Celebrity Big Brother is going strong – and over the past week, a new group of famous (and some not-so-famous) people have started living together in the reality show house.
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Hollywood star Mickey Rourke, 72, stirred up a lot of drama, which ended with him being taken out of the house after just six days.
Advertisement Big Brother gave the star an official warning for making homophobic remarks toward 21-year-old Dance Moms star JoJo Siwa. However, producers later removed him from the show because of a sexual comment about The Only Way is Essex star Ella Rae Wise, 24, and for acting in a threatening way toward Love Island contestant Chris Hughes, 32.
Rourke got angry when Hughes, who was dressed as a pirate for a shopping challenge, “eyeballed” him. Later, Rourke said sorry to Hughes and told Big Brother he felt “ashamed” of what he did and blamed it on his “short fuse”.
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The drama began right away. When Rourke entered the house on 7 April, he “ogled” the show’s co-host AJ Odudu, which led viewers to demand that the actor be kicked off the show.
He should be removed for this. It’s disturbing, particularly after how he was with AJ, too.
One person wrote on X/Twitter
All Housemates receive Respect and Inclusion training and an extensive briefing from the Big Brother Senior team to prepare them for living in the House and to set out Big Brother’s expectation for appropriate behaviour and language. Housemates are monitored 24 hours a day and instances of inappropriate behaviour are dealt with appropriately and timely.
In a statement, a spokesperson for the programme told The Independent later Rourke’s representatives declined to comment.
Many people thought Rourke would be kicked out during Friday night’s eviction, but instead, former Tory MP Michael Fabricant left. He said:
He wanted to leave on day one.
However, because Mickey had repeatedly breached the Celebrity Big Brother rules, Big Brother removed him from the house.
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.
Mickey admits to doing wrong and apologizes, saying
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Source: Independent.co.uk