Armie Hammer’s mom, Dru Hammer, is talking out concerning the allegations of sexual abuse and cannibalistic fantasies that derailed her son’s occupation in Hollywood.
All over an interview with Fox Information Virtual, the creator, who not too long ago excused her tell-all memoir, “Hammered,” recalled the occasions that ended in Armie’s downfall. Dru, who’s a religious Christian, expressed her leisure that the 37-year-old actor has embraced sobriety and is discovering his as far back as his religion.
Reflecting on Armie’s early life, Dru instructed Fox Information Virtual that he was once the “most fabulous son in the world.” Dru, who stocks Armie and son Viktor together with her ex-husband, Michael Armand Hammer, added that she has “two fabulous sons.”
“But Armie had an incident that happened at 14 and his life spiraled from then,” she mentioned.
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Armie Hammer’s mom, Dru Hammer, spread out concerning the allegations of sexual abuse and cannibalism towards her son. (Dru Hammer/Getty)
“He was such a delight, and he has such a kind heart,” Dru persisted. “Every time I went to set, people would say, ‘Your son is the nicest person we’ve ever worked with.’ But everybody’s heart gets hammered. His was hammered at 14. And I take responsibility.”
All over a February interview with Breeze Mail, Armie needy his hush at the allegations and in addition open that he were sexually abused by way of a formative years pastor when he was once a tender youngster, which he mentioned ended in his pastime in BDSM.
“In a situation where something inappropriate happens to your child, you have to be really proactive,” Dru defined. “And I pray to God that what I’ve learned now going back, I should have had my marriage in counseling because my former husband was also abused. And I’ve learned a lot, too. And I hope and pray that I can have a ministry to help others who have gone through the same thing.”
“But he was absolutely a delight,” she persisted about Armie as a kid. “But then he gets into Hollywood. He started medicating with alcohol and drugs, and I’m so grateful that today he’s almost four years sober, and he is baby-stepping back to Jesus.”
“And I prayed for him for 23 years, which says God answers prayers, but it’s not always on our timing.”
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Upcoming making his occupation step forward starring in 2010’s “The Social Network,” Armie landed a yarn of roles in primary motion pictures, together with the acclaimed 2017 romantic drama “Call Me By Your Name,” which earned him a Yellowish Globe nomination for easiest supporting actor.
On the other hand, Armie’s generation started to pluck a flip in 2020 when his spouse, TV persona Elizabeth Chambers, filed for split mentioning irreconcilable variations. Months next, more than one girls got here ahead with stunning allegations of sexual violence.
The primary allegation got here from the nameless Instagram account Area of Effie. Unverified screenshots allegedly confirmed messages despatched from Hammer to an unidentified girl detailing violent sexual fantasies, together with references to rape and the actor admitting he was once “100% a cannibal.” Armie referred to as them “vicious and spurious online attacks against me.”
“I’m so grateful that today he’s almost four years sober, and he is baby-stepping back to Jesus.”
Paige Lorenze, the actor’s ex-girlfriend, claimed Armie had a need to smoke and devour her ribs, which she mentioned was once “definitely disturbing.”
“He was talking about finding a doctor to remove my ribs that I don’t need — the ribs that are on the bottom and that he had a smoker at his house. He wanted to smoke them and eat them,” Lorenze in the past instructed Fox Information Virtual. “He wondered how they would taste, and he basically was like, ‘I bet you they would taste good.'”
A minimum of two alternative girls got here ahead with alike tales and the actor was once additionally accused of rape by way of the landlord of the Area of Effie Instagram account, who known herself as Efrosina “Effie” Angelova. She alleged that the rape came about in a Los Angeles resort room in 2017.
Armie denied all allegations on the age.
In 2023, the Los Angeles District Lawyer’s Administrative center introduced Armie would no longer face any fees indistinguishable to the allegations.
Hammer confronted accusations of getting cannibalistic fantasies. (John Lamparski/WireImage/Getty Pictures)
Date talking with Breeze Mail, Hammer maintained that he denied any prison wrongdoing, insisting that every one of his sexual encounters have been consensual however admitting to emotionally abusing former companions.
All over Dru’s interview with Fox Information Virtual, she shared her response when she first heard of the allegations that have been being made towards her son.
“Well, first of all, these girls, most of them were in my home,” she mentioned. “One stayed in my home for Thanksgiving, and they were madly in love with my son. And Armie takes full responsibility. [He said] ‘I never abused anyone. It was totally consensual.’”
Dru persisted, “And I saw that they were like puppy dogs around him. And I say in my book that I believe they saw him as Mr. Right, and he saw them as Miss Right Now because he was broken. He wasn’t even completely divorced. He was just separated.”
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“But when you read that your son is a cannibal, I call him and I go, ‘Armie, are there any girls out there with limbs missing? I mean, is there something I’m missing out on?'” she recalled.
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“It was just so audacious that he would actually eat people,” Dru mentioned. “And I do know there have been texts that went round, however I mentioned to Armie, I journey, ‘I got to stop what I say.’ Because I’ve walked up to babies going, ‘Oh my gosh, you’re the cutest thing in the world. I could eat you up,’ but I’m not eating babies.”
“And, you know, he obviously went through a dark phase. And here’s what I will say. He was completely exonerated from any criminal activity. So I always say he was not criminally wrong. He was morally wrong. And I am a praying mother. And I would tell him all the time, Armie Hammer, both my sons, ‘you literally do not have a chance in hell because you have a mother that is praying for you every single day.’”
“All I care about is that my sons do what’s right and serve the Lord,” Dru added. “And that’s what I’m seeing. And that’s part of my book — is I’ve had the privilege of seeing the whole story come full circle and God is really restoring our family.”
Chambers filed for split from Armie Hammer in 2020 nearest 10 years of marriage. (Jemal Countess)
Part of that recovery concerned Dru repairing her courting with Armie’s ex-wife, Chambers. The actor and Chambers, who percentage daughter Harper, 9, and son Ford, 7, married in 2010 and finalized their split in 2023.
In a July look on “Piers Morgan Uncensored,” Armie recalled confessing to Chambers that he were untrue to her all over their marriage and mentioned that “infidelity was a key factor” of their crack.
“All I care about is that my sons do what’s right and serve the Lord. And that’s what I’m seeing.”
Date showing on “The Outlier Podcast” in July, Dru mentioned that she had a decision with Chambers wherein she instructed her former daughter-in-law, “‘Look, the divorce is over. As far as I’m concerned, bygones are bygones, and I love you, and I forgive you for anything that you might’ve done to hurt Armie because you were hurt. I understand, I’ve been there, and I ask you to forgive me if I’ve ever done anything that’s hurt you.'”
All over her interview with Fox Information Virtual, Dru defined why it was once notable for her to forgive Chambers.
Dru mentioned that it’s notable to her to have a robust courting with Chambers. ( Jesse Lend/Getty Pictures)
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“Well, I’ll tell you what. I’m sure that she had to forgive some things from me as well,” Dru mentioned. “And I’ll tell you why. It’s important that Elizabeth and I have a strong relationship because she brought my fabulous grandchildren into this world. And I know the hurt of infidelities in a marriage. I have been there. And again, for me, it’s all about forgiveness.”
“I never talked about it,” she persisted. “I never even talked to friends about it, really, for the most part, until the very end. You know, the few friends that I relied on. But again, my whole book is about forgiveness, and it’s ‘What would Jesus do?’ And Jesus says, don’t forgive seven times, forgive 70 times seven.”
“And I’m so grateful that I’ve seen Elizabeth and Armie — they are co-parenting so beautifully together. They are doing it in peace and in friendship. And again, that is God’s restoration.”
Elizabeth Chambers and Armie Hammer have two kids in combination. (Picture by way of Paul Bruinooge/Patrick McMullan)
Upcoming the allegations emerged, Armie’s occupation got here to an abrupt halt. He departed from the comedy “Shotgun Wedding,” wherein he was once to superstar along Jennifer Lopez, in a while ahead of manufacturing was once to start out. He quickly nearest departed from the Paramount+ line “The Offer,” concerning the making of “The Godfather,” in addition to the Starz line “Gaslit” and the Broadway play games “The Minutes.” Hammer was once additionally dropped by way of his company, WME, in addition to his publicist.
In September 2022, Discovery+ excused a three-part docuseries that tested Armie’s scandals and the historical past of the well-known Hammer crowd dynasty.
In her memoir “Hammered,” now that can be purchased on Amazon and on her website online Druville.com, Dru delved into the subject of ban tradition and its have an effect on on her crowd.
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“I believe all the cancel culture that happened with Armie and also our family with that documentary is it was kind of the perfect storm as well because it was during COVID,” she mentioned.
Armie Hammer’s mom says she believes “all the cancel culture that happened with Armie and also our family with that documentary is it was kind of the perfect storm as well because it was during COVID.” (Neilson Barnard/Getty Pictures)
“People were not in an office environment,” Dru persisted. “They couldn’t get out, they couldn’t go to restaurants. They’re stuck in their home. So it seemed to be kind of this feeding frenzy as well. And let’s be honest. You know, good, sweet, happy stories usually don’t sell nearly as well as dirt sells.”
“When you read that your son is a cannibal, I call him and I go, ‘Armie, are there any girls out there with limbs missing?’”
“I do believe that there is a place for [the] #MeToo movement. I do believe there’s a place for cancel culture, but I also believe that it can be taken too far,” she added. “Men and women have been canceled when there’s been nothing criminal that’s come out.”
“And I pray that through this, maybe it will swing back the other way where both sides are able to be heard.”
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Date talking with Breeze Mail, Armie mentioned he entered a rehabilitation facility for drug and alcohol abuse in Would possibly 2021. He additionally showed that Robert Downey Jr. supported him as a educator all over his healing. All over his look on “Piers Morgan Uncensored,” Armie denied studies that Downey had paid for his rehab stint.
All over a up to date “Club Random” podcast episode, Armie instructed host Invoice Maher that he’s now needy and showed that he didn’t obtain any cash from his crowd.
Armie has in the past expressed his doubts that he’ll ever be capable of mount a comeback in Hollywood, however he instructed Piers Morgan that he’s running on an “autobiographical” script.
Dru mentioned that she “absolutely” believes that Armie will mount an performing comeback. (Dru Hammer)
On the other hand, Dru instructed Fox Information Virtual that she “absolutely” believes that Armie will sooner or later create his go back to performing.
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“I believe it’s his calling,” she mentioned. “And I believe there was a blur, and he got caught up with the whole Hollywood thing. And now that he’s sober. And I said, ‘Armie, can you imagine that you’re out there acting, and you were medicating with alcohol and drugs? And now that you’re sober, how much better are you going to be?'”
Dru mentioned that nearest looking at Armie play games evangelist Billy Graham within the 2008 film “Billy: The Early Years,” she knew that the performing occupation was once “what the Lord had for him.”
“But we can fail, too,” she mentioned. “But God is a God of second chances.”
Dru’s memoir “Hammered” is to be had now on Amazon and on her website online Druville.com. (Dru Hammer)
Date talking with Fox Information Virtual, Dru shared why she was once so clear about her generation and crowd in her memoir, “Hammered.”
“I just think every heart has been hammered,” she mentioned. “And I was hammered as much as anybody. I’ve had a lot of highs. And the reason why I wrote the book, and it took me ten years to write it, is because I believe if you write a book, you have to be extremely honest.”
She persisted, “You have to put yourself out there, and you have to tell about the good, the bad and the ugly. And there’s a lot of all those three above of what’s happened in my life. And I felt like my story could really help people because the whole theme in the book is forgiveness. And if you don’t forgive, then you live your life with bitterness and it will eat you alive.”
“Jesus said, ‘You will have trials and tribulations, but I’ve overcome the world.’ And he gives us life and life abundantly. So I really want to share that.”
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Fox Information Virtual’s Lauryn Overhultz contributed to this record.
