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Mikey Rourke has been stirring up controversy in Hollywood for over forty years.
However the actor’s newest string of dangerous press would possibly show to be extra damaging than all the earlier scandals mixed.
The difficulty started when Rourke made the baffling determination to hurl homophobic slurs at his Celeb Huge Brother housemate Jojo Siwa.
Mickey Rourke harasses Jojo Siwa on digital camera
At one level, Rourke rudely requested Siwa if she was interested in “boys or girls.”
“Girls. My partner is non-binary,” responded Siwa, who’s presently relationship Australian influencer Kath Ebbs.
Rourke replied, “If I stay longer than four days, you won’t be gay anymore.”
“I can guarantee I’ll still be gay. And I’ll still be in a very happy relationship,” Siwa shot again, nonetheless making an attempt to maintain the dialog gentle.
Rourke continued to escalate, loudly declaring his intention to go smoke — and utilizing British slang for a cigarette that doubles as an offensive anti-gay slur.
Rourke then instructed costar Chris Hughes that he was “going to vote the lesbian out real quick.” Hughes, understandably, took offense to the comment and decried Rourke’s homophobia.
The backlash grows
Within the days since, many have spoken out in opposition to Rourke’s current and former misconduct.
One public determine who known as him out was actress Bella Thorne, who labored with Rourke on the 2020 movie Woman.
“This f–king dude. GROSS,” Thorne wrote on Instagram on Thursday.
“I had to work with this man – In a scene Where I’m on my knees with my hands zip tied around my back. He’s supposed to take a metal grinder to my knee cap and instead he used it on my genitals thru my jeans. Hitting them over and over again,” she continued.
“I had bruises on my pelvic bone – Working with Mickey was one of the all time worst experiences of my life working as an actress.”
Thorne additionally recalled a separate incident through which Rourke coated her in dust, seemingly for no purpose.
“Idk I guess he thought it was funny to humiliate me in front of the entire crew,” she speculated.
Thorne additionally recalled “having to go into [Rourke’s] trailer absolutely alone … to convince him to show up and complete his job” when he “refused to speak to the director or producers.”
In any other case, she defined, “everyone’s work would have just been lost and completely for nothing.”
Mickey Rourke participating in problematic habits and bullying his most weak colleagues shouldn’t be earth-shattering information, as he’s been doing this kind of factor for many years.
However the truth that he’s nonetheless doing these things on the age of 72 is greater than a bit of miserable. Fortuitously, the truth that younger ladies are refusing to tolerate his BS is downright inspirational.
