Armie Hammer Deletes Twitter Account After "Bitter Af" Article About His Career

The actor's isn't happy with BuzzFeed

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Armie Hammer has thrown the mother of all strops and deleted his Twitter account after taking offence to a "bitter af" article which insinuates he's used his wealth and privilege to make himself a movie star after appearing in a series of flops.

The 31-year-old actor called out the Buzzfeed article titled 'Ten Long Years of Making Armie Hammer Happen - How many second chances does a handsome white male star get?' - which questioned why he still gets cast in films after appearing in "failed Westerns, spy remakes, fantasies, and historical epics".

In an angry tweet before deleting his account, Hammer wrote: "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 he loves to do....?"

Hammer comes from an upper-middle class background - his paternal great-grandfather was controversial oil tycoon and philanthropist Armand Hammer.

The article's introduction reads: "He [Armie Hammer] also comported himself the way people who have grown up with money often do: with confidence and charisma, or if you're being less generous, like a little bit of an asshole.

"He's gone on to star in failed Westerns, spy remakes, fantasies, and historical epics. His blockbusters flop; his prestige pictures fall flat. 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."

Call Me by Your Name - an adaption of André Aciman's acclaimed novel - is already generating Oscar hype, and being hailed as a "masterpiece" by critics.

Hammer stars Oliver in the film set in Northern Italy in 1983, who begins a relationship with 17-year-old Elio (Timothée Chalamet) as they bond over Elio's emerging sexuality, their Jewish heritage, and the breathtaking Italian landscape.

Hammer's Instagram is still up and running, but his Twitter page remains deleted.

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