bizarre," he revealed.
In July, during a conversation with Bill Maher on the podcast "Club Random," Hammer admitted that his career's fall was somewhat liberating. "Even in the discrepancies, even in the whatever it was that people said, whatever it was that happened, I'm now at a place in my life where I'm grateful for every single bit of it," he stated.
