Mickey Rourke has exited the Celebrity Big Brother UK House after an altercation with another housemate that involved "threatening" language.
The hit reality show's current season has been running for one week so far, but the Oscar-nominated actor's stay inside the house has already been controversial due to his issues with other housemates, such as JoJo Siwa.
Mickey Rourke's New Big Brother Controversy
Last weekend, Rourke had an altercation with fellow housemate Chris Hughes due to a disagreement in a pirate-themed task.
Rourke told Hughes, "You looking at me? Don’t eyeball me." Hughes responded, "Mickey, it was a joke, f*cking…"
The controversial actor said back, "Don’t f*cking eyeball me. You c*nt."
As a result, Big Brother called Rourke inside the Diary Room to discuss his behavior. Rourke briefly went outside to apologize to Hughes and returned again to the Diary Room.
Big Brother told Rourke, "Earlier today, in a disagreement with Chris, your language and behaviour was threatening and aggressive. Big Brother does not tolerate threatening language or behaviour. In addition, you have used inappropriate sexual language to Ella."
"Oh, I’m not aware of that, but okay," Rourke said.
Big Brother added, "This language has caused offence to your fellow housemates and could cause offence to the viewing public. This is not the first time Big Brother has had to speak to you about your offensive and inappropriate language."
"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," Rourke said.
"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."
Big Brother Asks Mickey Rourke to Leave the House
As a result of Rourke's actions, Big Brother decided to remove Rourke from the house, effective immediately.
"Big Brother considers your language and behaviour today to be seriously unacceptable and as a result Big Brother has no option but to ask you to leave the Big Brother house," Big Brother told the actor.
Rourke gave his final words to Big Brother by apologizing for his behavior and acknowledging his mistakes.
"I blame myself, I know it was my bad. You know, I’ve got a short fuse and I know I upset a lot of people out there, you know. And I’m sorry for that. I’m actually ashamed of myself for getting that hot," he said.
"I went over the line, you know, I did wrong. I guess, like they say, I’m a work in progress. I just wanna pack my bags and leave, you know. I wanted to leave yesterday, actually, but I wasn’t chosen."
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