Armie Hammerstarted the new year by reflecting on thescandal that derailed his acting career.

And then this salacious story comes around where this actor wants to murder and eat people.

And then stories kept coming out and kept coming out and kept coming out.

SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 15: 2020 E! PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS – In this image released on November 15, Armie Hammer attends the 2020 E! People’s Choice Awards held at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California and on broadcast on Sunday, November 15, 2020. (Photo by Todd Williamson/E! Entertainment/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

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I like the idea that you are so completely mine, Hammer noted.

I can do whatever I want, and you love it because you know youre mine.

And, like, this possession kinda thing, like, thats just fun to talk about.

And then when that gets shattered and everyone goes, We no longer like this guy.

We fucking hate him.

Then there were aspects of my behavior that were just expressions of my own sexuality.

He added, I think somewhere deep down, subconsciously, I wanted to get caught.

I wouldnt say Im back, he said.

[But] Im working.