Armie Hammer Will Have Conversations with His Children About His Controversies 'When It's Time'

Mar. 15, 2025

Armie Hammer on Feb. 7, 2018.Photo:Mike Coppola/Getty

Mike Coppola/Getty

Armie Hammerknows he will eventually have to explain hismyriad of controversiesin recent years to his children.On the inaugural episode of Hammer’s brand-new podcastThe Armie HammerTime Podcaston Monday, Oct. 28, theSocial Networkstar, 38, acknowledged that his children will one day learn about his controversies while interviewing comedian and actorTom Arnold. Hammer facedallegations of physical and sexual abusein 2021.While speaking with Arnold, 65, about how they talk to their children about adult situations going on in their lives, Hammer noted that the notion that his kids will one day be able to search about him online is “really scary for me.““I’m sure you’re so honest that you’ll have those conversations,” Arnold said, to which Hammer replied, “100 percent, when it’s time.“Hammer shares two children — Harper, 9, and Ford, 7 – with his ex-wifeElizabeth Chambers, with whom hesettled his divorcein 2023.Armie Hammer and Elizabeth Chambers in October 2018.Emma McIntyre/GettyHammer touched on parenting earlier in the podcast episode as well, when he noted thatgetting soberhas helped him rise to the level of responsibility needed for his young children.“I look at how my sobriety has affected my parenting and my ability to show up as a parent,” he said. “That’s one of the things that I’m really grateful [for] in terms of where I’m at with my life. I get to actually be a dad.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Hammer launched his new podcast some two months after hemoved back to Los Angeles. In a video he shared to Instagram on Oct. 28, Hammer said that he views the project as “a journal of sorts,” as he attempts to revive his career, more than two years after he last appeared in a movie.Chambers, 42, alsoreturned to living in Los Angelesin recent months. She and their children had been living in theCayman Islandssincethe COVID-19 pandemic.In April, Chambers said on an episode of the reality seriesGrand Cayman: Secrets in Paradisefilmed in early 2023 that she and Hammer’s children had “no idea what’s going on” with their father in the public eye.“My children are visibly happy. They should think that their dad is a superhero,” Chambers said in that episode. “And to be fair, he has been to them. He’s been the best he can be.”

Armie Hammerknows he will eventually have to explain hismyriad of controversiesin recent years to his children.

On the inaugural episode of Hammer’s brand-new podcastThe Armie HammerTime Podcaston Monday, Oct. 28, theSocial Networkstar, 38, acknowledged that his children will one day learn about his controversies while interviewing comedian and actorTom Arnold. Hammer facedallegations of physical and sexual abusein 2021.

While speaking with Arnold, 65, about how they talk to their children about adult situations going on in their lives, Hammer noted that the notion that his kids will one day be able to search about him online is “really scary for me.”

“I’m sure you’re so honest that you’ll have those conversations,” Arnold said, to which Hammer replied, “100 percent, when it’s time.”

Hammer shares two children — Harper, 9, and Ford, 7 – with his ex-wifeElizabeth Chambers, with whom hesettled his divorcein 2023.

Armie Hammer and Elizabeth Chambers in October 2018.Emma McIntyre/Getty

Emma McIntyre/Getty

Hammer touched on parenting earlier in the podcast episode as well, when he noted thatgetting soberhas helped him rise to the level of responsibility needed for his young children.

“I look at how my sobriety has affected my parenting and my ability to show up as a parent,” he said. “That’s one of the things that I’m really grateful [for] in terms of where I’m at with my life. I get to actually be a dad.”

Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

Hammer launched his new podcast some two months after hemoved back to Los Angeles. In a video he shared to Instagram on Oct. 28, Hammer said that he views the project as “a journal of sorts,” as he attempts to revive his career, more than two years after he last appeared in a movie.

Chambers, 42, alsoreturned to living in Los Angelesin recent months. She and their children had been living in theCayman Islandssincethe COVID-19 pandemic.

In April, Chambers said on an episode of the reality seriesGrand Cayman: Secrets in Paradisefilmed in early 2023 that she and Hammer’s children had “no idea what’s going on” with their father in the public eye.

“My children are visibly happy. They should think that their dad is a superhero,” Chambers said in that episode. “And to be fair, he has been to them. He’s been the best he can be.”

source: people.com