Armie Hammer played one half of a gay couple in the Oscar-winning romantic drama “Call Me by Your Name,” but his real-life attempt at a sexual encounter with another man went considerably less smoothly, he said.
On Monday’s episode of “The Armie HammerTime Podcast,” the disgraced actor confirmed he had “tried hooking up with a dude one time,” only to find it did “absolutely nothing” for him physically.
Prior to the encounter, Hammer said, he’d concluded that “women are the worst.” Notably, numerous women leveledaccusations of rape and physical abuse against him in 2021, although he was not charged.
He also said that “gay dudes have it so easy” when it comes to navigating sex and dating. As an example, he suggested gay men can be dining at a restaurant and be summoned for a sex act in a restroom only to return minutes later and continue to order from the menu.
“So I was like, ’You know what? I want to give this a try. Like, maybe this actually works for me,” he told actor and mental health coach Dani Druz.
Hammer shared that he’d decided to briefly experiment with his sexuality after meeting a man he described simply as “handsome” and “French,” but found himself deterred by the man’s facial hair and physical stature.
“I remember I started making out with him and I just remember being like, ‘God, beards!’” he recalled. “I get why women like it when you shave. This thing is fucking rough, how do I get in there?”
Watch the new episode of “The Armie HammerTime Podcast” below. Hammer’s comments about his failed hookup begin at the 14:15 mark.
Hammer launched “The Armie HammerTime Podcast” last year as his way of “chronicling” his efforts toward “putting my life back together” after his Hollywood career was derailed by scandal.
One of Hammer’s accusers shared screenshots of private messages she said were from the actor in which he alluded to an interest in cannibalism and other sadistic fetishes.
Hammer denied any wrongdoing but subsequently checked into a Florida rehab facility for “drug, alcohol, and sex issues.” In 2023, the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office dropped its case against him, citing insufficient evidence.
Appearing on “The Louis Theroux Podcast” last month, Hammer once again denied the abuse allegations but admitted to being “a bit of a provocateur” in his private life.
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“Did I ever have any intention of cutting anything off of anyone or eating anything off of anyone? No. That was never really anything that I wanted,” he said. “Was it fun to joke about if I was stoned or drunk or, like, laughing as I was typing these messages? Sure.”
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