To say Mickey Rourke’s first few days on Superstar Huge Brother has been lower than profitable could be the understatement of the century.
The Hollywood actor stoked controversy early on when he was accused of being ‘creepy’ in the direction of the present’s host AJ Odudu.
Simply two days later, Rourke made homophobic remarks in the direction of web star JoJo Siwa.
Rourke claimed that 4 days within the Big Brother home would flip Siwa ‘straight’ after she mentioned she likes women, earlier than telling Chris Hughes he was going to ‘vote the lesbian out’.
The actor topped this off by saying he was going out for a ‘f*g’ earlier than gesturing on the 21-year-old and telling her he ‘wasn’t speaking about her’.
This entire scandal has raised one vital query: why the f**ok is Mickey Rourke on Celebrity Big Brother within the first place?
Why is Mickey Rourke doing Superstar Huge Brother?
Whereas everybody will in all probability be saying ‘effectively, it’s in all probability the cash, no?’, Mickey Rourke says in any other case.
Talking to The Solar, the actor, who was nominated for an Oscar in 2008 for The Wrestler, mentioned that his profession was at present ‘in the bathroom’.
He added: “I’ve made errors – many. I’ve no one accountable for my ship sinking besides myself.
“I’d prefer to be again the place I can work on motion pictures which have integrity.”
He additionally said that he was sick of making ‘actually unhealthy unbiased motion pictures’ and selected the fact present over doing one other one.
What in all probability doesn’t harm is the reported £500,000 The Solar declare he’s making for his time in the home.
Does Mickey Rourke get his cash if he’s kicked out?
Calls have started for Mickey Rourke to be faraway from the home after he made JoJo Siwa cry along with his homophobic feedback (ITV)
With calls rising for Mickey Rourke to be kicked out the home for his behaviour, it raises into query whether or not he’ll maintain the £500,000.
The foundations for Superstar Huge Brother are pretty clear, even when they’re the primary kicked out the home, they maintain the complete quantity so long as they don’t stop.
The one factor that, throughout the guidelines, prevents a star from receiving their charge, is that if they stop the present.
Plenty of celebrities, from Ray J, to Trisha Paytas, to Angie Bowie, have all left the present through the years, and if Rourke joins them, he’ll lose out on his half one million.
That mentioned, the producers appear to be setting issues as much as remedy their very own downside.
JoJo Siwa was given the power in final evening’s episode to ensure one housemate was assured to be as much as the primary eviction, and naturally, she selected Mickey Rourke.
