Armie Hammer Claims He Once Got Johnny Depp Too High for a Press Junket
Speaking on the July 28 episode of his Armie HammerTime podcast, the 38-year-old actor reflected on that year, admitting, “I was smoking upwards of 15 to 20 joints a day.” Laughing, he added, “I loved marijuana roofie-ing people… I loved poisoning people,” prompting his friend and co-host Ashton Ramsey to urge him to “self-censor.”
Ramsey then brought up what he called “the most trouble you ever got into,” referencing the Depp incident. Hammer confirmed the story, saying, “They never let me hang out with Johnny on the press tour after that. They would always keep us apart. They were like, ‘You two cannot hang out anymore.’” Representatives for Depp, 62, have not responded to the claims.Hammer’s History of Provocative Stories
This is not the first time Hammer’s comments have raised eyebrows. Earlier in February, during an appearance on The Louis Theroux Podcast, the Call Me By Your Name star shocked listeners with a story from his first hunting trip.According to E! News, Hammer said he once bit into the heart of a freshly killed animal as part of what friends described as a hunting “tradition.” “You don’t eat the whole heart. One of the traditions is you take a bite out of the heart,” he explained, adding that he was “goaded on” by others in the group.Hammer described it as “an overly charged male rite of passage” rather than anything sinister. “Everyone that I know who went hunting for the first time had to do something similar,” he said.Addressing Cannibalism Allegations
Hammer was quick to clarify that the heart-biting ritual had nothing to do with the cannibalism and sexual gratification allegations made against him in 2021. “You know what you have to do to actually be a cannibal? You have to actually eat human flesh. So no,” he said firmly.Johnny Depp’s Career Updates
Meanwhile, Johnny Depp has been focused on his acting comeback. He is set to star alongside Penélope Cruz and Madelyn Cline in Day Drinker, marking his fourth on-screen collaboration with Cruz. The film will be his first major studio role since Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald in 2018.Just last month, Depp attended the U.K. premiere of Modi: Three Days on the Wing of Madness, the first film he has directed in more than 25 years. Based on Dennis McIntyre’s play about Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani, the movie stars Riccardo Scamarcio in the title role, with Al Pacino portraying art collector Maurice Gangnat.
Speaking on the July 28 episode of his Armie HammerTime podcast, the 38-year-old actor reflected on that year, admitting, “I was smoking upwards of 15 to 20 joints a day.” Laughing, he added, “I loved marijuana roofie-ing people… I loved poisoning people,” prompting his friend and co-host Ashton Ramsey to urge him to “self-censor.”
Ramsey then brought up what he called “the most trouble you ever got into,” referencing the Depp incident. Hammer confirmed the story, saying, “They never let me hang out with Johnny on the press tour after that. They would always keep us apart. They were like, ‘You two cannot hang out anymore.’” Representatives for Depp, 62, have not responded to the claims.Hammer’s History of Provocative StoriesThis is not the first time Hammer’s comments have raised eyebrows. Earlier in February, during an appearance on The Louis Theroux Podcast, the Call Me By Your Name star shocked listeners with a story from his first hunting trip.According to E! News, Hammer said he once bit into the heart of a freshly killed animal as part of what friends described as a hunting “tradition.” “You don’t eat the whole heart. One of the traditions is you take a bite out of the heart,” he explained, adding that he was “goaded on” by others in the group.Hammer described it as “an overly charged male rite of passage” rather than anything sinister. “Everyone that I know who went hunting for the first time had to do something similar,” he said.Addressing Cannibalism Allegations
Hammer was quick to clarify that the heart-biting ritual had nothing to do with the cannibalism and sexual gratification allegations made against him in 2021. “You know what you have to do to actually be a cannibal? You have to actually eat human flesh. So no,” he said firmly.Johnny Depp’s Career Updates
Meanwhile, Johnny Depp has been focused on his acting comeback. He is set to star alongside Penélope Cruz and Madelyn Cline in Day Drinker, marking his fourth on-screen collaboration with Cruz. The film will be his first major studio role since Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald in 2018.Just last month, Depp attended the U.K. premiere of Modi: Three Days on the Wing of Madness, the first film he has directed in more than 25 years. Based on Dennis McIntyre’s play about Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani, the movie stars Riccardo Scamarcio in the title role, with Al Pacino portraying art collector Maurice Gangnat.
