Mickey Rourke’s disastrous run on Celeb Massive Brother has come to an finish.
The difficulty began earlier this week when, on the favored and long-running UK actuality present, Mickey used a homophobic slur in the direction of fellow castmate JoJo Siwa and made offensive remarks about her sexual id. “If I keep longer than 4 days, you will not be homosexual anymore…I am going to tie you up,” he mentioned at one level. The present gave him a proper warning for his remarks, and he later apologized to JoJo.
Off the heels of Mickey’s offensive remarks, Bella Thorne got here ahead publicly with allegations of on-set misconduct when she labored with Mickey on the 2020 movie Woman. “He is imagined to take a metallic grinder to my knee cap and as an alternative he used it on my genitals via my denims. Hitting them again and again,” she alleged. “I had bruises on my pelvic bone — Working with Mickey was one of many all time worst experiences of my life working as an actress.”
In an announcement to Selection, Mickey’s reps mentioned they’re “conscious of the statements made by Bella Thorne relating to her expertise on set with Mr. Rourke throughout the manufacturing of a previous movie. These allegations are extraordinarily critical. Mr. Rourke adamantly denies any intentional misconduct. He was not made conscious of any such issues throughout filming and had no prior information of Ms. Thorne’s discomfort till now.”
Final evening, a spokesperson for the present introduced that Mickey had agreed to depart Celeb Massive Brother for good. “Mickey Rourke has agreed to depart the Celeb Massive Brother Home this night following a dialogue with Massive Brother relating to additional use of inappropriate language and situations of unacceptable habits,” the assertion learn.
The assertion additionally elaborated that Mickey was “threatening and aggressive” in the direction of former Love Island contestant Chris Hughes. Apparently, the specifics of the incident — in addition to Mickey’s departure — can be revealed within the subsequent episode.
