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Poor Hammer looks back on the cannibalism allegations that ended his Hollywood career four years ago.
In early 2021 the Call me by your name actor was accused of rape by an ex, and several unverified direct messages describing vivid sexual fantasies were attributed to him. Hammer vehemently denied the rape allegations and said his sexual encounters were consensual. A Los Angeles Police Department investigation into the claims concluded in May 2023 and the actor was not charged.
Appears on Wednesday, January 1, on the episode of the podcast ‘Your Mom’s House’, presented by Christina Pazsitzy And Tom SeguraHammer admitted it was a “wild time.”
“COVID was happening, people were cooped up in their apartments, people were miserable,” Hammer, 38, said. ‘There was all kinds of things going on. It seemed like the world was falling apart. And people were deeply unhappy with their own lives. And then along comes this salacious story where this actor wants to kill and eat people, and suddenly everyone’s like, “Oh, this is so much more fun to focus on than the fact that I can’t leave my living room.” Everyone was like, ‘Let’s just keep developing this story.’”
He continued, “I think I was just in complete panic. There would be articles in the Punjabi Times about how I was a cannibal and all that. I think in March 2021 I was the fifth most searched for person on Google in the world. And it was all negative.”
“Suddenly you’re standing there naked in front of the world, with your every inclination or kink being judged by the world,” added Hammer, who seemed to take ownership of at least some of the explicit messages attributed to him. the time. “That’s hard.”
After he became famous after his role in The social network and other major blockbusters, Hammer said he had difficulty maintaining his sleek Hollywood image. Hammer was married to at the time Elisabeth Kamerswith whom he has two children, daughter Harper, 10, and son Ford, 7. He said his behavior on social media was somehow a response to how he was feeling.
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“I think somewhere deep down, subconsciously, I wanted to get caught. I couldn’t agree with the public’s image of me. Like, ‘Look at them, they look like the Ralph Lauren family. They have the perfect life, the perfect house and the perfect kids,” Hammer explained. “I was like, ‘I feel like an alien.’ I liked rope bondage pictures on my Twitter. It was like I was whistling for it, if you will, and wanted to get caught. People would say, “I don’t think he knows his Twitter likes are public.” I saw that and I thought, ‘I know.’
Hammer addressed the public backlash to his alleged direct messages, saying his conversations had been taken out of context.
He said: ‘If someone would take conversations in someone’s bedroom, especially when people were having a bit of a sexy time, and they would pick up on the bullshit they were saying, even if it was completely vanilla, and you read that elsewhere in the context, then everyone I’m going to say, ‘You guys are fucking disgusting.’”
Hammer also admitted to having fantasies about rope bondage, explaining, “I like the idea of you being so completely mine. I can do whatever you want, and you love it because you know you’re mine. This kind of property.”
“It’s just fun to talk about… especially when you’re drunk or stoned or high at night and you’re texting and chuckling to yourself,” he added. “Like, ‘I’m going to cut off your toe and keep it in my pocket so I have a piece of you everywhere I go. Hahaha.’ Then it’s read in the court of public opinion and everyone says, ‘You’re crazy.’