Armie Hammer admits he once took ‘a bite out’ of an animal’s heart: It’s a ‘male rite of passage’

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accused having of cannibalistic fantasies in 2021, the actor, 38, said he once ate an animal’s “warm” heart as part of a hunting “tradition.”“You don’t eat the whole heart,” he said on Tuesday’s episode of “The Louis Theroux Podcast.” “One of the traditions is you take a bite out of the heart.”Hammer recalled being “goad[ed] on” by his friends who had joined him on the hunting expedition.“It’s sort of like an almost overly-charged male rite of passage when you go hunting for the first time,” he explained. “Everyone that I know who went hunting for their first time had to do something similar.”The “Call Me by Your Name” actor later clarified why he participated in the act, sharing it was “not for the purpose of any cannibalism or any sexual gratification.”Hammer, who has daughter Harper and son Ford with his ex-wife, Elizabeth Chambers, confirmed that he never ate people as he addressed the 2021 allegations during the conversation. “You know what you have to do to actually be a cannibal?

You have to actually eat human flesh. So no,” he firmly stated.Hammer’s ex-girlfriends, Courtney Vucekovich and Julia Morrison, both alleged in the 2022 documentary “House of Hammer” that the celebrity sent them messages detailing cannibalistic fantasies.In 2023, after another woman’s rape accusation, the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office confirmed that Hammer, who has denied any allegations of wrongdoing, was under investigation.Hammer was never charged as there was not sufficient evidence for a case of sexual assault.Hammer addressed the alleged text messages on the podcast.