Personal Life
Hammond married his wife, Elizabeth, in 1986. The couple divorced in the early 1990s and remarried in 1997. They have a daughter named Mia who was born in 1998. During a February 7, 2012 appearance on the Imus in the Morning radio program, Hammond revealed that the couple is in the process of divorcing . Hammond was seen with another woman several times in July 2011, prompting speculation about their marriage. He is also related to NBC sportscaster Tom Hammond.
Hammond has admitted to struggling with alcoholism and cocaine abuse. The death of a close friend in 1991 led to a relapse of drug and alcohol abuse. After suffering another relapse in 2009, Hammond went to rehab.
In August 2011 Hammond filed a lawsuit against Jose Mendez and Monteleone after a car accident in which he was the passenger.
During an October 2011 interview with CNN, Hammond revealed that his mother had brutally abused him during his childhood. This trauma from abuse led to cutting, several hospitalizations due to psychiatric issues, and diagnoses which include bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Hammond says that he was medicated throughout his tenure on Saturday Night Live, and that he cut himself backstage and was once taken from the studio to a psychiatric ward.
On November 8, 2011, Hammond's memoir, God, If You're Not Up There, I'm F*cked, was released nationally by Harper Collins. It is a firsthand account of his abusive childhood, psychiatric issues, struggles with substance abuse, and experiences on Saturday Night Live.
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