Armie Hammer is addressing the allegations made against him, which include claims he is a cannibaland accusations from his ex-girlfriend that he marked her with a knife during their relationship.
Nearly four years after the actor’s career was derailed amid several headline-grabbing scandals and allegations, the actor sat down with Piers Morganwhere he addressed many of the allegations made about his sexual proclivities and past behavior.
In January 2021, influencer and model Paige Lorenze released a statement alleging that during her two-month romance with Hammer, he used a knife to carve the letter “A” into her skin.
Addressing these allegations in an episode of Piers Morgan UncensoredPosted on YouTube on Friday, Hammer said he disagreed with Lorenze’s description of events, telling Morgan: “I wouldn’t say brand, no.”
“There was a scenario we talked about before. I would basically take a tiny little dot and just trace the letter ‘A’ — like (with) the tip of a little knife,” Hammer said, adding, “There wasn’t even any blood.”
“It was more like a scratch,” Hammer said, arguing that it was “something like couples tattooing their initials on each other.”
“I guarantee it was such a small thing,” he said. “I think to some it probably sounds very strange. To some it probably sounds like a very romantic gesture.”
According to Lorenze’s 2021 allegations, she recounted the incident and stated, “I just kind of sat back and let it happen… I didn’t really know what to do or say. As sad as it is, I wanted him to like me and feel like I was willing to do what he wanted.”
“I said, ‘How am I going to see other people when I have bruises?’ He said, ‘That’s the point.’ I think it was part of the marking and branding,” said Lorenze, who also claimed that her sexual encounters with Hammer involved BDSM and left her traumatized.
“He told me there’s a whole community that will do these things, that it’s not criminal,” Lorenze said. The Daily Mail at the time. “He really thought his fantasies were normal behavior in the BDSM community, not normative, sexual kink. I thought that was it. I thought I was safe.”
“You can be equally traumatized by consensual sex,” she said. “It is unacceptable that he coerces women into agreeing to let him hurt them.”
Hammer’s attorney denied Lorenze’s allegations at the time, releasing a statement to Page Six which said: “These claims about Mr. Hammer are patently false. Any interactions with this person, or any partner of his, were completely consensual in that they were fully discussed, agreed upon and mutually participatory.”
During the lengthy interview with Morgan, he asked Hammer about some other controversial allegations against him.
“First of all, address the elephant in the room. Are you a cannibal?” Morgan asked, which Hammer denied. Morgan continued with, “Have you ever eaten human flesh?”
“It’s not a question I thought I’d have to answer, by the way, but no, never,” Hammer replied. When asked how he thinks so many people believe he’s a cannibal, Hammer said, “If you believe that, I have a bridge to sell you.”
Explaining that the numerous leaked text messages he sent to multiple women — including one in which he declared, “I am 100% a cannibal” — were sexual fantasies and not real.
“This was a very intense, very sexually charged affair between two people with very similar inclinations and kinks, and any of those conversations that we had within that relationship, when you take them out of that context and put them in broad daylight, they don’t look so good,” Hammer said, later explaining that “different people have different sexual fantasies.”
After private messages allegedly written by him but unconfirmed, in which graphic sexual fantasies were described, went viral online in January 2021, Hammer called the allegations “bullshit” and got off his role alongside Jennifer Lopez in Forced marriage. Hammer has also faced multiple allegations of rape and physical abuse.
Shortly after, he was dropped by his talent agency and publicist. The rest of his acting work dried up as he faced allegations of sexual assaultwhich he denied and said were “completely consensual.” In May 2023, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced that after an “extremely thorough review,” there was not enough evidence to charge him with a crime.
Shortly before these allegations surfaced, Hammer and his ex-wife, Elizabeth Chambers, announced their decision to divorce after 10 years of marriage and 13 years together. The couple have a 9-year-old daughter, Harper, and a 7-year-old son, Ford.
A source told ET in June“Elizabeth continues to amicably co-parent with her ex, and has truly put the past behind her. She is committed to raising her children to be the best they can be, continuing her entrepreneurial endeavors, and looking forward to a bright future for herself and her family.”
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