Armie Hammer isn’t holding back when it comes to his latest role.
Nearly four years after the actor’s career was derailed by scandal due to allegations of sexual abuse and cannibalistic fantasies in 2021, Hammer, 38, is back in the spotlight.
The “Death on the Nile” alum made a brief cameo in the music video for “Typical Squeeze,” which was released Monday by the English artist Georgie Leahy.
Hammer appears in the pop track as a character called “Kannibal Ken,” per the song’s official YouTube credits. The tune is about a rebellious woman who is not a “safe bet, good girl or typical squeeze.”
“Everybody’s got a little wild side,” the song’s lyrics read.
Halfway through the video Hammer pops up in the back of Leahy’s convertible, which causes it to flip and bloody severed limbs fly out of the car and into the streets.
Kannibal Ken also appears to be a play on Ryan Gosling’s role as Ken in last year’s hit film “Barbie.”
Hammer became the talk of the town after the allegations against him surfaced. The “Call Me by My Name” star was then dropped by his publicist and talent agency and had to leave multiple acting projects that were in the works.
Although Hammer denied any criminal wrongdoing and maintained that his relationships were all consensual, he did admit to taking advantage of an “imbalance of power” and being emotionally abusive with some past sexual partners. However, Hammer did not face any criminal charges.
In July, the Hollywood star appeared on “Piers Morgan Uncensored” and reiterated that he never sexually assaulted anyone, including his former girlfriend Effie Angelova.
In 2021, Angelova accused Hammer of raping her and abusing her “mentally, emotionally and sexually” in 2017. Multiple other women came forward claiming Hammer was into cannibalistic fantasies and BDSM. (The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office confirmed last year that Hammer would not be charged with sexual assault.)
Speaking to Morgan, 59, Hammer denied all the accusations, starting with being a cannibal.
“You know what you have to do to be a cannibal? You have to have actually eaten someone,” he said.
Hammer also denied he’s ever eaten human flesh.
“This was a very intense affair, very sexually charged, between two people with very similar proclivities and kinks,” he revealed about his relationship with Angelova, which occurred while he was married to his now ex-wife Elizabeth Chambers. (The former spouses separated in 2020 and finalized their divorce in 2023. They are parents of Harper, 9, and Ford, 7.)
Hammer continued: “Any of those conversations that we [he and Angelova] had inside of that relationship, when you take them outside of that context and put them into broad daylight, it doesn’t look so good.”
He addressed the claims he was into BDSM sex and role-play as well. “You know, different people have different sexual fantasies. And there’s a very broad spectrum of sexuality, and people are allowed to engage with their own sexuality however it fits them and what they do,” he told Morgan.
The “Hotel Mumbai” actor said the concept of cannibalism as role-play “was just sort of born out of a desire to sort of like, ‘I want you so completely’ and ‘I want you so totally’ that it’s almost like ‘I want to eat you.’ “
He also chalked up sending messages about cannibalism to his alleged victims as just “all fun fantasy.”
Meanwhile, his latest cameo was directed by Jerry Brunskill, who also produces his new podcast “Armie HammerTime.”
“The Social Network” actor’s podcast features friends like Tyler Ramsey, Dru Hammer, his mother and comedian Tom Arnold.
In a November episode, Dru revealed on air that she gifted her son a vasectomy for his birthday in August.
Hammer is next set to make his return to the big screen in the Western “Frontier Crucible.”
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