It appears Armie Hammer is boldly poking fun at the cannibalism rumors that derailed his acting career.
The actor, 38, recently made a brief appearance in singer-actor Georgie Leahy’s music video for “Typical Squeeze,” which was released Monday, in which he appears as a character named “Kannibal Ken.”
In the song, Leahy sings about not being a “good girl” while teasing that “everybody’s got a little wild side.” At one point in the video, Leahy drives in a Barbie-style convertible car — an apparent nod to the 2023 hit film starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling.
Less than one minute into the music video, Hammer pops up from the backseat of the car seemingly dressed as Gosling’s Ken character. Appearing visibly scared, Leahy suddenly turns the steering wheel causing the car to flip as bloody severed limbs scatter across the ground.
Hammer’s cameo in the video comes after numerous women accused the actor of rape, physical abuse and describing cannibalistic fantasies to them in 2021.
The “Death on the Nile” star denied the allegations against him, but his career took a hit as a result.
Hammer lost out on a leading role with Jennifer Lopez in the film “Shotgun Wedding” and a gig with Julia Roberts in the limited series “Gaslit.” He was also dropped by his talent agency, WME, and his personal publicist, according to Vanity Fair.
The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office later determined in March 2023 that there wasn’t enough evidence to charge him.
Despite the damning aftermath of the allegations, Hammer, who’s reportedly been trying to “redeem himself,” said he found the ordeal to be “incredibly liberating.”
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“Dude, it’s incredibly liberating,” Hammer admitted while appearing on Bill Maher’s “Club Random” podcast in July. “Because so much of my life leading up to there, it was two things: It was being preoccupied with how I was perceived, which now you don’t have to care about.”
“Once everyone just decides that they hate you, you go, ‘Oh, well then I don’t need anything from you people anyway, I guess I should just learn to be content with myself,’” the “Social Network” actor added. “And then you go do that, and it feels fucking amazing.”
Watch Leahy’s “Typical Squeeze” video below.
