Mickey Rourke kicked out of Celebrity Big Brother after ‘unacceptable behaviour’

Mickey Rourke has left the Celebrity Big Brother house (Picture: Shutterstock for Big Brother)

Mickey Rourke has agreed to leave Celebrity Big Brother after a series of incidents involving inappropriate language and unacceptable behaviour.

The Hollywood star, 72, was saved from eviction on Friday with Michael Fabricant booted out of the house instead after a public vote.

A Celebrity Big Brother spokesperson has now said: ‘Mickey Rourke has agreed to leave the Celebrity Big Brother House this evening following a discussion with Big Brother regarding further use of inappropriate language and instances of unacceptable behaviour.’

This comes after Rourke sparked backlash over his ‘creepy’ behaviour towards host AJ Odudu during the launch of Celebrity Big Brother last week, as well as a warning about homophobic language following vile comments he made to Jojo Siwa.

Metro understands there have been further instances where he has used inappropriate language.

And on Saturday, his behaviour and language to Love Island star Chris Hughes during a disagreement in a task was considered to be threatening and physical, though no physical altercation took place.

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During Monday’s launch, before entering the house, Rourke left people horrified when he grabbed Odudu and pulled her towards him before eyeing her up and down.

His actions were branded ‘creepy’ and ‘vile’, with some even saying it was ‘harassment’, and there were calls for him to be axed from the show already.

He was later given a warning by Big Brother for using a homophobic slur against popstar Siwa, 21, after saying:  ‘If I stay longer than four days, you won’t be gay anymore.’

Rourke’s behaviour to Chris Hughes was considered to be threatening and physical (Picture: Shutterstock for Big Brother)

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On Celebrity Big Brother 2025, Hollywood actor Mickey Rourke sparked uproar with homophobic comments that he made towards internet sensation JoJo Siwa.

Speaking in the House, Rourke, 72, asked Siwa, 21: 'So do you like girls or boys?'

'Me? Girls,' Siwa answered, to which Rourke responded: 'I know, I could tell.'

After the dancer shared that her partner is non-binary, the housemates who were in the garden started to talk about the eviction due to take place that week on Friday night.

'If I stay longer than four days, you won't be gay anymore,' Rourke remarked, as Siwa said back to him: 'I can guarantee I will still be gay and I will still be in a very happy relationship.'

'I'll tie you up,' The Wrestler actor replied.

'I can promise you that won't happen,' Siwa stated. 'I dare you to try, you'll be the one tied up.'

Rourke then spoke to some other housemates, asking about the process of voting out other contestants on Celebrity Big Brother.

'I'm going to vote the lesbian out real quick,' he said, as Siwa – who was lying on a sun lounger – turned her head towards him and declared: 'That's homophobic.'

'Eh?' Rourke asked, as Siwa continued: 'That's homophobic if that was your reasoning.'

After the actor repeated that he was going to 'vote the lesbian out', he then used a slang word beginning with f to say that he wanted a cigarette.

However, he then gestured towards Siwa and quipped: 'Not talking to you,' seemingly referencing the f word that's used as an anti-gay slur.

Love Island star Chris Hughes, who was sitting next to Rourke, told him: 'You can't say that Mickey,' while Siwa kept her composure and said: 'One breath at a time troops, one breath at a time.'

After Hughes repeated his warning to Rourke, the actor insisted that he had been talking about a cigarette before walking off on his own.

The reality TV star went over to check on Siwa, consoling her as she cried in his arms over the upset. At the same time, Rourke was called to the Diary Room, where he received a formal warning for his remarks.

Later on inside the lounge, Rourke went over to Siwa as he told her: 'I want to apologise,' telling her that he has a 'bad habit of having a short fuse'.

'I don't mean nothing by it. Ok sorry,' he said as he shook her hand, while she told him that she appreciated his apology.

Rourke's homophobic comments towards Siwa happened a day after he was criticised for touching presenter AJ Odudu 'inappropriately' on stage.

She went on to give him a killer nomination after the horrific comments he made, leaving many fans convinced he would be the one evicted last night.

Siwa’s partner and mother also spoke out, condemning his comments and inclusion in the programme.

He elsewhere made EastEnders actress Patsy Palmer burst into tears in the Diary Room, after criticising her cooking skills, saying: ‘What do you know, you can’t cook.’

Rourke had made it clear that he didn’t think he would last in the Celebrity Big Brother house for more than four days, with politician Fabricant telling Odudu and Will Best during Late and Live that Rourke ‘didn’t want to be there’.

The Hollywood actor thought he’d only last four days in the house (Picture: Paul Archuleta/Getty Images)

During Friday’s eviction night, the Sin City star told his housemates: ‘I’m not good around crowds of people I don’t know and I don’t like being told what to do.’

Days earlier, he had told Trisha Goddard about going on the show, saying: ‘I thought let me just try something new. I decided to isolate and live alone and not have any relationships about six years ago. So, a lot of good stuff is coming to me from just being alone.’

‘This is not easy here for me,’ he added.

He was given several warnings by Big Brother (Picture: Shutterstock for Big Brother)

This comes after Rourke revealed his intention for signing up to the programme – despite having never watched the show before.

‘It was between this or a really bad independent movie, and I’ve had it up to here with really bad independent movies.

‘So I said, you know what? Let’s go do that thing in England. I want to go to London anyway.

‘I know nothing about this show. I’m not worried — I don’t care about any bad habits I might have for the world to see,’ he told The Sun.

Celebrity Big Brother continues tomorrow night at 9pm on ITV1.

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