Moment Armie Hammer eviscerates Louis Theroux as he's quizzed over THOSE cannibalism claims

Armie Hammer furiously eviscerated Louis Theroux after he was quizzed on cannibalism claims in his recent podcast.

The actor, 38, very publicly 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 harbouring cannibalism fantasies. 

He was investigated by the LAPD in 2023 but ultimately not charged.

At the end of The Louis Theroux Podcast, Armie stunned Louis into silence as he went off on a furious rant about some of the questions he was asked.

Armie felt Louis was 'drudging up' the past when 'waters have settled' after he was questioned on cannibal allegations - despite admitting he 'cut the heart out of a living animal and took a bite out of it' on the episode.

Louis asked: Did you have anything else that you wanted to say? I should obviously say that.'

Armie said: 'No, I mean I don't love the way the interview started, just to be perfectly honest. 

'I'm not crazy about drudging up all of this stuff because for me, a lot of these issues have been resolved, whether it be legally or within myself and I feel like a lot of those waters have settled.

'I think doing things like that, stirs up the water again unnecessarily. It definitely wasn't my favourite beginning. 

'I'm glad we moved past that and got to a place where we could have a civil, normal conversation, like that felt good.

'But drudging all that stuff up, like, I don't love it.'

Louis added: 'I hear you and I sensed that during the chat. I think in the court of public opinion, the jury is still out.'

'But my thing now is like, the court of public opinion like, pick anything that the court of public opinion has an opinion on, there's a very good chance they will not be fully informed.

'There's a very good chance they don't have the full story, and there's also a very good chance that they're probably wrong', Armie fumed.

Before going in at Louis, Armie discussed the allegations and how his life has changed since. 

Louis asked during the chat if Armie was in fact a cannibal, to which he replied: 'You know what you have to do to actually be a cannibal? 

'You have to actually eat human flesh. So no'. 

But he did admit to having taken a bite out of the heart of an animal as part of a hunting ritual. 

Louis asked about reports Armie had 'cut the heart out of a living animal before and eaten it while still warm', to which he replied: 'You don’t eat the whole heart, you don’t do that. 

'You take a bite out of the heart, and you've got all your buddies around you, they're goading you on, it's sort of like an almost overly charged male rite of passage when you go hunting for your first time. 

'Everyone that I know who went hunting for their first time had to do something similar.'  

'So you did that?' Louis asked, as Armie confirmed: 'Yeah. Not for the purpose of any cannibalism or any sexual gratification, no.'

Elsewhere in the chat, Armie bizarrely compared himself to a 'comedian making jokes' while discussing the cannibalism scandal than ended his once flourishing Hollywood career. 

Armie pointed out that only his messages had been been made public while the recipients were cut out making them lack context, but compared his comments to a comedian 'pushing the boundaries'. 

He said: 'Any digitally altered evidence is immediately inadmissible [in court] because you have no context. You, like, that could have been a very funny conversation between two people who were joking and pushing each other and egging each other on'. 

'In the way that sometimes you see comedians pushing the boundary further and further when they're having a conversation. I'm not going to argue the messages'. 

The actor, who entered rehab following the scandal, blamed his disturbing messages on his nature being 'exacerbated' by alcohol and drugs as well as wanting to 'push the envelope' while in the bedroom.

'Did I ever have any intention of cutting anything off of anyone or eating anything off of anyone? No. There was never really anything that I wanted. Was it fun to joke about if I was stoned or drunk or like laughing as I was typing these messages? Sure.' 

Before adding: 'That's where context comes in. You make jokes, I'm sure, with your friends that if I took your phone, and made them public, and removed your friend's half of the jokes, you would probably be in hot water'.

Last month the actor claimed he's now living in a 'tiny apartment' as he works to rebuild his career, and reflected on the whirlwind of the controversy and how it captivated the public during the COVID-19 lockdown. 

Speaking on Your Mama's House podcast, he said: 'The world seemed like it was falling apart, and people were just deeply unhappy with their own lives,' he said. 'Then this salacious story comes out about an actor wanting to murder and eat people. And all of a sudden, everyone’s like, "Oh, this is so much more fun to focus on than the fact that I can’t leave my living room".'

Armie went on to explain how the media storm spiralled as more stories emerged, adding, 'If anyone took anyone's bedroom conversations, even if it was completely vanilla, and read it out of context, everyone would go, "You guys are f---ing disgusting".'

Armie also reflected on his past behaviour with women, admitting that he used them to feed his ego. 

'People were my bags of dope with skin on it,' he said on the podcast. 'Having people want to have sex with me gave me a sense of power and validation.'

He confessed to using women for his own gratification and leaving them feeling used, explaining: 'I would scoop these girls up, take them on whirlwind trips, have great sex, and then just bounce, leaving them feeling like they were sucked into this tornado.'

The actor, who has previously shared his own trauma of being sexually assaulted by a pastor at 13, revealed he’s been in therapy and reflecting on his actions. 

He also spoke about his children, who he recently spent the holidays with, acknowledging that they might one day feel the effects of his actions. 

"I'm well aware that my daughter and son are gonna get to a point where they do therapy, and they’ll say, "I hate my dad, too".'  

He shares two children, daughter Harper and son Ford, with his ex-wife Elizabeth Chambers, and they have been co-parenting since their 2020 split.

The Louis Theroux Podcast is available on Spotify now