Armie Hammer Admits He Had a Falling Out With Mom Over Faith: ‘I Want a Mother, Not a Pastor’

Armie Hammer is sharing perception into his relationship along with his mom, Dru Hammer, and the way faith led to a falling out between the pair.

Hammer, 38, and Dru, 62, overtly mentioned the ups and downs of their mother-son relationship throughout the Monday, November 4, episode of his “Armie HammerTime Podcast.”

Noting that he has “very clear boundaries” along with his mother and that he doesn’t need her to “discuss to me about God on a regular basis,” the actor started by explaining that his “understanding is that you just really feel that is such a giant a part of who you might be and what you might be and your goal, that that’s simply what you do. On a regular basis.”

He continued, “And we truly had a interval in our lives after we didn’t discuss in any respect as a result of I mentioned, ‘I don’t want a pastor, I want a mother. And in case you’re unable to be a mother and solely in a position to be a pastor then I don’t want that relationship in my life. I don’t want one other pastor.’ And we didn’t discuss for some time, since you had been similar to, ‘That is who I’m.’ And that’s tremendous. All people is allowed to react nonetheless they need when boundaries are introduced.”

Armie went on to inform his mother that he has “no drawback together with your relationship with Christ,” including that he thinks “everyone seems to be entitled to their very own spirituality.”

“I believe we’re all religious beings, and I’ve a thriving religious apply. I begin each morning with meditation and prayer and a gratitude apply – all of these issues that I’ve discovered in my restoration,” he mentioned. “The place the place you and I get into hassle is when it feels prefer to me that my spirituality doesn’t look precisely like your spirituality, so that you attempt to proselytize or convert or carry me half a dozen bibles or no matter so that you really want my spirituality to look precisely like yours. And I believe that’s the place we get into the weeds with it. At the very least, that’s the way it feels to me.”

Whereas his mother started sharing tales concerning the origins of his gifted bibles, being “radically healed” and extra about her non secular views, Armie interrupted her to get again to the basis of his unique matter.

“I’m actually making an attempt to be respectful of your time and your speaking however we’ve not gotten again to the purpose that I introduced up, which is our private relationship,” he mentioned. “I introduced up what I really feel about our private relationship and also you then went to speak about Christ. That’s what I really feel causes division in our relationship, the place I really feel such as you and I don’t join very effectively on a private stage as a result of it feels prefer to me, every part that comes up is a chance so that you can speak about Christ. Which is nice, [but] the truth that it appears like an obstacle for us having a private relationship is the explanation I really feel like we didn’t converse for a very long time.”

In response, Dru mentioned, “To be honest, what I used to be saying is I imagine as a Christian, that’s what we’re referred to as to do. So that you come from that perspective, and all I used to be doing was explaining why I do what I do. Since you’re referred to as to be an actor. I’m referred to as to be an evangelist.”

Armie first introduced his podcast in October through Instagram.

“He’s making an attempt to redeem himself,” a supply solely instructed Us Weekly in November, including that his present monetary state of affairs is enjoying a significant function in his return to the general public eye.

Earlier than becoming a member of the podcast scene, the Social Community actor was plagued with backlash from a collection of allegations, which included sexual abuse and cannibalism. Although Hammer has vehemently denied the claims and didn’t face any prices, his profession and private life suffered a significant setback.

In 2020, he and ex-wife Elizabeth Chambers break up after 10 years of marriage. The pair, who share kids Harper and Ford, finalized their divorce in 2023. As for his profession, his final function was within the 2022 movie Dying on the Nile.