The embattled actor sat down for an extensive interview with Piers Morgan.

“He did not pay for me to go to rehab.

There are a number of people who have been extremely helpful, and Im incredibly grateful.

In this image released on November 15, Armie Hammer attends the 2020 E! People’s Choice Awards held at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California and on broadcast on Sunday, November 15, 2020; Robert Downey Jr attends the “Oppenheimer” UK Premiere at Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on July 13, 2023 in London, England.

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Reps for Downey didn’t immediately respond toEntertainment Weekly’s request for comment.

“You know what you have to do to be a cannibal?

You have to have actually eaten someone,” he said.

“Did you brand her?”

“I wouldn’t say brand, no,” Hammer said.

He said “there wasnt even blood in the situation, it was more like a scrape.”

“I never felt satisfied.

I never had enough.

I never was in a place where I was happy with myself where I had self-esteem.

I never knew how to give myself love.