

"When we finally got together, Armie really wanted to get married. It's comforting."Ĭhambers echoed similar sentiments while speaking to Town and Countrythe same year. "I like the idea that I have a best friend. "I like the idea of marriage," he told E! in 2013. Hammer didn't see the point in waiting to walk down the aisle.

They began dating in 2008, and married in 2010. You’ve got to break up with your boyfriend, and we’ve got to start dating," Hammer told Vulturein 2017.

"Our friendship continued to grow and grow until one day when I was like, ‘I can’t be friends with you anymore. She was dating one of his friends, so they remained friends for roughly two years. They met back in 2006, when Hammer was about 20, and Chambers about 24. Until this point, Chambers and Hammer had been open with their love story. I mean, change is not a bad thing always, but that doesn’t mean it’s painless," Hammer told GQ.Īccording to Hammer, their goal is to go about the separation in a way that "affects children the least." Per court documents, Hammer is filing for joint custody of their children. And there’s a lot of shifting and a lot of growing pains and a lot of changes. "A separation like this is a seriously seismic event in someone’s life. Through the couple called for "privacy" in their announcement, Hammer has been open about the emotional toll of the separation. In September, Harper and Ford began their academic year in the same Cayman Islands school that he attended. Chambers and the children remain in the Cayman Islands, where Hammer grew up. I’m aware of it, but I am the person I am not because of where I came from.After the separation, Hammer returned to L.A., where he is refurbishing a motel with a friend. She continued: "One day, I want (my children) to be able to say, ‘I am independent of whatever has happened in generations before. He’s really present when he’s with the kids, and that’s all I can hope for." "All I’ve ever wanted is for him to be sober, healthy, and happy. "I support Armie through his journey and I always will," Chambers said. I had no agency in the situation."Ĭhambers says she and Hammer still co-parent their two children and she hopes to protect them from the trauma of their split.Īrmie Hammer questions: What to know after the Discovery+ documentary 'House of Hammer' "What that did for me was it introduced sexuality into my life in a way that it was completely out of my control," he said. In Hammer's interview with Air Mail published Saturday, he said his traumatic experiences as a child when he was sexually abused at 13 informed his sexual interest as an adulthood. "I was like, ‘There are no words,'" she said. Many of the reports included accusations and screenshots of disturbing messages Hammer had sent to women. The following year when reports of Hammer's alleged abuse against other women began to come to light, Chambers said she was "learning things as the public was." More: Armie Hammer, Elizabeth Chambers announce split after 10 years of marriage The couple announced in a July 2020 joint Instagram post they would be separating. In an interview with British GQ in September 2020, Hammer recalled the experience as "intense" and said he felt "powerless." Chambers said "he was the worst" during the time of isolation. More of Armie Hammer's interview here: Actor speaks out for first time since allegations, says he was sexually abused at 13ĭuring 2020, before Chambers filed for divorce, the entire family quarantined together in the Cayman Islands with Hammer's father and stepmother. Chambers and Hammer share two children together: Harper, 8, and Ford, 6.
