Armie Hammer is finally speaking out in depth about the allegations of cannibalism, sexual misconduct and an accusation of rape that upended his career three years ago. Hammer appeared on the 'Painful Lessons' podcast with host and personal friend Tyler Ramsey saying that ultimately, he is "grateful" for the entire experience.
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00:00Armie Hammer is finally speaking out in depth about the allegations of cannibalism,
00:04sexual misconduct and an accusation of rape that upended his career three years ago.
00:10Hammer appeared on the Painful Lessons podcast with host and personal friend Tyler Ramsey
00:15saying that ultimately he is grateful for the entire experience.
00:19The actor's career was at an all-time high following praise in 2017's Call Me By Your Name
00:24but then in January of 2021 an anonymous Instagram account published alleged text
00:30messages Hammer had sent to various women that included dark sexual fantasies and a
00:34reference to cannibalism. Soon more allegations of abuse and cannibalism came out before his
00:40anonymous Instagram accuser then came forward to claim Hammer raped her in April of 2017
00:45with the LAPD opening up an investigation into the actor that eventually brought no charges.
00:51Hammer denied any criminal wrongdoing while accepting some responsibility and noting that
00:55he was in recovery. Hammer now says on the podcast,
00:58I'm actually now at a place where I'm really grateful for it. Because where I was in my life
01:02before all of that stuff happened to me, I didn't feel good. I never felt satisfied. I never had
01:07enough. The fallout from the scandalous accusations, Hammer told Ramsey, was an ego
01:12death, a career death. A neutron bomb went off in my life. It killed off everything.
01:16He also opened up about the suicidal ideation that followed after.
01:20I was standing on the shore and I just looked out at the ocean and thought, yep, this is it.
01:24And I just swam out really far. Now he said the lessons he learned and new perspective
01:29gained from the scandal are invaluable. He also discussed the rumors of him eating human flesh.
01:34That's hilarious. People called me a cannibal and everyone believed them. They're like, yep,
01:38that guy ate people. They're just like, what? Like, what are you talking about?
01:42He also noted that while Hollywood has not come knocking with any new opportunities,
01:46he has co-written a screenplay that he plans to see through to the next stage
01:49of making it into a film. For more on Armie Hammer's podcast appearance,
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