‘It’s bitter af’: Armie Hammer deletes Twitter account over Buzzfeed article about his ‘white male privilege’

The lengthy essay suggests the Call Me By You Name star has had too many 'chances' in Hollywood 
Deleted: Armie Hammer has quit Twitter
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Jennifer Ruby28 November 2017
The Weekender

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Armie Hammer has deleted his Twitter account after Buzzfeed published an article suggesting that his current success is down to him being white and male.

The Hollywood actor, who is being tipped for an Oscar nomination for his role in Call Me By Your Name, quit the social media site on Monday after describing the piece as “bitter AF”.

The length essay, written by Anne Peterson, is titled Ten Long Years of Trying to Make Armie Hammer Happen and questions why the 31-year-old has been given so many “chances” in Hollywood following numerous film flops.

At one point, Peterson asks: “Is Hammer truly a unique star who’s finally finding his niche — or simply a beautiful, pedigreed white man who’s been allowed, in a way that few others in Hollywood have, endless attempts to discover it?"

Family man: Elizabeth Chambers and Armie Hammer on the red carpet
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She cites films like The Lone Ranger and The Man From U.N.C.L.E as examples of his unsuccessful projects, suggesting that he only still gets roles because of his looks and his privileged upbringing.

“He’s gone on to star in failed Westerns, spy remakes, fantasies, and historical epics. His blockbusters flop; his prestige pictures fall flat,” she writes.

“Yet he and his publicity team have never given up trying to Make Armie Hammer Happen. This year, they are spinning out a publicity campaign around his role in the likely Oscar contender Call Me by Your Name that attempts to retroactively reinterpret his choices, his failures, and his career.”

Hitting back at the article, Hammer wrote on Twitter: “Your chronology is spot on but your perspective is bitter af.

“Maybe I’m just a guy who loves his job and refuses to do anything but what he loves to do.”

The actor promptly deleted his entire account, causing fans to criticise Buzzfeed for driving the actor off of social media.

“I’ve read that Armie Hammer Buzzfeed story three times, and I still think it prioritizes dragging him over what it should be doing, criticizing an industry that gives opportunity after opportunity to a select few. Now he’s off Twitter,” wrote one person.

“You all ran Armie Hammer off of Twitter. This is why we can't have nice things,” posted another.

Another wrote: “Understand the Armie Hammer article in theory, but pinning the entire thing on one person who is undeserving of such criticism undermines anything it could have said.”

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