Armie Hammer admits he 'needed an adjustment' after 2021 sex abuse scandal... but wonders why he's still canceled after LAPD investigation, psych evaluation, and rehab stint

Armie Hammer took his image rehabilitation tour to the basement of Bill Maher's $20M Beverly Hills mansion on Sunday where they discussed cancel culture on his podcast Club Random.

It's been well over three years since the 37-year-old disgraced movie star was dropped by his WME agent, publicist, and future films after being publicly accused by four women of sexual abuse despite him maintaining their encounters were consensual.

And while text messages confirmed Armie's violent BDSM fetishes ('I am 100% a cannibal'), the LA District Attorney's Office told TMZ in May 2023 there was 'insufficient evidence' to prove he raped Effie Angelova due to the 'complexity of the relationship.'

'They went through phones, emails, eyewitness reports. They investigated me for two and a half years in a time where if they could have nailed someone like me, it would have been such a boon for the LAPD,' Hammer noted.

'And after two and a half years they came to the conclusion that there is no evidence any crime had been committed.' 

Armie Hammer (R) took his image rehabilitation tour to the basement of Bill Maher's (L) $20M Beverly Hills mansion on Sunday where they discussed cancel culture on his podcast Club Random

It's been well over three years since the 37-year-old disgraced movie star was dropped by his WME agent, publicist, and future films after being publicly accused by four women of sexual abuse despite him maintaining their encounters were consensual

The Call Me by Your Name alum also underwent a 'full psychological evaluation' in the Cayman Islands due to his custody battle for nine-year-old daughter Harper and seven-year-old son Ford amid his divorce from BIRD Bakery CEO Elizabeth Chambers, which was finalized a year ago.

'So I had to subject myself for a multi-month full psychological evaluation, and the report at the end of that was was glowing,' Armie claimed.

'They're like, "He's got issues. [But] he's not what people are saying."'

Hammer - who used to 'smoke 20 joints a day' - has remained happily sober following his nine-month stint at a Florida rehab to battle his addictions to drugs, alcohol, and sex issues.

'Therapy for me has been a life changer,' the Golden Globe nominee gushed.

'Listen, I needed an adjustment. There was some s*** going on. Here's what I think would have happened had none of this gone on and like the cataclysmic tectonic shift in my life wouldn't have happened. My life would have kept going exactly as it was, and I know that would ultimately only lead in one place and that's death...

'I experienced an ego death, a career death, a financial death - all of these things, right? And [William Paul] Young talks about this. Joseph Campbell talks about this. You've got to die and once you die you can then be reborn. A phoenix isn't going to rise if there's no ashes.'

Before his cancellation, Armie fully admitted he was 'drinking a lot. I was doing a lot of drugs. I was partying hard. I was being real fast and loose about what I put in text messages and I was also engaging in risky behavior that, if you really think about it, was stupid!' 

And while text messages confirmed Armie's violent BDSM fetishes ('I am 100% a cannibal'), the LA District Attorney's Office told TMZ in May 2023 there was 'insufficient evidence' to prove he raped Effie Angelova due to the 'complexity of the relationship' 

Hammer noted: 'They went through phones, emails, eyewitness reports. They investigated me for two and a half years in a time where if they could have nailed someone like me, it would have been such a boon for the LAPD. And after two and a half years they came to the conclusion that there is no evidence any crime had been committed'

The Call Me by Your Name alum also underwent a 'full psychological evaluation' in the Cayman Islands due to his custody battle for nine-year-old daughter Harper and seven-year-old son Ford amid his divorce from BIRD Bakery CEO Elizabeth Chambers (L, pictured March 31), which was finalized a year ago

Armie claimed: 'So I had to subject myself for a multi-month full psychological evaluation, and the report at the end of that was was glowing. They're like, "He's got issues. [But] he's not what people are saying"'

Hammer - who used to 'smoke 20 joints a day' - has remained happily sober following his nine-month stint at a Florida rehab to battle his addictions to drugs, alcohol, and sex issues

The Golden Globe nominee gushed: 'Therapy for me has been a life changer...Listen, I needed an adjustment. There was some s*** going on. Here's what I think would have happened had none of this gone on and like the cataclysmic tectonic shift in my life wouldn't have happened. My life would have kept going exactly as it was, and I know that would ultimately only lead in one place and that's death'

He added: 'I experienced an ego death, a career death, a financial death - all of these things, right? And [William Paul] Young talks about this. Joseph Campbell talks about this. You've got to die and once you die you can then be reborn. A phoenix isn't going to rise if there's no ashes'

The 68-year-old Emmy-winning producer - whose movie poster for Cannibal Women ironically hung behind the pair - overlooked most of Hammer's past behavior but drew the line at him drinking and driving while filming himself back in 2021.

'100 percent! 100 percent! To be fair, it was MDMA. I'm a little hazy,' Armie admitted.

'I mean who hasn't done MDMA in the passenger's seat of a car?'

When Bill asked again if he was behind the wheel, Hammer shrugged: 'Maybe I was? Also 100% I definitely drove irresponsibly for sure and and by the way I did all kinds of crazy s*** that if I really think about it now. I kind of look at it, there's no way I didn't expect this even unconsciously subconsciously. It was self-destruction.'

Maher was also visibly uncomfortable asking the high school drop-out why he carved his first initial 'A' into Paige Lorenze's pubic area with a knife and started licking the blood during their four-month fling.

'You get in these moods, like especially if you're inebriated or especially if

whatever, you start to go, "This is a great idea!"' Armie - whose texts were 'negotiating boundaries' - explained.

'And it's like, wait, people get tattoos of each other's initials all the time. And by the way, like, I'm not performing surgery. All of these things in a consensual relationship that were prediscussed and consented to, whatever they might have been between two people.' 

The 68-year-old Emmy-winning producer - whose movie poster for Cannibal Women ironically hung behind the pair - overlooked most of Hammer's past behavior but drew the line at him drinking and driving while filming himself back in 2021

Armie admitted: '100 percent! 100 percent! To be fair, it was MDMA. I'm a little hazy...I mean who hasn't done MDMA in the passenger's seat of a car?' 

When Bill asked again if he was behind the wheel, Hammer shrugged: 'Maybe I was? Also 100% I definitely drove irresponsibly for sure and and by the way I did all kinds of crazy s*** that if I really think about it now. I kind of look at it, there's no way I didn't expect this even unconsciously subconsciously. It was self-destruction' 

Maher was also visibly uncomfortable asking the high school drop-out why he carved his first initial 'A' into Paige Lorenze's pubic area with a knife and started licking the blood during their four-month fling 

Armie - whose texts were 'negotiating boundaries' - explained: 'You get in these moods, like especially if you're inebriated or especially if whatever, you start to go, "This is a great idea!" And it's like, wait, people get tattoos of each other's initials all the time. And by the way, like, I'm not performing surgery'

Hammer - who, at age 13, was molested by a 'member of the clergy' for 'about a year' - concluded: 'At the end of the day, hurt people hurt people'

The two-time SAG Award nominee - who was ordered to pay $1,500 a month in child support - fully admitted he's broke and said he applied to be a drama teacher, landscaper, building manager, and timeshare salesman but 'the Cayman Islands refuses to give me work permits'

Armie said: 'Someone might look at me and go, "Yeah but financially you're in a very different position than you've ever been in your entire life." And I look at that and I go, "Yeah and you know what? It's taught me that I don't need that because I've never been happier than I've ever been in my entire life'

Hammer's last acting role was portraying Alex Magnussen in Taika Waititi's 2023 film Next Goal Wins, but the entire role was reshot in December 2021 with seven-time Emmy nominee Will Arnett (R)

The last time audiences saw Armie he played the two-timing Simon Doyle in Kenneth Branagh's 2022 film Death on the Nile, but he was completely edited out of the trailers

Hammer - who, at age 13, was molested by a 'member of the clergy' for 'about a year' - concluded: 'At the end of the day, hurt people hurt people.'

'What would happen is I would suck these women into this whirlwind and then the minute it got real or the minute it got intimate or the minute it got serious, I would go, "Whoa! I never signed up for this!" And I would just I would move on and, like the Seinfeld episode, I was a terrible breaker-upper,' the two-time SAG Award nominee recalled.

'I cheated on my wife. I used people to make me feel better. I was callous and inconsiderate with people and their emotions and their well-being. I wanted what I wanted and I was

going to take it at any cost even if it was at an emotional cost of someone else, and that is s****y behavior...I have to take accountability because that is pivotal for me learning and growing from it.'

Armie - who was ordered to pay $1,500 a month in child support - fully admitted he's broke and said he applied to be a drama teacher, landscaper, building manager, and timeshare salesman but 'the Cayman Islands refuses to give me work permits.'

'You say what you want, I loved it. I would love to be a timeshare salesman it is so fun,' Hammer quipped.

'Someone might look at me and go, "Yeah but financially you're in a very different position than you've ever been in your entire life." And I look at that and I go, "Yeah and you know what? It's taught me that I don't need that because I've never been happier than I've ever been in my entire life.'

Armie's last acting role was portraying Alex Magnussen in Taika Waititi's 2023 film Next Goal Wins, but the entire role was reshot in December 2021 with seven-time Emmy nominee Will Arnett.

The last time audiences saw Hammer he played the two-timing Simon Doyle in Kenneth Branagh's 2022 film Death on the Nile, but he was completely edited out of the trailers.