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Well, Armie Hammer is doing press again.
TheCall Me By Your Nameactor denied the allegations, but was ultimatelydropped by his talent agencythat year.
He voluntarily exited several acting projects and was removed from others.
But Hammer has apparently decided that now is the right time to start talking again.
Below, here are 13 of the biggest takeaways from his first interview in two years.
He admitted to being emotionally abusive.
He said women would feel abandoned or used when he moved on to other women.
And treated people more poorly than they should have been treated.
But he claimed that all his sexual encounters have been consensual.
Hammer denied ever engaging in nonconsensual sex with any of his partners.
Every single thing was discussed beforehand, he said of his sexual encounters.
I have never thrust this on someone unexpectedly.
Theyre the ones who can say stop at any moment.
Theyre the ones who set the boundaries, he said.
He thinks his interest in BDSM stems from being sexually abused as a teen.
I was powerless in the situation.
I had no agency in the situation.
My interests then went to: I want to have control in the situation, sexually.
Hammer claimed that his parents were dismissive when he tried to express his discomfort with the pastor.
He recalled confiding in his godmother, who corroborated the account to Air Mail.
He alleged that Effie, the woman who accused him of rape, actually planned it as a scene.
Hammer waspreviously accusedof mentally, emotionally, and sexually abusing a former partner, initially identified as Effie.
She specifically alleged that Hammer violently raped me for over four hours during a 2017 incident.
Hammer said that Effie introduced him to thepractice, which is often associated with the BDSM community.
He claimed that while he had sex with Effie multiple times, they only had one scheduled CNC event.
The actor said that the scene was planned over Facebook Messenger.
He claimed that he was injured around the time of the alleged rape.
Hammer was reportedly recovering from a serious pectoral injury when the alleged rape happened.
Air Mail also included a screenshot of a 2018 tweet in which Hammer retroactively referenced the injury.
Effie allegedly told some Instagram followers that Hammer did not rape her.
He didnt rape anyone.
She also allegedly told another follower that she was not saying that Hammer raped her.
Air Mail reports that these conversations took place just before Effie made her initial allegations public in 2021.
Hammer acknowledged an imbalance of power with two accusers.
I would have these younger women in their mid-20s, and Im in my 30s.
I was a successful actor at the time, he reflected.
Thats an imbalance of power in the situation.
Still, he addressed the two womens accusations by claiming that he had their consent.
Elizabeth Chambers asked Hammer to do a psycho-legal evaluation.
She and Hammer were both asked to provide sources to be interviewed for the report.
Hammer reportedly pointed psychologists to family members and friends.
The report ultimately endorsed his request for partial custody.
He attempted suicide after the allegations against him surfaced.
Hammer said he attempted to take his own life in February 2021 while quarantining in the Cayman Islands.
Hes massively in debt.
My financial status is I am not only broke; I am massively in debt, he said.
At one point, he said a friend had to help him pay for groceries.
He wasnt technically supposed to have that time-share job.
Last summer, Hammer was spottedselling time-sharesin the Cayman Islands.
He also said that he wasnt making any money or even on payroll for the job.
He has a new career now.
Hammer said he is working as a sober companion for a fellow recovering addict who recently left rehab.
Twelve steps in action.
And yes, he has thoughts on cancel-culture and woke-mob business.
Hammer said he aspires to experience growth after pain.
And that, I feel like, is whats missing in this cancel-culture, woke-mob business, Hammer said.
The minute anyone does anything wrong, theyre thrown away.
Theres no chance for rehabilitation.
