Armie Hammer admits he once took ‘a bite out’ of an animal’s heart: It’s a ‘male rite of passage’

Armie Hammer is making another shocking confession.

Years after being accused having of cannibalistic fantasies in 2021, the actor, 38, said he once ate an animal’s “warm” heart as part of a hunting “tradition.”

“You don’t eat the whole heart,” he said on Tuesday’s episode of “The Louis Theroux Podcast.” “One of the traditions is you take a bite out of the heart.”

Hammer recalled being “goad[ed] on” by his friends who had joined him on the hunting expedition.

“It’s sort of like an almost overly-charged male rite of passage when you go hunting for the first time,” he explained. “Everyone that I know who went hunting for their first time had to do something similar.”

The “Call Me by Your Name” actor later clarified why he participated in the act, sharing it was “not for the purpose of any cannibalism or any sexual gratification.”