in a new video shared to his instagram page, the embattled actor — whose career evaporated following allegations of abuse, as well as cannibalism — said he was unloading his 2017 gmc sierra 1500 denali pickup and opting for a hybrid to save on fuel costs.
insisting that he wasn’t making an ad for carmax, which is a used car retailer, hammer, 38, told his followers that since moving back to los angeles he has put “ about 4 or 500 dollars worth of gas in it.”
“ i can’t afford it. i can’t afford the gas anymore,” hammer admitted.
armie hammer reveals he’s selling his truck because he can’t afford gas anymore. pic.twitter.com/quiuvsa96c
— pop base (@popbase) august 28, 2024
the call me by your name actor went on to speak about the memories he’s had in the truck, including bringing his “kids home from the hospital” and taking “camping trips and road trips.”
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“o n august 28, i will starting my birthday in a new car, in a new apartment, in a new life in los angeles,” he said, before becoming emotional as he thanked his car for getting him “a long way.”
on his instagram page, hammer’s fans were largely supportive in the comments of his video, which has garnered close to one million views. after not having appeared in a new film since 2022’s death on the nile , many voiced hopes that he’ll find his way back to the big screen.
when the british journalist asked hammer about the accusations that he was into cannibalism, he further replied: “this was a very intense affair — very sexually charged — between two people with very similar proclivities and kinks,” he said of the charges made by efrosina “effie” angelova.
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but hammer acknowledged that “conversations that (he and angelova) had inside of that relationship, when you take them outside of that context and put them into broad daylight, it doesn’t look so good.”
he also admitted to branding another partner, paige lorenze, but insisted it “was a scenario that we talked about beforehand.”
in january 2021, lorenze spoke to page six about her allegedly abusive romance with hammer, including an instance when he carved his initial onto her skin.
"are you a cannibal?"
— piers morgan uncensored (@piersuncensored) july 19, 2024
piers morgan grills armie hammer about the scandal that ruined his career and ended his marriage - going live on youtube at 6pm (uk).
📺 https://t.co/qr11ywt8d5@piersmorgan | @armiehammer pic.twitter.com/z4ab7tmdjv
but in june, after some time living in the cayman islands, sources told people that hammer is working to regain his career in hollywood.
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during an appearance on his pal tyler ramsey’s painful lessons podcast earlier this summer, hammer reflected on how the scandal affected his career, which saw him lose roles in jennifer lopez’s shotgun wedding and the offer, a series about the making of the godfather.
“everything in my life falls apart. i lose all my representation. i lose all of my work. i lose everything (and) think this is the worst thing that’s ever happened to me … whatever it was that people said, whatever it was that happened, i’m now at a place in my life where i’m grateful for every single bit of it,” hammer said.