Armie Hammer has taken goal at his accusers whereas sustaining that his cannibalism texts had been merely jokes.
Hollywood will be an oddly forgiving place. However in terms of cannibalism, that simply is likely to be too taboo. Regardless that Armie Hammer is attempting to stage his comeback and he claims to be getting provide after provide, it’s going to be a troublesome journey again that may require some thick pores and skin. As for the cannibalism feedback themselves, Armie Hammer simply thought they had been enjoyable.
As Armie Hammer not too long ago stated on The Louis Theroux Podcast (by way of Vainness Truthful), the notorious textual content messages the place he claimed to like cannibalism got here from a spot buried in humor. “It’s fun to ruffle feathers and it’s fun to push the envelope little by little. Did I ever have any intention of cutting anything off of anyone or eating anything off of anyone? No. There was never really anything that I wanted. Was it fun to joke about if I was stoned or drunk or like laughing as I was typing these messages? Sure.” At this level, I can’t assist however be reminded of the joke in regards to the cannibals consuming a clown, the place one turns to the opposite and asks, “Does this taste funny to you?”
However it wasn’t simply cannibalism that put Arnie Hammer on the chopping block; it was additionally the accusations of assault and abuse. To those claims, Hammer says it was simply “people wanting attention, people wanting to be a part of a community. They get a lot of attention, they get a lot of support.” Even nonetheless, Hammer does admit he was each an “asshole” and a “dick”, which he can’t assist however level out shouldn’t be against the law.
Perhaps teaming with Uwe Boll isn’t the best profession transfer (even when you weren’t accused of cannibalism) however Armie Hammer has to restart someplace. And whereas his days as a Hollywood main man are little doubt over, contemplating he was by no means indicted on any prices, definitely many will assume he deserves one other likelihood…though it doesn’t look like any of his current feedback are going to do a complete lot in making him appear remorseful.
What’s the extent that you simply see Armie Hammer recovering from the cannibalism accusations? Give us your predictions for the way forward for his profession under.
