Superstar Huge Brother producers have slapped Mickey Rourke with a warning for homophobic language. The warning got here after a dialog together with his fellow housemate, JoJo Siwa. Right here’s what went down, and why producers had been pressured to step in…
Mickey Rourke given Superstar Huge Brother warning
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“Do you want women or boys?” Mickey requested JoJo. “Women. My associate is non-binary,” she replied. “If I keep longer than 4 days, you received’t be homosexual anymore,” Mickey mentioned. “I can assure I’ll nonetheless be homosexual and I’ll nonetheless be in a really pleased relationship,” JoJo responded.
Within the backyard, Mickey mentioned that when it got here to evicting housemates, he would “vote the lesbian out actual fast.” JoJo overhears the feedback, and factors out, “that’s homophobic, if that’s your reasoning.”
Mickey then says he wants “a fag,” which is British slang for a cigarette. However then, he gestures to JoJo, and says, “I’m not speaking to you.”
Left upset, JoJo is comforted by Love Island star Chris Hughes. Mickey is then referred to as to the Diary Room.
Huge Brother reads out the trade to Mickey. Producers ask in the event that they perceive how that language may very well be offensive.
“Yeah I feel so. If I used to be saying it in a nasty sort of approach or if I actually meant it,” he responds.
“Mickey, Huge Brother thinks your language was offensive and unacceptable. Because of this, Huge Brother is providing you with a proper warning. Additional language or habits of this nature may result in you being faraway from the Huge Brother home.”
Mickey says he understands, and apologizes. “I don’t have dishonorable intentions – I’m simply speaking smack, you realize. I wasn’t taking all of it so severe. I didn’t imply in it any unhealthy intentions and if I did, sorry.”
Mickey Rourke apologizes to JoJo Siwa for his offensive language on Superstar Huge Brother
“Boy, did I get chewed out,” Mickey says upon his return to the home. “I didn’t say it out of meanness,” he insists. “JoJo was very upset earlier,” Chris tells him. Mickey then turns to JoJo and says, “You had been? Sorry. Are we okay?”
“As a future [guide], utilizing the phrase f** isn’t an appropriate phrase,” she tells him. The remainder of the housemates then chat with Mickey to attempt to assist him perceive.
“I disagree with the way it panned out, from the way you dealt with it,” drag queen Danny Beard tells him. “However that additionally doesn’t imply I’m going to dig my toes in and ostracize you from the group. I’d love you to see it from one other perspective, I’d love you to be a part of the group, and I don’t need you to really feel such as you’re not.”
Mickey later pulls JoJo apart. “I need to apologize,” he says. “I’ve acquired a behavior of getting a brief fuse. And I don’t imply nothing by it. I do imply it [sorry]. If I didn’t, I wouldn’t say it to you.”
“I respect your apology,” JoJo tells him.
Superstar Huge Brother continues tonight at 9 p.m. BST on ITV1, ITVX, STV and STV Participant.
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