Armie Hammer admits carving initials into ex Paige Lorenze’s groin with knife

Armie Hammer has admitted that he traced his initials into ex-girlfriend Paige Lorenze’s groin with the tip of a knife during their brief and intense four-month relationship.

However, the Call Me by Your Name star, 37, clarified that he didn’t “brand” her as previously alleged and insisted, “there wasn’t even blood.”

Lorenze first accused Hammer of “marking and branding” her in 2021, claiming he had carved his initial into her groin with a knife before licking the blood from the wound.

In a new interview with Piers Morgan, Hammer, who has faced numerous rumors and allegations over the past three years, reflected on the incident. “I wouldn’t say brand, no,” he said.

“There was a scenario that we talked about beforehand, that we had discussed where, you know, I would basically take a little, tiny point and just kind of trace the letter ‘A’ – just like the tip of a small knife.”

He added, “I mean, there wasn’t even blood in the situation. It was more like a scrape… It’s along the lines of couples getting their own initials tattooed on each other.”

Morgan noted that using a knife seemed “a bit different to a tattoo,” to which Hammer replied, “It was less permanent. I guarantee it was such a small thing.”

Responding to Morgan’s admission that he was “shocked,” Hammer commented, “Yes, I think to some it probably sounds really strange. To some, it probably sounds like a very romantic gesture.”

Hammer, 37, first became embroiled in a social media scandal in 2021 after messages allegedly sent from him surfaced, detailing graphic sexual desires and cannibalistic fetishes.

He was subsequently accused of rape and abuse by various women but has consistently denied any criminal wrongdoing. His attorney has repeatedly stated that all of Hammer’s relationships with women were consensual.

Last month, Hammer addressed accusations of a cannibalism fetish he’s faced over the past three years, stating he is ultimately “grateful” for the experience despite it derailing his Hollywood career.

Speaking on the podcast Painful Lessons, Hammer expressed, “I’m actually now at a place where I’m really grateful for it because, where I was in my life before all of that stuff happened to me, I didn’t feel good. I never felt satisfied. I never had enough. I never was in a place where I was happy with myself, where I had self-esteem.”

He likened the scandal to a “neutron bomb” going off in his life. “It killed me, it killed my ego, it killed all the people around me that I thought were my friends that weren’t – all of those people, in a flash, went away.”

“But the buildings were still standing. I’m still here, I still have my health, and I’m really grateful for that.”