1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,440 Speaker 1: This episode contains content that may be disturbing to some listeners. 2 00:00:03,840 --> 00:00:07,960 Speaker 1: Please check the show notes for more information. Hollywood Land 3 00:00:08,119 --> 00:00:11,360 Speaker 1: is a production of Double Elvis. Can You give Me 4 00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:15,400 Speaker 1: Something to Eat? Alma Gay? 5 00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:23,000 Speaker 2: I should like to watch I Want Some Hot Water, 6 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:28,960 Speaker 2: The low short Silver play What Time Do You Die? 7 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:29,800 Speaker 1: A Killer? 8 00:00:32,120 --> 00:00:36,120 Speaker 3: The stories about Armie Hammer are insane. First of all, 9 00:00:36,520 --> 00:00:38,800 Speaker 3: given what happened to him, what we knew about him. 10 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:42,760 Speaker 3: His name is Armie Hammer. Second of all, he got 11 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:46,240 Speaker 3: kicked out of prep school, and not for innocent prep 12 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:48,920 Speaker 3: school things, for writing his name on the campus lawn 13 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:52,000 Speaker 3: and lighter fluid and then setting it a flame. He 14 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:54,720 Speaker 3: punched a homeless man in the face and then stole 15 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:58,480 Speaker 3: his knife. And speaking of names and knives, he once 16 00:00:58,560 --> 00:01:02,920 Speaker 3: carved his initials into a woman's groin during intercourse. He 17 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:05,760 Speaker 3: even looked the blood from the wound. He sent text 18 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:09,720 Speaker 3: messages that used a cannibal kink as foreplay. And although 19 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:12,880 Speaker 3: he has become more famous for his bizarre compulsions than 20 00:01:12,959 --> 00:01:17,839 Speaker 3: for his acting, Armie Hammer did make great films. Unlike 21 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:19,520 Speaker 3: that clip, I played a few at the top of 22 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:22,640 Speaker 3: the show that wasn't a clip from a great film. 23 00:01:22,880 --> 00:01:25,120 Speaker 3: That was a fair you sample from the Library of 24 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:28,880 Speaker 3: Congress of French lesson number two Food and Lodging from 25 00:01:28,959 --> 00:01:33,280 Speaker 3: nineteen seventeen. I played you that clip because I can't 26 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:36,280 Speaker 3: afford the rights to a clip from Patty Jenkins's Wonder 27 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:39,840 Speaker 3: Woman in nineteen eighty four. And why would I play 28 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:44,080 Speaker 3: you that specific slice of Lasso of Truth Cheese? Could 29 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:47,720 Speaker 3: I afford it? Because that was the number one movie 30 00:01:47,800 --> 00:01:52,080 Speaker 3: in America On January tenth, twenty twenty one, and that 31 00:01:52,360 --> 00:01:55,440 Speaker 3: was the day that an anonymous Instagram account began posting 32 00:01:55,520 --> 00:02:00,520 Speaker 3: screenshots of graphic conversations with Armie Hammer exposed some of 33 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:05,720 Speaker 3: his more bloodthirsty and taboo fetishes to the world in 34 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:13,240 Speaker 3: this episode Knives, Kinks, Compulsions, bloodthirsty fetishes in Armie Hammer, 35 00:02:14,440 --> 00:02:40,160 Speaker 3: I'm Jake Brennan and this is Hollywood Land. Armie Hammer 36 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:43,880 Speaker 3: panned his phone around the room the hotel upgraded him, 37 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:46,760 Speaker 3: he explained, as he shot video video meant to be 38 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:49,560 Speaker 3: seen by only a handful of Instagram users who knew 39 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:52,519 Speaker 3: that his fake account existed. He gave his fence to 40 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:55,120 Speaker 3: audience a quick tour of the bathroom with its separate 41 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 3: tub and shower, and then he swung the camera past 42 00:02:58,360 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 3: the closet and into the bedroom, where a dark haired 43 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:04,000 Speaker 3: woman in a lacy black garter belt was perched up 44 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:08,440 Speaker 3: doggie style on the bed. Her ass showcased a fresh 45 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:13,200 Speaker 3: red hand mark bed looks comfy. Army chuckled, oh, and 46 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 3: here's the view from the balcony. Armie Hammer was in 47 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:19,919 Speaker 3: the Grand Caymans. As he explained in the videos caption, 48 00:03:20,280 --> 00:03:23,200 Speaker 3: he was forced there by his ex wife. Their divorce 49 00:03:23,240 --> 00:03:26,040 Speaker 3: had been finalized a few months earlier, but she still 50 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:28,480 Speaker 3: refused to bring their kids back to America during the 51 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:32,600 Speaker 3: COVID nineteen pandemic, so Army found himself back in that 52 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:38,480 Speaker 3: beautiful Caribbean tax haven against his will. This, he wrote, sucks, 53 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:41,920 Speaker 3: but as he quickly pointed out, it wasn't all bad. 54 00:03:42,280 --> 00:03:45,640 Speaker 3: There were silver linings quote like fucking miss Cayman again 55 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 3: while I'm down there unquote. Most movie stars no better 56 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:52,440 Speaker 3: than the post that kind of shit on social media, 57 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:56,280 Speaker 3: but Armie Hammer is not most movie stars. Despite his 58 00:03:56,560 --> 00:04:00,760 Speaker 3: chiseled matinee idol jawline. 59 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:00,240 Speaker 1: It is defects. 60 00:04:00,560 --> 00:04:02,480 Speaker 3: It was supposed to be a private post on his 61 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:07,000 Speaker 3: Finsta account until someone leaked it to the press. Army 62 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:09,800 Speaker 3: was no stranger to the Cayman Islands. He spent five 63 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:13,120 Speaker 3: years there as a kid. His dad randomly decided to 64 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:16,400 Speaker 3: pack up move the whole family their sight unseen when 65 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:18,359 Speaker 3: little Armand was just seven years old. 66 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:19,480 Speaker 1: That's right. 67 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:24,400 Speaker 3: Army's full name is Armand Hammer, named after his great grandfather. 68 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:27,840 Speaker 3: The original Armand Hammer, was a billionaire oil tycoon and 69 00:04:27,960 --> 00:04:31,839 Speaker 3: art collector who was famously known as Lenin's chosen capitalist. 70 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:36,159 Speaker 3: That's v I Lenin and Vladimir Lenin, not John Lennon. 71 00:04:37,480 --> 00:04:40,919 Speaker 3: Though his own father was active in leftist politics, Great 72 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:43,760 Speaker 3: Grandpa Hammer swore he wasn't named after the arm and 73 00:04:43,839 --> 00:04:47,240 Speaker 3: hammer that was the symbol of the socialist Labor Party. 74 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:50,200 Speaker 3: He did help launder money for the Soviets self, and 75 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:53,760 Speaker 3: he made even more money smuggling US wheat to starving Russians. 76 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:56,919 Speaker 3: He also served as an unofficial go between for the 77 00:04:56,960 --> 00:05:01,520 Speaker 3: two Cold War empires. Years later, Great Grandpa Hammer got 78 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:05,160 Speaker 3: into trouble for making illegal donations to Richard Nixon's Watergate 79 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:09,720 Speaker 3: defense fund. Oh and Armie Hammer's a great grandfather eventually 80 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:13,000 Speaker 3: bought a major share in Armenhammer, you know, the baking 81 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:15,880 Speaker 3: soda company. It had actually been around for decades before 82 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:19,280 Speaker 3: the first armand Hammer was even born. But people always 83 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:22,160 Speaker 3: asked him about the connection, and he was so fucking 84 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:24,720 Speaker 3: rich that one day he just bought his way onto 85 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:27,080 Speaker 3: the arm and Hammer board of directors because he thought 86 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:29,880 Speaker 3: it was funny. Get it. It is kind of funny. 87 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:33,400 Speaker 3: I get it because his name is Okay, arm and Hammer. 88 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:34,320 Speaker 1: You get it enough. 89 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:36,720 Speaker 3: This is all to say that Army Hammer is the 90 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:39,880 Speaker 3: kind of kid who grew up well rich, like featured 91 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:42,080 Speaker 3: in a Vanity Fair spread next to Avanka Trump and 92 00:05:42,160 --> 00:05:42,839 Speaker 3: Jared Kushner. 93 00:05:42,920 --> 00:05:43,400 Speaker 1: Kind of rich. 94 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:46,400 Speaker 3: But Army had less in common with the Trumps than 95 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:49,400 Speaker 3: he did with the diabolical socialites he portrayed early in 96 00:05:49,440 --> 00:05:53,280 Speaker 3: his acting career on shows like Gossip Girl and Veronica Mars. 97 00:05:53,960 --> 00:05:57,120 Speaker 3: After his family moved back to la thirteen year old 98 00:05:57,240 --> 00:06:00,799 Speaker 3: Army started a side business at his private school, playboys 99 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:03,599 Speaker 3: to his classmates. For twenty bucks, you could get a 100 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:06,920 Speaker 3: magazine with a bottle of lotion on the side. Army 101 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:09,039 Speaker 3: was smart enough to keep the Nudi mag stash and 102 00:06:09,080 --> 00:06:11,280 Speaker 3: the bushes at the back of the campus, so when 103 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:14,320 Speaker 3: the teachers caught on and inspected his locker, all they 104 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:17,919 Speaker 3: found were several dozen bottles of moisturizer, and when the 105 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:20,600 Speaker 3: principal gave him a look, he shrugged with a little 106 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:21,599 Speaker 3: shit eating smirk. 107 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:23,600 Speaker 1: What are you going to do about it? He had 108 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:24,600 Speaker 1: really dry hands. 109 00:06:25,680 --> 00:06:27,920 Speaker 3: By the time Army's antics actually caught up with him, 110 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:29,320 Speaker 3: he was a junior in high school. 111 00:06:29,720 --> 00:06:31,280 Speaker 1: He wrote his own name and lighter. 112 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:33,160 Speaker 3: Fluid on the school lawn and then he let it 113 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:37,279 Speaker 3: on fire, and that particular stunt got him expelled. So 114 00:06:37,400 --> 00:06:40,840 Speaker 3: Army signed up for acting classes at UCLA's extension school. 115 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:42,000 Speaker 1: He didn't care. 116 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:44,400 Speaker 3: Much for the class part, but at least he got 117 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:47,560 Speaker 3: his parents off of his back. He began auditioning and 118 00:06:47,640 --> 00:06:50,560 Speaker 3: soon found himself typecast as the token rich asshole in 119 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:53,279 Speaker 3: a few different shows. But Army never wanted to be 120 00:06:53,400 --> 00:06:56,880 Speaker 3: arm Candy. His aspirations were bigger than that. In those 121 00:06:56,920 --> 00:07:00,200 Speaker 3: early days, however, he was still a little distracted. He 122 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:02,800 Speaker 3: had other priorities like trying to have as much sex 123 00:07:02,839 --> 00:07:03,960 Speaker 3: as possible. 124 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:04,720 Speaker 1: And getting fucked up. 125 00:07:05,279 --> 00:07:07,520 Speaker 3: And later in life, Army would say that he wanted 126 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:10,440 Speaker 3: to see how hot the candle could burn. Turns out, 127 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:14,680 Speaker 3: not even fire and wax could satisfy him. It was 128 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:17,640 Speaker 3: around this time the Army met a girl who changed 129 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:20,400 Speaker 3: his life forever. And they were in bed, and she 130 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:23,200 Speaker 3: was on top. She leaned down and whispered in between 131 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:26,880 Speaker 3: gas quote true love scars, and you don't. 132 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:28,600 Speaker 1: Have any unquote. 133 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:31,640 Speaker 3: Then she pulled out a butcher's knife and used the 134 00:07:31,760 --> 00:07:34,280 Speaker 3: edge of the freshly sharpened blade to trace a line 135 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:39,280 Speaker 3: from his neck down to his waist. Army's heart was pounding. 136 00:07:39,880 --> 00:07:43,080 Speaker 3: She pressed the knife down harder and it penetrated his skin. 137 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:47,040 Speaker 3: Then drop of blood popped out. The sensation was thrilling. 138 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:51,080 Speaker 3: A surge of ecstasy coursed through Army's veins. He'd been 139 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:53,200 Speaker 3: looking for a new kind of heat since set fire 140 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:56,920 Speaker 3: on the high school lawn, and now he finally found it. 141 00:07:57,080 --> 00:08:01,400 Speaker 3: Like a goddamn s and M Prometheus. Acting was cool 142 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:03,880 Speaker 3: and all. It was great to transform, to be adored, 143 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:08,720 Speaker 3: but it was nothing compared to that. Armie Hammer told 144 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:13,240 Speaker 3: this story during an interview with El magazine in twenty thirteen. Quote, 145 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:16,520 Speaker 3: of course, I promptly broke up with her, unquote, he said. 146 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:17,440 Speaker 1: Seven months later. 147 00:08:18,360 --> 00:08:19,880 Speaker 3: Again, this is not the kind of thing that most 148 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:21,400 Speaker 3: celebrities willingly share. 149 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:21,800 Speaker 1: With the press. 150 00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:25,360 Speaker 3: But again, Armie Hammer has never been like most celebrities. 151 00:08:25,960 --> 00:08:28,880 Speaker 3: In fact, up until recently, he was barely a celebrity 152 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:32,160 Speaker 3: at all. His career was so unremarkable that BuzzFeed even 153 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:35,560 Speaker 3: published an article in twenty seventeen with the headline ten 154 00:08:35,640 --> 00:08:39,240 Speaker 3: long years of trying to make Armie Hammer happen. And 155 00:08:39,280 --> 00:08:41,200 Speaker 3: this brings us back to that night in the Cayman 156 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:44,200 Speaker 3: Islands with a so called Miss Cayman herself pershed. 157 00:08:43,880 --> 00:08:44,680 Speaker 1: And ready for action. 158 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:49,480 Speaker 3: In January twenty twenty one, the day after Army's scandalous 159 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:52,240 Speaker 3: FITSTA video leaked to the public, he heard a knock 160 00:08:52,280 --> 00:08:55,079 Speaker 3: on the door of his hotel room, Royal Cayman Island's 161 00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:58,480 Speaker 3: Police Service and they were there to investigate investigate what 162 00:08:59,160 --> 00:09:01,800 Speaker 3: that video was taken in like a month ago. An 163 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:04,640 Speaker 3: Army was presently alone with his sex stained bed sheets. 164 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:07,040 Speaker 3: The police said they were there to look into an 165 00:09:07,280 --> 00:09:12,520 Speaker 3: ICT crime aka misuse of information and communications technology. For 166 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:15,600 Speaker 3: a moment, Army felt a swell of relief. They were 167 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:17,559 Speaker 3: on his side. They were looking into whom I'd have 168 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:20,680 Speaker 3: stolen and posted his private video. But as the officers 169 00:09:20,679 --> 00:09:23,480 Speaker 3: stepped through the door, they explained that they were actually 170 00:09:23,520 --> 00:09:26,600 Speaker 3: there on behalf of the Miss universe Camean Islands Association 171 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:30,760 Speaker 3: who were concerned about the unauthorized use and misrepresentation of 172 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:35,120 Speaker 3: their brand. By referring to his consort as Miss Cayman, 173 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:38,640 Speaker 3: a title specifically reserved for the women selected to represent 174 00:09:38,679 --> 00:09:42,559 Speaker 3: the British Overseas territory in the international Miss Universe competition, 175 00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:47,559 Speaker 3: Armie Hammer was potentially violating the organization's intellectual property rights 176 00:09:47,559 --> 00:09:49,480 Speaker 3: and possibly committing a lot. 177 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:53,120 Speaker 1: The police told him the issue of public apology. 178 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:55,720 Speaker 3: Explicitly clarifying that whoever he was fucking that night was not, 179 00:09:55,920 --> 00:09:57,960 Speaker 3: in fact the woman who had won that year's Miss 180 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:00,360 Speaker 3: Cayman competition, or in the case that she wo that 181 00:10:00,440 --> 00:10:02,280 Speaker 3: she was not fucking him in bonded gear in a 182 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:07,240 Speaker 3: capacity that represented the Miss Universe organization. Army agreed to comply, 183 00:10:07,880 --> 00:10:11,240 Speaker 3: After all, it was the least worst thing to happen 184 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:39,520 Speaker 3: to him that week. Armie Hammer cocked his arm back 185 00:10:39,559 --> 00:10:43,760 Speaker 3: and punched the man square in the face. It all 186 00:10:43,760 --> 00:10:47,880 Speaker 3: happened so fast. He was in Australia, walking down the street, 187 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:50,600 Speaker 3: just minding his own business, and the guy came out 188 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:53,199 Speaker 3: of nowhere screaming something about how Army owed him money. 189 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:56,080 Speaker 3: He had a knife in one hand, and Army didn't 190 00:10:56,120 --> 00:10:57,440 Speaker 3: know what the fuck the guy was on about it. 191 00:10:57,480 --> 00:11:01,320 Speaker 3: He was obviously disturbed, definitely homeless, But Army was in 192 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:04,520 Speaker 3: a mood full of piss and hubris, so he decked 193 00:11:04,520 --> 00:11:07,600 Speaker 3: the guy and then stole his knife. He didn't just 194 00:11:07,640 --> 00:11:10,360 Speaker 3: take the knife to disarm the guy. Armie Hammer has 195 00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:13,840 Speaker 3: a large personal knife collection, keeps them with his collections 196 00:11:13,880 --> 00:11:17,280 Speaker 3: of cigars and vintage typewriters and books on tying knots. 197 00:11:18,280 --> 00:11:20,840 Speaker 3: Army told this story to a journalist during a twenty 198 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:22,880 Speaker 3: thirteen press tour for his title. 199 00:11:22,679 --> 00:11:24,360 Speaker 1: Role in The Lone Ranger reboot. 200 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 3: Probably not the best way to promote a movie that 201 00:11:27,000 --> 00:11:29,400 Speaker 3: had already pissed people off by casting Johnny Depp as 202 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:32,800 Speaker 3: a Native American, But for Army, the story about punching 203 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:35,040 Speaker 3: a homeless Australian guy in the face and stealing his 204 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:38,520 Speaker 3: knife helped him to illustrate a larger, more important point 205 00:11:38,880 --> 00:11:41,840 Speaker 3: that he had a frontal lobe problem. He told this 206 00:11:41,920 --> 00:11:45,240 Speaker 3: to the journalist too, ignoring the publicity wrapping the corner, 207 00:11:45,320 --> 00:11:47,320 Speaker 3: drawing a finger across her throat to try to shut 208 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:51,040 Speaker 3: him up. Your frontal lobe controls your danger response, Army 209 00:11:51,040 --> 00:11:54,320 Speaker 3: Man explained. It's the part of the brain. That tells you, WHOA, 210 00:11:54,400 --> 00:11:57,920 Speaker 3: you probably shouldn't be doing this. It's also one of 211 00:11:57,920 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 3: the last parts of the brain to finish fully developed, 212 00:12:00,559 --> 00:12:03,480 Speaker 3: which it usually does around the age of thirty. Army 213 00:12:03,559 --> 00:12:05,840 Speaker 3: was only twenty six at the time, though so his 214 00:12:05,920 --> 00:12:07,800 Speaker 3: wife said he still had a few years to get 215 00:12:07,840 --> 00:12:11,400 Speaker 3: his frontal lobe shit figured out. And that might sound harsh, 216 00:12:11,440 --> 00:12:15,160 Speaker 3: but she meant it with affection. Elizabeth Chambers was a 217 00:12:15,160 --> 00:12:19,280 Speaker 3: former model and news correspondent for Entertainment Tonight in Access Hollywood. 218 00:12:19,880 --> 00:12:22,320 Speaker 3: She and Army met through mutual friends in two thousand 219 00:12:22,320 --> 00:12:24,600 Speaker 3: and eight during a group outing to a ski shooting 220 00:12:24,679 --> 00:12:26,200 Speaker 3: range that was cut short by rain. 221 00:12:27,679 --> 00:12:28,880 Speaker 1: Army and Elizabeth hit. 222 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:31,520 Speaker 3: It off despite the inclement weather, and they decided to 223 00:12:31,520 --> 00:12:34,120 Speaker 3: make a day of it, checking out La Art galleries 224 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:36,840 Speaker 3: together and eventually making their way to the Hustler Store 225 00:12:36,880 --> 00:12:40,400 Speaker 3: on sunset. But you can't have a picture perfect guns 226 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:43,160 Speaker 3: in porn Hollywood romance without a little complication. 227 00:12:44,120 --> 00:12:46,559 Speaker 1: Elizabeth, as it turned out, had a boyfriend. 228 00:12:47,280 --> 00:12:49,040 Speaker 3: Army convinced her to break up with the guy by 229 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:51,120 Speaker 3: writing and delivering the kind of epic speech that you 230 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:52,040 Speaker 3: typically only. 231 00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:52,600 Speaker 1: Hear in movies. 232 00:12:53,480 --> 00:12:55,800 Speaker 3: The only thing missing was a boombox on his shoulder, 233 00:12:55,800 --> 00:12:59,000 Speaker 3: blasting Peter Gabriel while he stood outside her window, and 234 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:02,640 Speaker 3: within two years Army and Elizabeth were married, and not 235 00:13:02,760 --> 00:13:06,360 Speaker 3: long after that they opened up bakery together in San Antonio, 236 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:10,280 Speaker 3: with two kids to follow in twenty fourteen in twenty sixteen, 237 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:13,360 Speaker 3: all the while they kept the tabloids happy with their 238 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:17,360 Speaker 3: endearing displays of public affection, earnestly referring to each other 239 00:13:17,440 --> 00:13:20,360 Speaker 3: as best friend and casual conversation as they kissed and 240 00:13:20,360 --> 00:13:24,960 Speaker 3: canoodle for the cameras. Outside of the seemingly storybook romance, 241 00:13:25,480 --> 00:13:29,600 Speaker 3: Armie Hammer was a pr person's nightmare, a perfectly squared 242 00:13:29,679 --> 00:13:33,600 Speaker 3: jown dumpster fire. Every interview he gave exposed another fucked 243 00:13:33,640 --> 00:13:36,480 Speaker 3: up anecdote, like getting stabbed during sex or punching a 244 00:13:36,480 --> 00:13:39,280 Speaker 3: homeless guy in the face and stealing his knife. 245 00:13:39,520 --> 00:13:40,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, maybe that's. 246 00:13:40,120 --> 00:13:42,720 Speaker 3: Why Army never quite made it the way that everyone 247 00:13:42,760 --> 00:13:46,000 Speaker 3: expected her to, which is weird. This is guy was 248 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:47,880 Speaker 3: born and raised in the lap of luxury, with the 249 00:13:47,960 --> 00:13:49,920 Speaker 3: kind of face that everybody either wants to kiss or 250 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:52,079 Speaker 3: punch her, maybe both, And he was a pretty good 251 00:13:52,080 --> 00:13:55,520 Speaker 3: performer too. His first big breakthrough role came in twenty ten, 252 00:13:55,559 --> 00:13:58,040 Speaker 3: when he played the identical Winklevoss Twins in the social 253 00:13:58,080 --> 00:14:01,679 Speaker 3: network that critically acclaimed Facebook origin story written by Aaron 254 00:14:01,760 --> 00:14:05,760 Speaker 3: Sorkin and directed by David Fincher. Right away, Armie Hammer 255 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:07,760 Speaker 3: should have been the next big leading man, like Tom 256 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:10,679 Speaker 3: Cruise or Brad Pitt, but it never quite worked out 257 00:14:10,720 --> 00:14:11,120 Speaker 3: that way. 258 00:14:12,040 --> 00:14:13,880 Speaker 1: It's not that he was hurting for roles. 259 00:14:14,240 --> 00:14:17,719 Speaker 3: In twenty eleven, he appeared opposite Leonardo DiCaprio and Jay 260 00:14:17,920 --> 00:14:21,960 Speaker 3: Edgar playing the infamous FBI director's rumored lover, Clyde Tolson. 261 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:24,320 Speaker 1: Everyone thought twenty. 262 00:14:23,880 --> 00:14:26,160 Speaker 3: Fifteen would be Army's year with the release of the 263 00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:29,520 Speaker 3: highly anticipated Birth of a Nation, but all the early 264 00:14:29,520 --> 00:14:32,960 Speaker 3: oscar buzz around the Nat Turner biopic disappeared after rape 265 00:14:32,960 --> 00:14:37,040 Speaker 3: allegations surfaced against Nate Parker, who wrote, directed, and starred 266 00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:40,680 Speaker 3: in the film. If that wasn't bad enough, Army had 267 00:14:40,680 --> 00:14:42,560 Speaker 3: to go and open his mouth to defend the guy. 268 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:45,600 Speaker 3: Quote he had the stuff in his past, which is heinous. 269 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:49,560 Speaker 3: I get that, Army said, before comparing Parker to Casey Affleck, 270 00:14:49,840 --> 00:14:52,800 Speaker 3: who had just won an Academy Award despite the fact 271 00:14:53,040 --> 00:14:57,240 Speaker 3: that several women had accused him of sexual harassment. Army 272 00:14:57,280 --> 00:14:59,320 Speaker 3: later acknowledged that harassment is not the same as a 273 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:02,920 Speaker 3: rape and apologized for conflating the two. And then he 274 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:06,240 Speaker 3: began to revitalize his image, but not thanks to a 275 00:15:06,280 --> 00:15:09,920 Speaker 3: well prune pr campaign. It was because he started liking 276 00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:13,920 Speaker 3: sado masochistic posts on Twitter without realizing that Twitter likes 277 00:15:13,920 --> 00:15:17,000 Speaker 3: are visible on your public profile for everyone to see, 278 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:20,600 Speaker 3: and the tabloids caught on fast and words spread even 279 00:15:20,640 --> 00:15:22,120 Speaker 3: faster about Army's love. 280 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:22,800 Speaker 1: For rough stuff. 281 00:15:23,480 --> 00:15:26,400 Speaker 3: This shouldn't have been that surprising, and just see Army's 282 00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:30,760 Speaker 3: previous public comments about knives and knots, but it somehow 283 00:15:30,800 --> 00:15:32,840 Speaker 3: managed to endear him to the public even more, to 284 00:15:32,880 --> 00:15:35,360 Speaker 3: the surprise of every publicity agent you tried and failed 285 00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:38,040 Speaker 3: to keep him on script during interviews. The fact that 286 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:41,280 Speaker 3: Armie Hammer had some kiki fetishes and apparently didn't understand 287 00:15:41,280 --> 00:15:43,440 Speaker 3: how Twitter works made it even more charming. 288 00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:44,920 Speaker 1: And when Army wasn't. 289 00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:48,280 Speaker 3: Liking light SNM content, he would sometimes use the social 290 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:52,600 Speaker 3: media platform to troll conservatives like actor James Woods. And 291 00:15:52,640 --> 00:15:55,000 Speaker 3: what could possibly endear Armie Hammer in the fans of 292 00:15:55,040 --> 00:15:59,680 Speaker 3: Hollywood films? Controlling conservatives and sure, Armie Hammer was the 293 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:03,840 Speaker 3: basically attractive scion of a famous billionaire family, but he 294 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:05,960 Speaker 3: also used the Internet for porn. 295 00:16:05,680 --> 00:16:08,600 Speaker 1: And ship posts, just like you and well you. 296 00:16:09,640 --> 00:16:12,520 Speaker 3: What made Armie Hammer seem even more painfully down to earth, though, 297 00:16:12,640 --> 00:16:15,080 Speaker 3: was that his otherwise picture perfect marriage came with a 298 00:16:15,120 --> 00:16:19,120 Speaker 3: self described boring sex life, a fact that was surprisingly 299 00:16:19,160 --> 00:16:22,200 Speaker 3: at odds with his public persona quote. I used to 300 00:16:22,240 --> 00:16:25,680 Speaker 3: be a dominant lover unquote. That's what he told Playboy magazine. 301 00:16:25,840 --> 00:16:27,600 Speaker 1: And then he said, I like grabbing the. 302 00:16:27,560 --> 00:16:29,720 Speaker 3: Hair and neck and all that. But then he get 303 00:16:29,760 --> 00:16:32,560 Speaker 3: married and that changes. You can't really pull your wife's hair, 304 00:16:32,640 --> 00:16:34,600 Speaker 3: you know. It's like, I respect you too much to 305 00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:36,360 Speaker 3: do these six to you that I really want to do. 306 00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:38,520 Speaker 1: And that's the rest of his quote. 307 00:16:39,040 --> 00:16:41,280 Speaker 3: Army sex life with his former model wife wasn't all 308 00:16:41,320 --> 00:16:41,880 Speaker 3: bad though. 309 00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:43,360 Speaker 1: In fact, it was kind of nice. 310 00:16:43,400 --> 00:16:46,200 Speaker 3: Sometimes, he explained, he could let his mind wander while 311 00:16:46,240 --> 00:16:49,760 Speaker 3: they fucked and it was totally fine. Sometimes Army would 312 00:16:49,760 --> 00:16:52,120 Speaker 3: think of hilarious things and then suddenly break out into 313 00:16:52,160 --> 00:16:53,600 Speaker 3: a fit of laughter mid coitus. 314 00:16:53,960 --> 00:16:55,320 Speaker 1: And there's something special. 315 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:57,480 Speaker 3: About that kind of comfort, he said. You can't do 316 00:16:57,480 --> 00:16:59,680 Speaker 3: that when you're just having sex with a random person 317 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:03,480 Speaker 3: for the first time. What was left unspoken in this 318 00:17:03,520 --> 00:17:06,440 Speaker 3: Playboy interview was the fact that Armie Hammer was very 319 00:17:06,520 --> 00:17:10,879 Speaker 3: clearly bored by his sex life at home. Sure, his 320 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:14,199 Speaker 3: wife was beautiful, his quote unquote best friend, but he 321 00:17:14,280 --> 00:17:16,920 Speaker 3: made sex with her sound like a chore. Who knows 322 00:17:16,920 --> 00:17:20,120 Speaker 3: if Elizabeth, his wife, ever actually read the interview. Army 323 00:17:20,200 --> 00:17:22,119 Speaker 3: later claimed he was drunk when he gave it, but 324 00:17:22,119 --> 00:17:23,920 Speaker 3: it's hard to imagine she'd be happy to hear that 325 00:17:23,960 --> 00:17:26,440 Speaker 3: her husband's favorite part of their sex life was when 326 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:29,879 Speaker 3: he thought about other people. Of course, on the outside, 327 00:17:29,960 --> 00:17:32,920 Speaker 3: things were still wonderful where they seemed so. Anyways, Army's 328 00:17:32,960 --> 00:17:35,480 Speaker 3: relationship with Elizabeth was the only thing about him the 329 00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:37,960 Speaker 3: Pier people never had to worry about, which is great 330 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:41,439 Speaker 3: because Armie Hammer wanted to be a star. Except the 331 00:17:41,440 --> 00:17:44,560 Speaker 3: thing that was finally making him famous now was the 332 00:17:44,680 --> 00:17:48,280 Speaker 3: kinky sex he'd been deprived of at home, and Armie 333 00:17:48,320 --> 00:17:52,159 Speaker 3: Hammer never liked vanilla sex. In fact, according to some 334 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:55,520 Speaker 3: of his leaked text messages, he had some very very 335 00:17:55,560 --> 00:17:59,600 Speaker 3: different taste preferences. And we're not talking chocolate, we're talking 336 00:17:59,640 --> 00:18:01,359 Speaker 3: flesh and blood. 337 00:18:06,359 --> 00:18:09,760 Speaker 1: We'll be right back after this. We're we're where. 338 00:18:14,600 --> 00:18:18,399 Speaker 3: The traffic light on Sunset Boulevard turned green, Armie Hammer 339 00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:21,720 Speaker 3: hit the gas and tore down the road. As he drove, 340 00:18:21,760 --> 00:18:24,400 Speaker 3: he tapped a message on his phone. You are perfect, 341 00:18:24,600 --> 00:18:28,200 Speaker 3: he wrote, My angel, come to save me. He hid send, 342 00:18:28,520 --> 00:18:30,959 Speaker 3: glanced briefly at the traffic in front of him, and 343 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:34,560 Speaker 3: then shot off another quick text. Now be a good 344 00:18:34,600 --> 00:18:38,080 Speaker 3: whoror and give me five big o's call me so 345 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:40,959 Speaker 3: I can hear. He drove a few more blocks as 346 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:43,960 Speaker 3: he waited for a response. Five minutes later, he sent 347 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:47,560 Speaker 3: another message. I need to touch every part of you inside. 348 00:18:47,680 --> 00:18:51,440 Speaker 3: Now I want to drink your blood or you pulled 349 00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:53,920 Speaker 3: the car over And there was still no answer, and 350 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:57,679 Speaker 3: he's getting frustrated, so we recorded a quick video message. 351 00:18:58,160 --> 00:19:00,440 Speaker 3: I want to bite a piece of your skin off 352 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:04,000 Speaker 3: and eat it, he said, staring directly into the camera. 353 00:19:04,560 --> 00:19:06,919 Speaker 3: Then I'll spit it up, cook it and eat it 354 00:19:06,960 --> 00:19:10,320 Speaker 3: again so I can always keep you with me. It 355 00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:14,199 Speaker 3: was summer twenty twenty, Just one month earlier, Armie Hammer 356 00:19:14,280 --> 00:19:17,280 Speaker 3: was back in the Caymans. That tropical paradise seemed a 357 00:19:17,320 --> 00:19:19,280 Speaker 3: lot less heavenly when you're stuck inside. 358 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:20,720 Speaker 1: A beachfront department with your wife and. 359 00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:23,600 Speaker 3: Two kids and your dad and your dad's crazy new wife, 360 00:19:23,680 --> 00:19:26,560 Speaker 3: and you can't even use the pool er beach her. 361 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:31,119 Speaker 3: Army was going stir crazy. The island's COVID protocols were draconian, 362 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:33,800 Speaker 3: and he was so fucking horny in a way, he 363 00:19:33,880 --> 00:19:37,399 Speaker 3: knew his quarantine life could never hope to satisfy, so 364 00:19:37,440 --> 00:19:40,000 Speaker 3: he hopped on a plane and went back to Los Angeles. 365 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:43,960 Speaker 3: This was the last straw in an Army's relationship with 366 00:19:44,000 --> 00:19:47,560 Speaker 3: Elizabeth Chambers. She was willing to forgive his highly publicized 367 00:19:47,560 --> 00:19:50,240 Speaker 3: affair with Lily James, his co star and the romantic 368 00:19:50,320 --> 00:19:54,360 Speaker 3: thriller Rebecca. Elizabeth even overlooked the time that Army accidentally 369 00:19:54,400 --> 00:19:56,919 Speaker 3: texted her about wanting to crack her skull open so 370 00:19:56,960 --> 00:19:59,679 Speaker 3: we could fuck her brain and then eat it. But 371 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:03,560 Speaker 3: his kids during a global pandemic just so he could 372 00:20:03,600 --> 00:20:07,920 Speaker 3: go party was aligne too far. They filed for divorce 373 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:12,000 Speaker 3: in July. This didn't bother Army too much. Once he 374 00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:14,160 Speaker 3: was back in the States, he tore through a string 375 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:18,080 Speaker 3: of high profile women like a BDSM hurricane, including Rumor 376 00:20:18,119 --> 00:20:21,639 Speaker 3: Willis and Courtney Vuchikovich, creator of the photography and beauty 377 00:20:21,640 --> 00:20:26,439 Speaker 3: A flashed. These women and others all told similar stories 378 00:20:26,440 --> 00:20:30,760 Speaker 3: about their intense whirlwind courtships. With Army Hammer. He was intensely, 379 00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:32,320 Speaker 3: almost aggressively charming. 380 00:20:32,359 --> 00:20:32,960 Speaker 1: At the beginning. 381 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:37,160 Speaker 3: He'd make grand, romantic gestures and then get shockingly vulnerable, 382 00:20:37,359 --> 00:20:40,360 Speaker 3: opening up about his failures and insecurities and the trauma 383 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:43,200 Speaker 3: of his famous family. And then he would say things 384 00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:45,600 Speaker 3: like I want to break your ribs and cook them 385 00:20:45,600 --> 00:20:48,560 Speaker 3: on the grill while they jerk off, or I want 386 00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:51,280 Speaker 3: to slit your wrists and use the blood as amal loop. 387 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:55,359 Speaker 3: Just so we're clear, no one's ever claimed that Army 388 00:20:55,400 --> 00:20:58,639 Speaker 3: Hammer actually tried to break their bones or barbecue their brains, 389 00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:00,760 Speaker 3: or eat their toes or used their blood as an 390 00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:04,160 Speaker 3: erotic lubricant. He was just into your standard fetish fair 391 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:09,640 Speaker 3: again knives and knots or autoerotic asphyxiation or consensual non consent. Yeah, 392 00:21:09,640 --> 00:21:11,800 Speaker 3: that's a real thing. And the candbal shit was just 393 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:15,720 Speaker 3: his way of talking dirty. Probably, I guess, I think 394 00:21:15,920 --> 00:21:17,000 Speaker 3: I don't really fucking know. 395 00:21:17,840 --> 00:21:18,760 Speaker 1: Armie Hammer may. 396 00:21:18,600 --> 00:21:20,880 Speaker 3: Have liked the sex rough and brutal, but by all accounts, 397 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:22,920 Speaker 3: he was a puppy dog in all other aspects of 398 00:21:22,960 --> 00:21:25,480 Speaker 3: his life, not just in the sense that he was 399 00:21:25,720 --> 00:21:28,760 Speaker 3: good looking and cuddly. He also needed someone else to 400 00:21:28,800 --> 00:21:30,760 Speaker 3: clean up a shit for him. But when he first 401 00:21:30,760 --> 00:21:34,320 Speaker 3: started dating Courtney Vutokovich, Army would always invite himself back 402 00:21:34,359 --> 00:21:36,520 Speaker 3: to her place, where he'd sweet talk her into playing 403 00:21:36,560 --> 00:21:39,600 Speaker 3: along with whatever kinky moody at that night. Then he'd 404 00:21:39,680 --> 00:21:41,880 Speaker 3: leave his ropes and knives there for the next time. 405 00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:44,280 Speaker 3: She knew he was going through divorce and that his 406 00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:46,920 Speaker 3: ex wife was down in the Caymans, and she'd even 407 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:48,680 Speaker 3: paid for a few of his flights. 408 00:21:48,359 --> 00:21:50,320 Speaker 1: Back down there. But it was weird. 409 00:21:50,440 --> 00:21:52,760 Speaker 3: We kept changing the subject every time she mentioned that 410 00:21:52,840 --> 00:21:56,080 Speaker 3: she wanted to see his apartment. Even weirder was how 411 00:21:56,119 --> 00:21:58,720 Speaker 3: every time they went out to dinner mugging for the paparazzi, 412 00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:02,000 Speaker 3: Army can mean he forgot his credit card or it 413 00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:05,119 Speaker 3: was mysteriously declined, leaving Courtney to pick up the tab. 414 00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:07,600 Speaker 1: One day, Courtney. 415 00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:09,680 Speaker 3: Invited an Army over to her house, but his truck 416 00:22:09,720 --> 00:22:12,000 Speaker 3: was out of gas and he accidentally left his credit 417 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:14,520 Speaker 3: card at the bar of the night before, so Courtney 418 00:22:14,520 --> 00:22:16,720 Speaker 3: came to get him, which is when she learned that 419 00:22:16,760 --> 00:22:19,119 Speaker 3: he was living rent free in a five hundred square 420 00:22:19,119 --> 00:22:22,840 Speaker 3: foot pool house in his Buddy's backyard. He swore it 421 00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:26,000 Speaker 3: was temporary. The movie industry was essentially shut down because 422 00:22:26,040 --> 00:22:28,600 Speaker 3: of COVID, he explained, but once he was working again, 423 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:29,720 Speaker 3: it'd be different. 424 00:22:30,080 --> 00:22:31,119 Speaker 1: He was good for the money. 425 00:22:31,320 --> 00:22:33,040 Speaker 3: He'd even pay her back for the flights and the 426 00:22:33,080 --> 00:22:35,840 Speaker 3: gas and everything else. He promised. 427 00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:37,520 Speaker 1: To be fair. 428 00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:40,479 Speaker 3: Army had always claimed that his family stopped supporting him 429 00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:43,880 Speaker 3: financially after he decided to be an actor. Every time 430 00:22:43,920 --> 00:22:45,680 Speaker 3: he brought it up in an interview, it seemed like 431 00:22:45,720 --> 00:22:48,280 Speaker 3: a way to make himself seem more humble and relatable. 432 00:22:48,880 --> 00:22:51,480 Speaker 3: Arm Army Hammer just a regular struggling actor who drolls 433 00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:54,679 Speaker 3: conservatives on Twitter and likes the little kinky shit. Turned 434 00:22:54,720 --> 00:22:56,800 Speaker 3: out that may have been even more true than he 435 00:22:56,880 --> 00:23:01,400 Speaker 3: let on. Soon enough, he was spending so much time 436 00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:05,439 Speaker 3: picking up after Army that her company started suffering. Wiping 437 00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:08,720 Speaker 3: Army's ass had become her full time job. The tabloids 438 00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:11,359 Speaker 3: and comments sections said the courtey was a gold digger, 439 00:23:11,680 --> 00:23:14,440 Speaker 3: but really she was the one playing sugar mama to 440 00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:18,600 Speaker 3: a billionaire manchild obsessed with the Marquis de Sade. Actual 441 00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:23,200 Speaker 3: consensual BDSM it's not the same as toxic or abusive behavior. 442 00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:27,000 Speaker 3: But it can provide a convenient cover back to the 443 00:23:27,040 --> 00:23:30,440 Speaker 3: Cayman Islands. Just a few days before the Instagram post 444 00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:33,680 Speaker 3: of Miscaman made the rounds, Army was running out of 445 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:36,119 Speaker 3: people to borrow money from, but at least he had 446 00:23:36,119 --> 00:23:38,560 Speaker 3: a place to stay. Even if his ex wife had 447 00:23:38,560 --> 00:23:41,040 Speaker 3: made him agree to regular random drug testing if he 448 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:44,000 Speaker 3: wanted to see the kids. On the bright side, he 449 00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:47,040 Speaker 3: figured out that piss test couldn't track the use of DMT. 450 00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:50,199 Speaker 3: Army took a hit off the psychedelic drug in his 451 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:50,960 Speaker 3: hotel room. 452 00:23:51,359 --> 00:23:52,640 Speaker 1: He exhaled slowly. 453 00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:55,720 Speaker 3: His phone vibrated a text from her friend. 454 00:23:55,880 --> 00:23:57,560 Speaker 1: It said, don't. 455 00:23:57,440 --> 00:24:02,320 Speaker 3: Check Twitter, So of course he checked Twitter. His name 456 00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:05,199 Speaker 3: was trending. He clicked through and saw a stream of 457 00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:09,160 Speaker 3: screen grabs from his private Instagram account, including some dms 458 00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:11,840 Speaker 3: like the one he sent that read I am one 459 00:24:11,880 --> 00:24:15,280 Speaker 3: hundred percent the cannibal and I want to fucking eat you. 460 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:37,840 Speaker 3: Armie Hammer hated dealing with pr people, especially when there 461 00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:39,679 Speaker 3: was a naked woman tied up to the bed with 462 00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:44,879 Speaker 3: a knife between her legs waiting for him. Timing was bullshit. 463 00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:48,320 Speaker 3: The publicist on the other end of the line wasn't fazed. 464 00:24:48,920 --> 00:24:52,520 Speaker 3: Was it true? She asked, were those messages real? How 465 00:24:52,560 --> 00:24:55,080 Speaker 3: to get in front of this? The tabloids were already 466 00:24:55,080 --> 00:24:58,520 Speaker 3: calling it the cannibal lover. Army glanced over at the 467 00:24:58,520 --> 00:25:01,359 Speaker 3: woman on his bed again. His heart was racing, and 468 00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:04,720 Speaker 3: it wasn't just from the erection his career, his future. 469 00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:07,159 Speaker 3: It was the only thing he had and it was 470 00:25:07,160 --> 00:25:10,240 Speaker 3: all about to come crashing down around him because of what, 471 00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:13,199 Speaker 3: because of some dirty texts that he sent. And the 472 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:16,760 Speaker 3: pr person asked again, where the message is real? Did 473 00:25:16,880 --> 00:25:20,880 Speaker 3: Armie Hammer really have a fetish for eating people? Army 474 00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:24,000 Speaker 3: didn't know how to answer, and later leaved messages he 475 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:27,720 Speaker 3: would say it was kink shaming, that it was invasive, embarrassing, 476 00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:31,359 Speaker 3: and just plain shitty. But also he didn't know if 477 00:25:31,359 --> 00:25:34,600 Speaker 3: the screenshots were real. He just knew they could be. 478 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:37,960 Speaker 3: He'd send plenty of messages like that to plenty of 479 00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:41,440 Speaker 3: women over the last decade, who didn't specifically remember telling 480 00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:43,119 Speaker 3: any of them that he wanted to jerk off to 481 00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:46,720 Speaker 3: the sound of their bones breaking. The publicists on the 482 00:25:46,720 --> 00:25:49,080 Speaker 3: phone asked Army if there were other women or anything 483 00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:51,880 Speaker 3: else that they should be prepared for. Our Army didn't 484 00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:54,359 Speaker 3: have an answer right now. He just needed something to 485 00:25:54,400 --> 00:25:57,080 Speaker 3: clear his head. He looked over at the woman tied 486 00:25:57,160 --> 00:25:59,119 Speaker 3: up on his bed again. He didn't want to keep 487 00:25:59,119 --> 00:26:03,600 Speaker 3: her waiting any longer. On January tenth, twenty twenty one, 488 00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:07,800 Speaker 3: an anonymous Instagram account called House of Effie began posting 489 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:12,280 Speaker 3: screenshots of graphic conversations with the Army Hammer, exposing some 490 00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:16,680 Speaker 3: of his more bloodthirsty fetishes. There were text messages and dms, 491 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:20,040 Speaker 3: but there were no names or dates attached. The person 492 00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:23,200 Speaker 3: behind the account claimed the screenshots came from multiple women. 493 00:26:23,720 --> 00:26:27,800 Speaker 3: At first, there were plenty of people who doubted their authenticity. Sure, 494 00:26:28,160 --> 00:26:31,199 Speaker 3: Army like BDSM posts on Twitter, they'd say, but this 495 00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:34,320 Speaker 3: cannibal shit was way too fucked up to be real. 496 00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:39,600 Speaker 3: But several of Army's higher profile excess, including Courtney Vutjakovich 497 00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:42,720 Speaker 3: and Jessica and Riquez, knew better. But while they said 498 00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:45,960 Speaker 3: their own messages hadn't been leaked, they still recognized that 499 00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:50,480 Speaker 3: trademark whiplash and emotion, from affectionate love bombs to sex 500 00:26:50,520 --> 00:26:54,679 Speaker 3: inspired threats of violence. Army knew how to spin you around, 501 00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:57,080 Speaker 3: so he got so dizzy he could mold you like clay. 502 00:26:57,680 --> 00:27:01,920 Speaker 3: After all, he'd done it to them A few days later, 503 00:27:02,119 --> 00:27:05,640 Speaker 3: the so called Miss Cayman incident happened, but Army's bad 504 00:27:05,720 --> 00:27:08,240 Speaker 3: luck didn't end. When the Cayman cops left his hotel room, 505 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:12,040 Speaker 3: a twenty two year old college student named Page Lorenz 506 00:27:12,160 --> 00:27:15,600 Speaker 3: came forward, saying that some of those lea text messages 507 00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:18,679 Speaker 3: were hers. She wasn't as famous as some of Armie's 508 00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:21,560 Speaker 3: other girlfriends, and despite the fact that she was intimidated 509 00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:24,760 Speaker 3: by his sexual experience and aggressive nature, she was so 510 00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:26,919 Speaker 3: charmed by him that she agreed to go along with 511 00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:31,000 Speaker 3: it anyway, even when it made her uncomfortable, even when 512 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:33,399 Speaker 3: he used his knife to carve the first letter of 513 00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:36,960 Speaker 3: his name into the skin near her vagina, even when 514 00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:41,480 Speaker 3: he licked the blood from the wound. It seemed like 515 00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:43,840 Speaker 3: every day for the next few weeks there was another 516 00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:48,080 Speaker 3: new and horrifying revelation about Armie Hammer's sex life. Each 517 00:27:48,119 --> 00:27:51,240 Speaker 3: one was worse than the last, and each one became 518 00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:54,320 Speaker 3: harder and harder to deny. Despite the best efforts of 519 00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:58,240 Speaker 3: Army's lawyers, Armie even released a statement to spin his 520 00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:01,679 Speaker 3: public image. He posed to spend four months filming a 521 00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:04,480 Speaker 3: movie with j Loo in the Dominican Republic, but he 522 00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:06,600 Speaker 3: told the press that he dropped out in order to 523 00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:09,359 Speaker 3: spend more time with his kids, who were struggling in 524 00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:12,000 Speaker 3: light of what he called the quote vicious and spurious 525 00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:16,320 Speaker 3: online attacks unquote against him. Then the woman behind the 526 00:28:16,359 --> 00:28:18,720 Speaker 3: House of e Fie Instagram account came forward to share 527 00:28:18,760 --> 00:28:22,040 Speaker 3: her own story. The eponymous Effie had met Army on 528 00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:25,840 Speaker 3: Facebook back in twenty sixteen, when she was twenty years old, 529 00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:28,000 Speaker 3: and she claimed that they had an on and off 530 00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:29,040 Speaker 3: relationship for the. 531 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:32,280 Speaker 1: Next four years, all while Army was still married. 532 00:28:33,080 --> 00:28:35,879 Speaker 3: Like Page, Effie was charmed by the boy toy movie 533 00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:39,600 Speaker 3: star who vacillated between rolick and puppy dog affections and 534 00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:43,920 Speaker 3: brutal violent sex acts. But according to Effie, Army did 535 00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:47,640 Speaker 3: worse things than brand her with a knife. She claimed 536 00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:50,360 Speaker 3: that he raped her for four consecutive hours on April 537 00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:55,560 Speaker 3: twenty fourth, twenty seventeen. On that day, he allegedly slammed 538 00:28:55,600 --> 00:28:58,640 Speaker 3: her head against the wall, bruised her face, and beat 539 00:28:58,640 --> 00:29:01,640 Speaker 3: her feet so hard she couldn't walk. She said that 540 00:29:01,680 --> 00:29:04,720 Speaker 3: he quote also committed other acts of violence against me 541 00:29:04,800 --> 00:29:07,360 Speaker 3: to which I did not consent unquote. 542 00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:09,160 Speaker 1: Should not go into more detail. 543 00:29:10,720 --> 00:29:15,600 Speaker 3: Army, through his lawyers denied everything. The lawyers claimed it 544 00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:19,360 Speaker 3: was consensual non consent I mutually agreed upon rape fantasy 545 00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:22,520 Speaker 3: role play. They also claimed they had text messages from 546 00:29:22,560 --> 00:29:24,800 Speaker 3: Effie the proof she was into it, though they wouldn't 547 00:29:24,800 --> 00:29:27,520 Speaker 3: share the messages publicly because they didn't want to embarrass her. 548 00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:32,120 Speaker 3: In February twenty twenty one, the Los Angeles Police Department 549 00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:35,440 Speaker 3: opened up a sexual assault investigation into Armie Hammer based 550 00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:39,840 Speaker 3: on evidence they'd received. Army disappeared from public life. He 551 00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:43,360 Speaker 3: checked into an addiction treatment center in Florida, supposedly seeking 552 00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:46,800 Speaker 3: help for his issues around drugs, sex, and alcohol. His 553 00:29:46,920 --> 00:29:50,160 Speaker 3: mom says he's doing great, according to one gossip magazine, 554 00:29:50,640 --> 00:29:53,320 Speaker 3: but that's the last anyone's heard of him. It's like 555 00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:56,800 Speaker 3: Armie Hammer has finally decided to start listening to a publicist, 556 00:29:57,400 --> 00:30:01,240 Speaker 3: and all it took was a rape allegation. In December 557 00:30:01,280 --> 00:30:05,240 Speaker 3: twenty twenty one, the LAPD wrapped up their investigation and 558 00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:09,240 Speaker 3: forwarded their findings to the district Attorney. As of this podcast, 559 00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:12,480 Speaker 3: no charges have been filed. The man at the center 560 00:30:12,520 --> 00:30:15,280 Speaker 3: of the controversy got what he wanted. He cemented his 561 00:30:15,320 --> 00:30:19,959 Speaker 3: celebrity status and finally became a household name Armie Hammer, 562 00:30:20,440 --> 00:30:24,760 Speaker 3: the cannibal Lover, a moniker so outrageous that it ought 563 00:30:24,760 --> 00:30:29,760 Speaker 3: to be in pictures. I'm Jake Brennan and this is 564 00:30:29,840 --> 00:30:30,680 Speaker 3: hollywood Land. 565 00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:46,880 Speaker 2: Hollywood Land was created by Years Truly and is produced 566 00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:50,760 Speaker 2: in partnership with Double Elvis. Follow like, rate and review 567 00:30:50,800 --> 00:30:53,040 Speaker 2: hollywood Land wherever you get your podcasts, and get in 568 00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:56,400 Speaker 2: touch with us on social media at double Elvis. 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