Meet Armie Hammer’s mum Dru, who just released a tell-all memoir: The Hammered author says her Hollywood son was ‘not morally right’ and discusses marrying into the Hammer dynasty

“I call it the perfect storm,” Dru told the Daily Mail last week. “Every day, more and more articles were published. Obviously, I am his mother. I would never say that Armie did everything right, because he didn’t. Morally, he was wrong. But I do know my son was not out eating people. That I know. And Armie did not rape anybody. I knew that he was not morally right, but that was insanity.” Her book, Hammered, was released on July 30.

The Call Me by Your Name actor, 37, has begun to take more interviews lately, including one appearance on Piers Morgan Uncensored in July, where he addressed the allegations, noting that “different people have different sexual fantasies”.

Here’s what we know about Armie Hammer’s mother:

Where is Dru Hammer from?

The 62-year-old hails from Tulsa, Oklahoma, and is a graduate of Oklahoma State University, according to her bio on Oral Roberts University.

Who was Dru Hammer married to?

Michael died of cancer in November 2022 at the age of 67, per Variety.

Are the Hammer family still rich?

Thanks to Michael’s grandfather – the oil tycoon, philanthropist and art collector Armand Hammer who died in 1990 – the Hammer family were heirs to a vast fortune. According to Vanity Fair, the tycoon was worth around US$180 million when he died, but after a battle for the estate, the family were only left with around US$40 million. What’s more, Armie Hammer’s lucrative Hollywood income was cut off after losing several projects as a result of the allegations made against him.

Where is Armie Hammer now?

In June 2024, he opened up about how the accusations led to his “career death”. “It killed me. It killed my ego. It killed all the people around me that I thought were my friends that weren’t,” he said on the Painful Lessons podcast. “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.”