Armie Hammer revealed that he had a falling out with his mother, Dru Hammer, over religion following the cannibalism allegations.
Monday the delivery of his new one Armie HammerTime podcastthe actor, 38, opened up candidly about his relationship with his mother.
During a conversation with his mother Dru, he said he has “very clear boundaries” and doesn’t want her to “talk to me about God all the time.”
Addressing his mother, Hammer explained that he “understands that you feel like this is such a big part of who you are and what you are and your purpose, that that’s just what you always do.
This comes shortly after he returned with a new podcast, admitted he ‘loves cannibals now’ and revived his film career three years after the infamous scandal.
Armie Hammer revealed that he had an argument with his mother, Dru Hammer, about religion following the cannibalism allegations. On Monday’s episode of his new Armie HammerTime podcast, the actor, 38, opened up candidly about his relationship with his mother
In his second podcast episode, he explained that there was a time when he was estranged from his mother.
“We had a period in our lives where we didn’t talk at all because I said, ‘I don’t need a pastor, I need a mother. And if you can’t be a mother and can only be a pastor, then I don’t need that relationship in my life.
“And we didn’t talk for a while because you were like, ‘This is who I am.’ And that’s fine. Everyone is allowed to respond as they wish when boundaries are set,” he continued.
Hammer also told his mother that he has “no problem” with her relationship with religion because he believes that “everyone is entitled to their own spirituality.”
“I think we are all spiritual beings, and I have a thriving spiritual practice,” he said. “I start every morning with meditation and a prayer and a gratitude practice—all those things I learned during my recovery,” he said.
“The place where you and I get into trouble is when it feels to me like my spirituality doesn’t look exactly like your spirituality, so you try to proselytize or proselytize or bring me half a dozen Bibles or whatever so that you want my spirituality to look exactly like yours. And I think that’s where we get into trouble with it. At least, that’s how it feels to me.’
Then his mother began telling stories about the origins of his gifted Bibles and talking about being “radically healed” through religion.
Hammer interrupted her to get back to his point. “I’m really trying to be respectful of your time and your talk, but we haven’t gotten back to the point I was talking about, which is our personal relationship,” he told her.
During a conversation with his mother Dru, he said he has “very clear boundaries” and doesn’t want her to “talk to me about God all the time.” Addressing his mother, Hammer explained that he “understands that you feel like this is such a big part of who you are and what you are and your purpose, that that’s just what you always do; pictured in February 2019 in Santa Monica
In his second podcast episode, he explained that there was a time when he was estranged from his mother. Hammer also told his mother that he has “no problem” with her relationship with religion because he believes that “everyone is entitled to their own spirituality.”
“I brought up what I think about our personal relationship and then you started talking about Christ. That’s what I think is causing division in our relationship, where I feel like you and I aren’t getting along very well on a personal level because it feels to me like everything that comes up is an opportunity for you to talk about Christ to talk – and that’s great, [but] the fact that it feels like a barrier for us to have a personal relationship is the reason I feel like we haven’t spoken in a long time.”
In response, his mother told him, “To be honest, what I was saying is that I believe that as Christians we are called to do that. So you’re coming from that perspective, and all I did was explain why I do what I do. Because you are called to be an actor. I am called to be an evangelist.’
His latest podcast episode comes shortly after he revealed he has returned to filmmaking, three years after his cannibalism scandal imploded his career.
The actor fell from grace at the height of his fame after several women accused him of violent abuse and harboring cannibalistic fantasies.
Hammer has vehemently denied the claims and has not been charged, but his career and personal life have suffered a setback.
Following the series of disturbing allegations and his quiet hiatus, the Call Me By Your Name actor announced his return late last month with photos from his new project, a Western film called Frontier Crucible.
Then his mother began telling stories about the origins of his gifted Bibles and talking about “radical healing” through religion.
Hammer interrupted her to get back to his point. “I’m really trying to be respectful of your time and your talk, but we haven’t gotten back to the point I was talking about, which is our personal relationship,” he told her.
“Back in the saddle,” he captioned the post. Deadline reports that the film will begin shooting in November in Monument Valley and Prescott, Arizona.
The film, which also stars Thomas Jane and is directed by Travis Mills, is an adaptation of Harry Whittington’s 1961 western book Desert Stake-Out.
According to the outlet, it was pitched by producer Dallas Sonnier as Reservoir Dogs meets Bone Tomahawk.
Set in the 1870s in the Arizona Territory, the film centers on a former soldier with a tragic past who forges a tenuous alliance with three outlaws, a beautiful woman and her wounded husband. Together they all try to survive the western border.