New chapter, new trip: Armie Hammer has offered his beloved pickup truck — the newest reverberation from sexual assault allegations and a cannibalism scandal that undid his once-promising movie profession.
“The Social Community” and “Name Me by Your Title” actor on Tuesday posted a relatable video of himself taking his four-door pickup to promote at CarMax, the used auto retailer. The actor revealed that he lives in a brand new condominium in Los Angeles, however can’t afford fuel for his wheels. So the great-grandson of oil tycoon Armand Hammer traded it in for a “tiny” new automobile that’s a hybrid, and mentioned he was “most likely going to place about 10 bucks of fuel in it a month.”
“I simply maintain telling myself that parking goes to be simpler and fuel goes to be cheaper,” he reasoned.
The “Dying on the Nile” actor, who fell from grace in 2021 following a wave of sexual abuse and assault allegations leveled towards him, continues to be recovering from the fallout. Though he repeatedly denied any nonconsensual sexual exercise, he just lately laughed off rumors of his alleged cannabalistic tendencies and famous that he’s “grateful” that the allegations led to his “profession demise.”
The automobile sale is seemingly his newest try to select up the items.
“I’ve been again in L.A. for a few weeks now,” he mentioned Tuesday within the Instagram video, which featured what seemed to be a GMC Sierra Denali parked in a CarMax car parking zone.
“That is my truck. I purchased this for myself in 2017 as a Christmas reward for myself — as a result of I’ve had pickup vans for a very long time — and I’ve beloved this truck intensely and brought it tenting and throughout the nation a number of instances on lengthy highway journeys.
“I took it on one final highway journey,” he continued, “to Carmax. This isn’t an advert for Carmax. It is because I’m promoting my truck.”
CarMax confirmed Wednesday that the retailer “didn’t pay or associate with Mr. Hammer on this content material.”
“Out of respect for his privateness, we gained’t be sharing any specifics associated to the transaction,” CarMax spokesperson Jennifer Bartusiak mentioned in a press release to The Instances.
Hammer has mentioned that he gained’t ask his rich household for cash, and he defined that he made the choice for monetary causes. Since being again within the Metropolis of Angels the previous few weeks, he mentioned that he put about $400 to $500 price of fuel within the truck and “can’t afford the fuel anymore.”
The sale, he mentioned, was tied to his thirty eighth birthday Wednesday and signaled “new beginnings” for the embattled star.
“I will probably be beginning my birthday in a brand new automobile in a brand new condominium in a brand new life in Los Angeles,” he mentioned within the video. Nonetheless, he additionally lamented making the sale, playfully crying that he was “abandoning my child” and saying that his two youngsters “will not be comfortable” about it due to all of the reminiscences they made within the automobile.
Hammer continues to be serving to help his younger youngsters along with his ex-wife Elizabeth Chambers, who divorced him in 2023. He was ordered to pay $1,500 in baby help every month as a result of he “doesn’t have the earnings” to pay extra, the New York Publish reported. The actor apparently took on a timeshare gross sales gig within the Cayman Islands in 2022 to assist pay the payments.