Armie Hammer has revealed he is grateful for the shock cannibalism and abuse allegations which imploded his once-stellar Hollywood acting career.
The Call Me By Your Name star, 37, who was at the peak of his fame, fell from grace when a series of disturbing allegations were made against him by multiple women, who accused him of violent abuse and harboring cannibalism fantasies.
In February 2021 his ex-girlfriend, Effie Angelova, 26, accused him of ‘violently’ raping and abusing her in 2017. He denied the accusations of rape through his attorney and said all of his sexual encounters were ‘completely consensual, discussed and agreed upon in advance and mutually participatory’.
Speaking on the Painful Lessons podcast, the actor said of the scandal: ‘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,
‘I’m actually now at a place where I’m really grateful for it because where I was in my life before all of that stuff happened to me I didn’t feel good I never felt satisfied I never had enough I never was in a place where I was happy with myself where I had self-esteem.
Armie Hammer has revealed he is grateful for the shock cannibalism and abuse allegations which imploded his once-stellar Hollywood acting career
The Call Me By Your Name star, 37, who was at the peak of his fame, fell from grace when a series of disturbing allegations were made against him by multiple women, who accused him of violent abuse and harboring cannibalism fantasies – pictured 2019
‘I never knew how to give myself love. I never knew how to give myself self-validation but I had this job where I was able to get it from so many people that I never had to learn how to give it to myself.’
On being accused of cannibalism – the actor reportedly said he was ‘100% a cannibal’ in 2021 texts – he added: ‘People called me a cannibal. Like I ate people! What???? You know what you have to do to be a cannibal? You have to eat people!’
He added of his downfall: ‘It was an ego death, a career death. A neutron bomb went off in my life. It killed off [everything]’
His then-wife Elizabeth Chambers split from him in July 2020 – the former couple share two young children.
The star said he had contemplated suicide during that period, saying: ‘There were a lot of times when I thought I can’t take this anymore. I was getting hate…so it just went right in… there was a time
‘I was standing at the shore and I swam out really far and just laying there..a half-assed suicide attempt…But I thought I couldn’t do that to my kids.’
He admitted his Hollywood career is ‘nowhere now’ and said he’s ‘creating his own sandbox’ and planning to write a screenplay.
Hammer admits that his Hollywood career is “nowhere now” and noted that he’s creating his “own sandbox” where he plans to write a screenplay.
His then-wife Elizabeth Chambers split from him in July 2020 – the former couple share two young children – pictured 2019
The star is seen with Timothee Chalamet in Oscar-winning film Call Me By Your Name
Hammer and ex-wife Elizabeth Chambers’s divorce was finalized in June 2023 – they are seen in 2017
He has repeatedly denied the allegations however the fallout surrounding the scandal has seen Armie’s Hollywood career all but vanish.
Several other women came forward and accused Hammer of being interested in kinky sex and even cannibalism in the wake of Effie’s claims.
The star, who first made his name playing both the Winklevoss twins in The Social Network, was dropped by his personal publicist and former agency as well as multiple projects following the allegations.
Hammer also stepped down from a role in Jennifer Lopez’s film Shotgun Wedding, but maintained his innocence.
‘I’m not responding to these bulls***t claims but in light of the vicious and spurious online attacks against me, I cannot in good conscience now leave my children for four months to shoot a film in the Dominican Republic,’ he said in a statement to DailyMail.
The actor subsequently claimed he tried to commit suicide in the Cayman Islands, where he got a job selling timeshares, following the backlash.
He admitted he was emotionally abusive towards his former partners, but blamed his actions on being traumatized by a youth pastor who allegedly sexually abused him when he was 13.
Hammer’s former partners Paige Lorenze and Courtney Vucekovich then also accused him of being physically and emotionally abusive while they were together.
Armie has not been charged by the LA County District Attorney, and has since made attempts to restart his career.