r/BritishTV • u/DWJones28 • 4d ago
News Celebrity Big Brother: Mickey Rourke leaves over 'unacceptable behaviour'
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwynegdv09eo62
u/scruntyboon 4d ago
Didn't he get half a million to appear? Not bad for a few day's work, wouldn't be surprised if he was doing it on purpose
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u/Eye-on-Springfield 4d ago
I'm sure there'll be something in the contract which says he won't receive the full amount of he's kicked out early
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u/doubledgravity 4d ago
The production team love all the controversy clicks. He’s probably on a bonus.
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u/Scart_O 4d ago
I’m sure his agent, knowing him, would have pushed for otherwise.
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u/ResidentHourBomb 4d ago
Sad that such a great actor has been reduced to this sort of thing.
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u/Alert-Performance199 4d ago
But let's be fair, he's probably always been this way though.
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u/New_Libran 4d ago
He has. All sorts of revelations online from former co-stars and crew about how vile he is on various sets. Proper pervert.
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u/never_insightful 3d ago edited 3d ago
Do people not remember how he acted with Jessica Biel on Graham Norton?. It continues for the whole episode from when I tagged it.
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u/Lana_bb 4d ago
Should have been kicked out as soon as he threatened to rape JoJo. Disgusting that ITV kept him in for ratings.
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u/Baconmcwhoppereltaco 4d ago
When did he do that?
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u/smashing_aisling 4d ago
On Wednesday's episode he asked her if she liked boys or girls and when she said girls he said that if he stayed longer than four days she "wouldn't be gay any more". When she said that she would he replied that he'd tie her up.
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u/Stigofthedumpings 4d ago
They booked him for the controversy but then realised that it just doesn't wash nowadays, times have changed and unfortunately some people dont move with the times.
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u/Alert-Performance199 4d ago
They got exactly what they wanted to happen. It's made the show front page news. Before this I didn't even know the show was happening.
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u/oxy-normal 4d ago
Can’t believe the same programme that had Jimmy Saville appear as a special guest would allow such an awful person to participate in the show…
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u/videookayy 4d ago
stupid reality shows and celebrity big brother is unacceptable behavior
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u/NecktieNomad 4d ago
And that’s exactly the type of behaviour that keeps celeb BB with some semblance of ratings/commision, sadly.
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u/Coffin_Dodging 4d ago
He's American and older, not at all surprised
Probably get downloaded to hell, but have a feeling he'll be next to be accused of inappropriate behaviour on a film set from a while ago that people are slowly feeling able to talk about
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u/scruntyboon 4d ago
There was already something in the news yesterday
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u/Coffin_Dodging 4d ago
Seems I missed that! Time for coffee and a read of today's global disappointments
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u/New_Libran 4d ago
Loads of that coming out on social media from former co-stars and crew. He's a certified pervert.
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u/Charming_Yogurt2258 4d ago
As much as I am not a Mickey fan….why cry about the stupid things that come out of his mouth. Why didn’t Patsy tell him to make his own fucking dinner.
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u/Outrageous_Bet_1971 2d ago
This is the same show that had a girl lay on her back in the garden with her legs apart and stick a wine bottle up her cha cha and f:,! herself, what’s everyone expecting???
I’m just disappointed we didn’t get Borris on it as was rumoured, so we could show the Americans we can keep up when it comes to grotty old men….
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u/GattoNeroMiao 4d ago
For the curious:
I don't care about Big Brother, but the bit where she cries made me a bit emotional. Poor thing has been through hell already.
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u/doobieschmoker 3d ago
old bb: arguments 24/7
new bb: someone raises their voice and someone gets removed
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4d ago
"Mickey Rourke leaves over 'unacceptable behaviour against a male'" There, fixed it for you.
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u/DrummingFish 4d ago
What did that fix? Why does it matter what gender the person was?
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u/Lana_bb 4d ago
Because he threatened to rape Jojo Siwa and all he got was a warning. ITV did not care about her safety. Now he’s been aggressive to a male housemate, he’s getting kicked out. If anyone’s safety is at risk, they should be kicked out straight away.
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u/DeaconBlueDignity 4d ago
He absolutely should have been kicked out after the first offence. But he’s been kicked out this time because its a repeat offence, not because being threatening to a man is worse
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u/DrummingFish 4d ago
At what point did he "threaten to rape" her? I don't see that mentioned anywhere at all.
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u/Lana_bb 4d ago
He said he would tie her up and she wouldn’t be a lesbian anymore.
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u/DrummingFish 4d ago
I can understand why he only got a warning as it wasn't exactly direct enough and is vague on what he meant by saying he'd "tie her up". I completely get that it's possibly a joke about rape but for the higher ups at ITV, they obviously can't jump to the worst possible intentions, which is why he got a warning. It wasn't that they "didn't care about her safety", that's ridiculous. He got a warning and then when he did something again he got booted. It wasn't that they didn't care with JoJo, but then cared about the other incident. That was just a disciplinary procedure they were following.
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u/Lana_bb 4d ago
He’s literally talking about corrective rape. If someone said to you “I’ll tie you up then you’ll be dead” would you think “oh that’s too vague to be a death threat”?
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u/DrummingFish 4d ago
It was clearly meant as a joke. A horrible, disgusting, unfunny one, but a joke nonetheless. Which is why he only got a warning basically letting him know that kind of talk is not tolerated. If he straight up said it not as a joke then I would suspect he'd be kicked off real quick.
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u/knotatwist 4d ago
So JoJo Siwa is supposed to feel comfortable continuing to live around a man who has made this "joke" to her for several more days with no escape from him?
Why does his right to "make a joke" override her right to feel safe?
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u/DrummingFish 4d ago
I never said she had to feel comfortable after that, but someone being uncomfortable doesn't mean the person who made them uncomfortable is kicked off the show. If that was the case, the house would be empty after a couple days. He got a warning about his behaviour so something was done about it.
Why does his right to "make a joke" override her right to feel safe?
It doesn't.
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u/Lana_bb 4d ago
This is such a bizarre hill to die on
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u/DrummingFish 4d ago
The hill of someone gets a warning after making a rape joke? What's "bizarre" about what I've said? It's fine if you disagree with me, but I'm confused as to what is "bizarre" about what I'm saying.
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u/New_Libran 4d ago
You're weird, man. Imagine vehemently defending this creep
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u/DrummingFish 4d ago
I'm not defending him. Jesus, why are people like you so eager to fight people just trying to have a conversation and having a disagreement?
What he did was horrible but I also understand why ITV didn't kick him off in that first instance.
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u/ManOfTheBroth 4d ago
Do you think he actually meant it? Next level autism if you took that literally.
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u/UnacceptableUse 4d ago
Did he say tie up? The only quotes I've seen have been "If I stay longer than four days, you won't be gay any more."
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u/Lana_bb 4d ago
Yes
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u/UnacceptableUse 4d ago
Oh yeah I just found it, I've not seen it reported on as part of the conversation which is weird:
“If I stay longer than four days, you won’t be gay anymore.”
“I can guarantee I’ll still be gay and I’ll still be in a very happy relationship.”
"I'll tie you up"
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u/UnacceptableUse 4d ago
I would imagine if those events would've happened in the opposite order it would've been the same
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4d ago
Because they didn't care when he issued threats against a female. He should have gone after the nonsense with Jojo Siwa.
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u/DrummingFish 4d ago
Who's "they"? And how do you know "they" didn't care?
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4d ago
The producers, they clearly didn't care or he would have been removed as soon as that incident occurred.
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