Armie Hammer continued his latest press tour with an look on “Piers Morgan Uncensored” on Friday, the place he mentioned the aftermath of the sexual abuse allegations introduced towards him in 2021.
On account of the allegations — which included rape, participating in cannibalism fantasies and coercing companions into BDSM situations — the “Social Community” and “Name Me by Your Identify” actor exited a number of tasks, was dropped by his publicist and agent and have become the topic of an LAPD investigation. In the end, no legal fees had been introduced towards Hammer, who has denied the allegations and maintained that every one relationships had been consensual.
Regardless of the fallout, Hammer shared with Morgan that a few of his former Hollywood colleagues did attain out, together with Robert Downey Jr. However when requested about studies that the “Iron Man” star paid for his rehab, Hammer stated, “No, he didn’t. He didn’t pay for me to go to rehab.”
When prodded as as to if Downey has been “supportive,” Hammer was hesitant to reply.
“I might say that sure, he has,” Hammer stated, to which Morgan replied, “You don’t appear satisfied, as a result of that was effectively reported. Is that actually not the case?”
Hammer stated, “I don’t wish to convey anybody else into my scenario. There are a variety of people that have been extraordinarily useful, and I’m extremely grateful.”
Pushed additional, Hammer stated that Downey was useful to him “in the best way the place [when] anybody in Hollywood who suffers from any form of dependancy points — whether or not it’s alcohol or course of dependancy or medication — decides to get sober, that man will discover you, and he’ll show you how to. It’s superb.”
Requested for the most effective recommendation Downey gave him, Hammer stated: “‘Sit down, shut up, the whole lot goes to be OK.’”
Representatives for Downey didn’t instantly reply to Selection‘s request for remark.
Morgan additionally requested whether or not Hammer’s previous co-stars Leonardo DiCaprio (“J. Edgar”) or Julia Roberts (“Mirror Mirror”) had reached out in assist, to which Hammer stated no.
“I strive not to consider the individuals who didn’t contact me. I attempt to give attention to the individuals who did, who confirmed their assist,” Hammer stated, including that “a couple of” notable individuals contacted him throughout his tribulations.
“Luca Guadagnino has additionally been vocally supportive, which is one thing that I couldn’t recognize extra,” Hammer stated. (Requested by Selection in 2022 if he would come with Hammer’s character in a hopeful “Name Me by Your Identify” sequel, Guadagnino stated, “Yeah, in fact.”)
Hammer added, “However on the similar time, I’m additionally well-aware that it’s a precarious scenario proper now, and anybody who vocalizes assist comes underneath fireplace. I perceive that my scenario was inflammatory, and anybody who will get too shut may additionally gentle on fireplace.”
Morgan requested Hammer if his “Lone Ranger” co-star Johnny Depp had been in contact, “given what he went via.”
“We’ve communicated a couple of instances… cellphone, FaceTime,” Hammer stated. “I didn’t convey [my situation] to him, he didn’t convey his to me. It was extra of a social name — ‘How are you, good to see you, glad you’re nonetheless alive.’ That form of factor.”
Through the hour-and-20-minute interview, Morgan additionally addressed the allegations that Hammer engaged in cannibalism fantasies, straight up asking him: “Are you a cannibal?”
“No,” Hammer replied. “You recognize what you must do to be a cannibal? You must have truly eaten somebody. So, no.”
Increasing on the subject, Hammer stated: “I don’t assume that’s any completely different than when somebody appears at a child and goes, ‘Oh my God, take a look at these cute little fats legs, I simply wish to eat you up.’”
Hammer additionally touched on an allegation that he branded a former accomplice. Although he “wouldn’t say model,” Hammer admitted to utilizing “the tip of a small knife” to “hint the letter A.”
“There wasn’t even blood within the scenario, it was extra like a scrape,” he added.
Hammer additionally not too long ago appeared on Invoice Maher’s “Membership Random” podcast, the place he stated that being “canceled” was “liberating.”
“Had none of this gone on … my life would have stored going precisely because it was,” Hammer advised Maher. “And I do know that that may finally solely lead in a single place, and that’s loss of life.”
Although Hammer as soon as once more denied all allegations on Maher’s podcast, he did admit to some “dangerous habits.”
“I cheated on my spouse. I used individuals to make me really feel higher. I used to be callous and thoughtless with individuals and their feelings and their well-being. … And that’s shitty habits,” Hammer stated. “There are issues in my habits that I’ve to take accountability for, proper? As a result of that’s pivotal for me, studying and rising from it.”
Addressing the LAPD investigation, Hammer stated, “I used to be underneath the Sword of Damocles, legally talking, for 2 and a half years. They went via telephones, emails, eyewitness studies… they investigated me for 2 and a half years in a time the place if they might have nailed somebody like me, it will have been such a boon for the LAPD.”