Armie Hammer claims he’s now “turning jobs down” following cannabilism allegations
Actor Armie Hammer has said he is now “turning jobs down” after previously leaving Hollywood in 2021 following sexual assault and cannibalism allegations.
Hammer denied all of the criminal accusations made against him, and in 2023, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office confirmed they would be pursuing the claims made against him by a woman named Effie. Several other women also made allegations against Hammer, but none have resulted in any criminal charges.
As a result of the allegations, Hammer was dropped from all upcoming projects and his agency also severed ties with him. The actor moved to the Cayman Islands, where he worked as a timeshare salesperson.
In October, it was revealed that Hammer was set to return to acting. He is scheduled to star in Frontier Crucible and has also launched his own podcast.
During a new appearance on Christina Pazcitzy and Tom Segura’s podcast, Your Mom’s House, Hammer claimed that public sentiment towards him is shifting, stating, “The worm is turning, it takes time. It’s slow, but generally, now the conversation when my name comes up with people in the industry is, ‘Man, that guy got fucked.’ And that feels really good. It’s really encouraging.”
Hammer also revealed it’s now reached the stage where he’s got the luxury of “turning jobs down,” saying, “My dance card’s getting pretty full. That first job that I turned down after four years of this shit, I mean, it was the best feeling I’ve ever had.”
In addition to appearing in Frontier Crucible, Hammer has two more feature films in the calendar for 2025. Later this month, he’s set to shoot a movie in Croatia, and he will film another project in the Philippines this spring. At this stage, he still doesn’t have any representation.
Elsewhere in the podcast, Hammer speculated that the timing of the allegations made against him occurring during Covid-19 was a reason why it became such a prominent story, stating, “The world seemed like it was falling apart, and people were just deeply unhappy with their own lives. And then this salacious story comes around where this actor wants to murder and eat people. And all of a sudden, everyone’s like, ‘Oh, this is so much more fun to focus on than the fact that I can’t leave my living room.’ And then stories kept coming out and kept coming out and kept coming out.”
Hammer also reflected on his actions, saying, “There are aspects of my behaviour that I think were coming from maybe not the healthiest place. Then there were aspects of my behaviour that were just expressions of my own sexuality. So I had to sort of, like, comb through all of that and figure out what’s coming from the right place, what’s coming from a trauma place. I think somewhere deep down, subconsciously, I wanted to get caught.”
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