Rich Polk/Getty Images for IMDbMore than a week has passed since screenshots of those frightening alleged DM’s between Armie Hammer and a series of women first surfaced—and now, the actor has reportedly issued an apology, although not for the reason many might think.For days, pop-culture obsessives have been aghast over the screenshots, which have not been confirmed by any official source but appear to show that the actor once described himself as a “cannibal,” and harbors slave and rape fantasies. Beyond that, other messages and on-the-record interviews from one of his exes allege that Hammer was also, at the very least, mentally and emotionally abusive. The actor brushed the claims off as “bullshit” in a broad statement announcing his departure from the Jennifer Lopez rom-com Shotgun Wedding.Untangling the Armie Hammer ‘Cannibal’ and Abuse AllegationsTabloids, naturally, have spent the past week digging up all sorts of dirt on t
Armie Hammer s estranged wife Elizabeth Chambers was pictured judging a cooking competition in the Cayman Islands
It is believed to be the 38-year-old s first public appearance since Hammer became embroiled in a cannibalism scandal
Direct messages depicting disturbing sexual fantasies, allegedly sent by Hammer to an unidentified woman, were recently leaked on social media
The messages were allegedly sent to a woman over a period of four years, and were about rape fantasies, cannibalism, and blood-sucking
The direct messages have not been verified
Chambers and Hammer announced in July they were ending their 10-year marriage and the children have been living with Chambers in the Cayman Islands