Interview · moment 21 of 26
Armie Hammer's Podcast Comeback and Generational Hammer Wealth
from Bad Friends | The Tim Dillon Show #425 · #425
7 min
Guest
Extended riff on Armie Hammer starting a podcast and reinventing his image post-scandal, his family's massive generational wealth versus Kevin Spacey's newer money troubles, and fantasy of both moving to Austin.
- Armie Hammer is doing a podcast and planning a tour.
- Tim explains Hammer is now playing a role, trying different scripts—drama versus comedy—to figure out his comeback.
- Discussion of whether Hammer's podcast tour is a way to get back into movies.
- Armand Hammer was Hammer's great-grandfather, an industrialist with connections to the Soviet Union and Lenin.
- Tim sympathizes with Hammer's need to frame his situation—choosing between serious redemption and comedic dismissal.
- Supposedly Hammer had financial issues, but Tim doesn't believe it given his generational wealth.
- Hammer's family history includes accusations of killing and sexual abuse spanning generations.
- Tim wants to have Hammer on the show to eat ribs together.
- Alec Baldwin told Tim after his scandal that he should be on David Geffen's yacht in Nice instead of dealing with his legal problems.
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