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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Entertainment
Lauren Aratani

Armie Hammer breaks silence on sexual abuse allegations: ‘I used people’

Armie Hammer in Los Angeles, California, in November 2019.
Armie Hammer in Los Angeles, California, in November 2019. Photograph: Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP

Armie Hammer gave his first interview since the beginning of 2021, when multiple sexual misconduct and abuse allegations were made against the actor, saying all the encounters involved were consensual while acknowledging he was emotionally abusive in his relationships.

“I had a very intense and extreme lifestyle,” Hammer told Air Mail, a digital newsletter. “I would scoop up these women, bring them into it – into this whirlwind of travel and sex and drugs and big emotions flying around – and then as soon as I was done, I’d just drop them off and move on to the next woman, leaving that woman feeling abandoned or used.”

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