Armie Hammer announced he is starting “a new life in Los Angeles” in a video posted to Instagram Tuesday, in which he says he must sell his truck because he “can’t afford the gas anymore.”
“I’ve been back in L.A. for a couple of weeks now,” Hammer says in the video, taken at a California CarMax location. “This is my truck. I bought this for myself in 2017 as a Christmas gift for myself, because I’ve had pickup trucks for a long time, and I have loved this truck intensely and taken it camping and across country multiple times and on long road trips. … Since being back in L.A., I have put about $400 or $500 worth of gas in it, and I can’t afford it.”
Hammer was living (and working as a timeshare salesman) in the Cayman Islands after he became a pariah in Hollywood due to sexual abuse allegations brought against him in 2021. As a result of the allegations — which included rape, engaging in cannibalism fantasies and coercing partners into BDSM scenarios — the “Social Network” and “Call Me by Your Name” actor exited several projects, was dropped by his publicist and agent and became the subject of an LAPD investigation. Ultimately, no criminal charges were brought against Hammer, who has denied the allegations and maintained that all relationships were consensual.
In recent months, Hammer has returned to the media spotlight, taking interviews on Bill Maher’s “Club Random” podcast, Tom Arnold’s “Painful Lessons” show and “Piers Morgan Uncensored.” He has held that all sexual assault allegations are untrue while admitting to other “shitty behavior” such as cheating on his wife and “[using] people to make me feel better.” Hammer said that being “canceled” and exiled from the entertainment industry was “liberating,” but he has also announced that he wrote a screenplay that mirrors his life and is hoping to return to filmmaking.
“Here’s to new beginnings,” Hammer said in the video posted Tuesday. “It’s my birthday tomorrow. So, August 28 I will be starting my birthday in a new car, in a new apartment, in a new life in Los Angeles.”
He reflected on various memories associated with the truck, including driving his newborn children home from the hospital. “Thank you very much,” he said, tapping the steering wheel. “You have got me a long way, and I appreciate it all. I hope that you take as good of care of the next person.”
Hammer said he already got a new car, a “tiny” hybrid that will probably require only “10 bucks of gas in it a month.” “I just keep telling myself that parking is going to be easier and gas is going to be cheaper,” he said.