Armie Hammer's mother has broken her silence on her son's career ending cannibalism and abuse allegations.
The Call Me By Your Name actor, 37, who was at the peak of his fame, fell from grace when a series of disturbing allegations were made against him by multiple women, who accused him of violent abuse and harboring cannibalism fantasies.
In February 2021 his ex-girlfriend, Effie Angelova, 26, accused him of 'violently' raping and abusing her in 2017. He denied the accusations of rape through his attorney and said all of his sexual encounters were 'completely consensual, discussed and agreed upon in advance and mutually participatory'.
Dru Hammer - who has tell-all book Hammered coming out - told TMZ: 'Iwas very careful during the whole ordeal because my own son didn't come out and defend himself.
'I had a pastor at the time who said if you come to your own defense, it's the only defense you're ever gonna have, so we believe that God is our defense and now the truth is coming out.
Armie Hammer's mother Dru has broken her silence on her son's career ending cannibalism and abuse allegations
Dru Hammer - who has tell-all book Hammered coming out - told TMZ: 'I was very careful during the whole ordeal because my own son didn't come out and defend himself
Referring to her son's recent interviews with Bill Maher and Piers Morgan, she said: 'He was not criminally wrong, he was morally wrong but it's changed his life forever and he's sober and he's happier than he's ever been.
'And coming back to God and that's the most important thing to me.'
She said things were looking 'so good' for Armie now and he was set for a return to Hollywood.
Dru added that she detailed her son's scandal in her new book - and that he signed off on it with no edits, adding he said: 'Iwouldn't change anything, I'm really proud of you mom.'
Hammerrecently confirmed his ex-girlfriend Paige Lorenze's accusation that he once 'branded' her with a knife — but he claims it was 'more like a scrape' or 'tattoo.'
The actor made the admission in a new interview with Piers Morganas he seemingly tried to downplay Lorenze's disturbing version of events.
At the height of Hammer's cannibalism and abuse scandal in 2021, Lorenze came forward to accuse him of 'marking and branding' her during their 'traumatic' four month relationship in 2020.
The Dairy Boy founder alleged to DailyMail.com at the time that Hammer hadcarved his first initial into her groin with a knifeand licked the blood from the wound during a kinky sexual encounter thatgot out of control.
Referring to her son's recent interviews with Bill Maher and Piers Morgan, she said: 'He was not criminally wrong, he was morally wrong but it's changed his life forever and he's sober and he's happier than he's ever been ' - pictured 2017 with Armie's now ex-wife Elizabeth Chambers
Dru added that she detailed her son's scandal in her new book - and that he signed off on it with no edits, adding he said: 'I wouldn't change anything, I'm really proud of you mom'
Hammer, who was at the peak of his fame, fell from grace in 2021 when a series of disturbing allegations were made against him by multiple women, who accused him of violent abuse and harboring cannibalism fantasies; seen in 2019
But Hammer claimed to Morgan on Thursday, as per Page Six, that he didn't technically 'brand' Lorenze and that blood was never drawn.
'I wouldn't say brand, no,' Hammer said.'There was a scenario that we talked about beforehand, that we had discussed where, you know, I would basically take a little, tiny point and just kind of trace the letter 'A' — just like the tip of a small knife.'
He continued:'I mean, there wasn't even blood in the situation. It was more like a scrape… It's along the lines of couples getting their own initials tattooed on each other.'
Morgan pointed out that taking a knife to someone's skin is 'a bit different to a tattoo.'
'[It's] less permanent. I guarantee it was such a small thing,' Hammer fired back.
After Morgan confessed he was 'shocked' by the whole thing, Hammer tried to frame it as a 'romantic gesture.'
'Yes, I think to some it probably sounds really strange. To some, it probably sounds like a very romantic gesture,' he explained.
He also insisted that he had nothing to 'gain' from'having a sexual experience that my partner didn't appreciate or enjoy.
'That was also a huge sense of validation for me, making this person that I'm with feel good, making this person that I'm with, I don't know if I can say this, climax,' Hammer explained to Morgan.
'Like, these were things that made me feel good and made me feel powerful, which I desperately needed, because I didn't know how to give them to myself.'
Lorenze shared an image of her 'A' scar with DailyMail exclusively back in 2021 as she detailed their four-month romance.
Last month Hammer revealed he is grateful for the shock cannibalism and abuse allegations which imploded his once-stellar Hollywood acting career.
Speaking on the Painful Lessons podcast, the actor said of the scandal: 'Whatever it was that people said, whatever it was that happened, I'm now at a place in my life where I'm grateful for every single bit of it,
He denied the accusations of rape through his attorney and said all of his sexual encounters were 'completely consensual, discussed and agreed upon in advance and mutually participatory'; seen in 2020
'I'm actually now at a place where I'm really grateful for it because where I was in my life before all of that stuff happened to me I didn't feel good I never felt satisfied I never had enough I never was in a place where I was happy with myself where I had self-esteem.
'I never knew how to give myself love. I never knew how to give myself self-validation but I had this job where I was able to get it from so many people that I never had to learn how to give it to myself.'
On being accused of cannibalism - the actor reportedly said he was '100% a cannibal' in 2021 texts - he added: 'People called me a cannibal. Like I ate people! What???? You know what you have to do to be a cannibal? You have to eat people!'
He added of his downfall: 'It was an ego death, a career death. A neutron bomb went off in my life. It killed off [everything]'
His then-wife Chambers split from him in July 2020 - the former couple share two young children.
Hammer was told 'he had issues' but he's 'not what people are saying' in a psychiatric evaluation report - after cannibalism and abuse allegations imploded his career in 2021.
The star said he had contemplated suicide during that period, saying: 'There were a lot of times when I thought I can't take this anymore. I was getting hate…so it just went right in… there was a time
'I was standing at the shore and I swam out really far and just laying there..a half-assed suicide attempt…But I thought I couldn't do that to my kids.'
He admitted his Hollywood career is 'nowhere now' and said he's 'creating his own sandbox' and planning to write a screenplay.
