Armie Hammer now says he’s ‘grateful’ for cannibalism and misconduct scandal

Armie Hammer is speaking out about allegations of cannibalism, sexual misconduct and a rape accusation that upended his career three years ago, saying this weekend he was “grateful” for the experience.

Hammer, 37, was enjoying a career resurgence after receiving praise for his roles in the 2017 film. Call me by your name And sorry to disturb you the following year, after nearly a decade of struggling to break through following his breakout role as the Winklevoss twins in The social network. Then, in January 2021, an anonymous Instagram account posted what claimed to be text messages Hammer had sent to various women including dark sexual fantasies and a reference to cannibalism.

The same month, his ex Courtney Vucekovich detailed to Page six the psychological violence she said she suffered in the relationship; Vucekovich said this led to her entering the hospital with PTSD. The cannibalistic chatter around Hammer grew louder when she claimed he had expressed a want to break his rib and eat it. A third woman later claimed the actor had “marked” her, intentionally left her covered in bruises and also talked about “consuming” her. Her anonymous accuser on Instagram later came forward to claim that Hammer had raped her in April 2017, and the Los Angeles Police Department opened an investigation into the actor.

Discovery+ docuseries sequel House of the Hammer Regarding the allegations, Hammer denied any criminal wrongdoing while accepting responsibility for being a selfish “asshole,” saying he was in recovery.

Appearing now, over a year later, on the Painful lessons podcast On Sunday, Hammer told host Tyler Ramsey — a personal friend, as noted at the top of the episode — that he was now grateful for those events and for all the events in his life, because it got him there where he was in his life and with himself. Today.

“No matter what people said, no matter what happened, I’m at a place in my life now where I’m grateful for every moment,” Hammer said. “I’m actually at a point now where I’m really grateful for it, because where I was in my life before all this happened to me, I didn’t feel good. I never felt satisfied. I never had enough. I have never been in a place where I was happy with myself.

Hammer described his lack of self-esteem at the time of the accusations as a “black hole” where any praise for him or his work would quickly evaporate. Today, he said, the lessons he learned and the new perspective gained in the scandal’s wake are invaluable, and he hopes those he loves can experiment, albeit on a “scale.” much smaller.”

Hammer also said he now laughs off rumors that he ate human flesh.

“I’m able to look at it with a sense of distance and perspective and say, ‘That’s hilarious.’ People called me a cannibal and everyone believed it. They say, “Yeah, this guy ate…”