New chapter, new trip: Armie Hammer has bought his beloved pickup truck — the most recent 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 gasoline 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 stated he was “most likely going to place about 10 bucks of gasoline in it a month.”
“I simply maintain telling myself that parking goes to be simpler and gasoline 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 in opposition to him, continues to be recovering from the fallout. Though he repeatedly denied any nonconsensual sexual exercise, he not too long ago 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 outwardly his newest try to choose up the items.
“I’ve been again in L.A. for a few weeks now,” he stated Tuesday within the Instagram video, which featured what gave the impression to be a GMC Sierra Denali parked in a CarMax parking zone.
“That is my truck. I purchased this for myself in 2017 as a Christmas present for myself — as a result of I’ve had pickup vehicles for a very long time — and I’ve liked this truck intensely and brought it tenting and throughout the nation a number of occasions on lengthy street journeys.
“I took it on one final street journey,” he continued, “to Carmax. This isn’t an advert for Carmax. It’s because I’m promoting my truck.”
CarMax confirmed Wednesday that the retailer “didn’t pay or companion 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 stated in a press release to The Occasions.
Hammer has stated 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 stated that he put about $400 to $500 value of gasoline within the truck and “can’t afford the gasoline anymore.”
The sale, he stated, was tied to his thirty eighth birthday Wednesday and signaled “new beginnings” for the embattled star.
“I shall be beginning my birthday in a brand new automobile in a brand new condominium in a brand new life in Los Angeles,” he stated within the video. Nevertheless, he additionally lamented making the sale, playfully crying that he was “abandoning my child” and saying that his two youngsters “aren’t glad” about it due to all of the recollections they made within the car.
Hammer continues to be serving to assist his younger youngsters together with his ex-wife Elizabeth Chambers, who divorced him in 2023. He was ordered to pay $1,500 in youngster assist every month as a result of he “doesn’t have the revenue” to pay extra, the New York Submit reported. The actor apparently took on a timeshare gross sales gig within the Cayman Islands in 2022 to assist pay the payments.