Mickey Rourke “Ashamed” Over Losing Temper On ‘Celebrity Big Brother UK’ Causing Removal: “I Went Over The Line, I Did Wrong”

Mickey Rourke is leaving the Celebrity Big Brother UK house after further use of inappropriate language.

via: The Guardian

The 72-year-old Bafta winner is understood to have used behaviour and language that was considered to be threatening and aggressive during a task, directed towards housemate Chris Hughes, a former Love Island contestant. No physical altercation took place, according to the PA news agency.

Rourke had received a formal warning from Big Brother earlier in the week for “unacceptable language and behaviour” directed at another housemate, JoJo Siwa. The 21-year-old US singer accused Rourke of being homophobic after he made comments about her sexuality and said he would “vote the lesbian out real quick”.

The Oscar-nominated actor had also asked Siwa if she “likes girls or boys”, and when she replied that she liked girls and her partner was non-binary, he said: “If I stay longer than four days, you won’t be gay any more.”

She responded: “I can guarantee I’ll still be gay and I’ll still be in a very happy relationship.”

Hughes, who has presented sports coverage for the BBC and ITV, told Rourke “you can’t say that” after the former boxer said he needed “a fag” and gestured to Siwa to add: “I’m not talking to you.”

Hughes, 32, comforted Siwa in Wednesday’s episode after the comments.

In the diary room, Rourke was given a formal warning and Big Brother said: “Further language or behaviour of this nature could lead to you being removed from the Big Brother house.”

Rourke then apologised to Siwa, saying: “I want to apologise. I’ve got a habit of having a short fuse, and I don’t mean nothing by it.”

A spokesperson for the ITV show said on Saturday: “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.”

Mickey admitted to doing wrong and apologized, saying, “I’m sorry. I can’t take it back, you know, I stepped over the line. And I take responsibility for doing the wrong thing. ‘Cause I lost my temper, and I’ve been trying to work on it my whole life and I wish I would have had better self-control and I’m very sorry. I’m ashamed of myself for losing it for a few seconds there. Nobody got touched or hurt. Maybe some feelings got hurt or maybe others have feelings about others getting upset but, you know, I’m sorry about that.”

Rourke won the leading actor Bafta and Golden Globe in 2009 for his role playing retired professional wrestler Randy “The Ram” Robinson in The Wrestler.