Armie Hammer reveals why he cut his mother out of his life for ‘a long time’

Armie Hammer revealed he had a falling out with his mother, Dru Hammer, over religion after the cannibalism accusations.

On Monday’s episode of his new Armie HammerTime Podcast, the actor, 38, candidly opened up about his relationship with his mother.

While chatting with his mother Dru, he said that he has ‘very clear boundaries’ and does not want her to ‘talk to me about God all the time.’ 

Addressing his mom, Hammer explained that his ‘understanding is that you feel this is such a big part of who you are and what you are and your purpose, that that’s just what you do, all the time. 

This comes shortly after he returned with a new podcast, admitted he ‘likes the cannibal stuff now‘ and is reviving his movie making career three years after the infamous scandal.

In just his second podcast episode, he explained there was a time when he was estranged from his mother. 

‘We actually had a period in our lives when we didn’t talk at all because I said, “I don’t need a pastor, I need a mom. And if you’re unable to be a mom and only able to be a pastor, then I don’t need that relationship in my life. I don’t need another pastor”,’ he recalled.

‘And we didn’t talk for a while, because you were just like, “This is who I am.” And that’s fine. Everybody is allowed to react however they want when boundaries are presented,’ he continued.

Hammer also told his mom that he has ‘no problem’ with her relationship with religion as he believes ‘everyone is entitled to their own spirituality.’ 

‘I think we are all spiritual beings, and I have a thriving spiritual practice,’ he said. ‘I start every morning with meditation and a prayer and a gratitude practice — all of those things that I’ve learned in my recovery,’ he shared. 

‘The place where you and I get into trouble is when it feels like to me that my spirituality does not look exactly like your spirituality, so you try to proselytize or convert or bring me half a dozen bibles or whatever so that you want my spirituality to look exactly like yours. And I think that’s where we get into the weeds with it. At least, that’s how it feels to me.’ 

Then, his mother began sharing stories about the origins of his gifted bibles and spoke about being ‘radically healed’ through religion. 

Hammer interrupted her to get back to his point. ‘I’m really trying to be respectful of your time and your talking but we have not gotten back to the point that I brought up, which is our personal relationship,’ he told her. 

While chatting with his mother Dru, he said that he has ‘very clear boundaries’ and does not want her to ‘talk to me about God all the time.’ Addressing his mom, Hammer explained that his ‘understanding is that you feel this is such a big part of who you are and what you are and your purpose, that that’s just what you do, all the time; pictured February 2019 in Santa Monica

In just his second podcast episode, he explained there was a time when he was estranged from his mother. Hammer also told his mom that he has ‘no problem’ with her relationship with religion as he believes ‘everyone is entitled to their own spirituality’

‘I brought up what I feel about our personal relationship and you then went to talk about Christ. That is what I feel causes division in our relationship, where I feel like you and I do not connect very well on a personal level because it feels like to me, everything that comes up is an opportunity for you to talk about Christ — which is great, [but] the fact that it feels like an impediment for us having a personal relationship is the reason I feel like we did not speak for a long time.’ 

In response, his mother told him: ‘To be fair, what I was saying is I believe as a Christian, that is what we are called to do. So you come from that perspective, and all I was doing was explaining why I do what I do. Because you’re called to be an actor. I’m called to be an evangelist.’ 

His latest podcast episode comes shortly after he revealed he has returned to making movies, three years after his cannibalism scandal imploded his career. 

The actor fell from grace when he was at the peak of his fame after multiple woman accused him of violent abuse and harboring cannibalism fantasies. 

Hammer has vehemently denied the claims and did not face any charges, but his career and personal life did suffer a setback.

Following the series of disturbing allegations and his quiet hiatus, the Call Me By Your Name actor announced his return late last month with photos from his new project, a Western film called Frontier Crucible. 

Then, his mother began sharing stories about the origins of his gifted bibles and spoke about being ‘radically healed’ through religion

Hammer interrupted her to get back to his point. ‘I’m really trying to be respectful of your time and your talking but we have not gotten back to the point that I brought up, which is our personal relationship,’ he told her

‘Back in the saddle,’ he captioned the post. Deadline reports the film will begin shooting in November in Monument Valley and Prescott, Arizona. 

The film, which also stars Thomas Jane and is being directed by Travis Mills, is an adaptation of Harry Whittington’s 1961 western book Desert Stake-Out. 

According to the outlet, it was pitched by producer Dallas Sonnier as Reservoir Dogs meets Bone Tomahawk. 

The movie will take place in the 1870s in the Arizona Territory and centers around a former soldier with a tragic past who forges a tenuous alliance with three outlaws, a beautiful woman, and her injured husband. Together, they all try and survive the western frontier.