Armie Hammer Reveals He Once Took 'a Bite Out' of a Living Animal's Heart: It's a 'Male Rite of Passage'

Mar. 15, 2025

Armie Hammer.Photo:Todd Williamson/E! Entertainment/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty

Todd Williamson/E! Entertainment/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty

Armie Hammeris sharing the shocking details of how he ate an animal’s “warm” heart on a hunting trip.

“It’s sort of like an almost overly-charged male rite of passage when you go hunting for the first time,” Hammer explained. “Everyone that I know who went hunting for their first time had to do something similar.”

He added that he cut out the animal’s heart “not for the purpose of any cannibalism or any sexual gratification,” referring to his pastallegations of cannibalistic fantasies.

Hammer pictured in N.Y.C. in 2018.Mike Coppola/Getty

Mike Coppola/Getty

Hammer said he never ate people though as he addressed the 2021 allegations on the podcast. “You know what you have to do to actually be a cannibal? You have to actually eat human flesh. So no,” he said, perE News.

Two of Hammer’s exes,Courtney Vucekovichand Julia Morrison,alleged in the 2022 documentaryHouse of Hammerthat the actor sent them messages detailing cannibalistic fantasies they claim he had about them.In April 2023, following another woman’srape accusation, the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office confirmed that Hammer — who has denied any allegations of wrongdoing — wasbeing investigated over claims of sexual assault. There ultimately wasnot sufficient evidence for a caseand he was never charged.

Hammer pictured at the Critics' Choice Awards in January 2018.Christopher Polk/Getty

Christopher Polk/Getty

“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 added.

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source: people.com