Welp, Mickey Rourke has officially exited the Celebrity Big Brother UK house — and not in a blaze of glory, but more like a flaming garbage truck of inappropriate one-liners and eyebrow-raising remarks. The 72-year-old actor lasted about as long in the house as milk does on a summer sidewalk, and let’s just say… things got messy.
It all started when Mickey, channeling the chaotic energy of your one problematic uncle at Thanksgiving, decided to get weird with JoJo Siwa. Yes, that JoJo Siwa — sparkly, rainbow-wearing Gen Z icon, TikTok dance commander, and all-around glitter tornado. Mickey, however, apparently mistook the house for a time machine back to the 1980s and dropped some deeply cringey and offensive comments her way.
After an initial verbal fumble that earned him a formal warning and a brief timeout in the Diary Room of Doom™, it seemed like Mickey and JoJo were on the path to a sitcom-worthy odd couple friendship. They even bonded over tattoos! How sweet! But then, like a raccoon in a tuxedo with a megaphone, Mickey just could not stop.
On Wednesday’s episode (April 9, AKA the day subtlety died), Mickey turned to JoJo and asked if she liked “boys or girls” — which, fine, could’ve been an okay convo if he didn’t immediately follow it up with the jaw-dropping, cancel-me-now line:
“If I stay longer than four days, you won’t be gay anymore.”
Excuse me, WHAT NOW?
He then decided to double down with:
“I’ll vote the lesbian out real quick.”
Sir. This is a reality show, not a villain origin story.
Naturally, JoJo was like, “What the actual homophobia?!” and called him out faster than you can say “Big Brother eviction.” Mickey was promptly summoned to the Diary Room, where he tried to apologize in the classic “I’m sorry if you were offended” way, sprinkled with, “I was just talking smack,” and “I didn’t mean it in any bad intentions.” Ah yes, the ol’ “my filter is broken” defense.
To his credit, he did apologize to JoJo directly, saying:
“I’ve got a habit of having a short fuse. And I don’t mean nothing by it. I do mean it [sorry]. If I didn’t, I wouldn’t say it to you.”
Which is… confusing logic, but sure. Growth?
Unfortunately for Mickey, Big Brother wasn’t exactly vibing with the “talking smack” excuse and dropped the official boot:
“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,” said a spokesperson with the exhaustion of someone who has had enough.
So, Mickey’s journey on Celebrity Big Brother UK has ended, not with a triumphant final speech, but with a quiet shuffle out the back door, followed by the sound of JoJo Siwa dramatically removing his name from the group chat.
Catch the rest of the Celebrity Big Brother UK chaos (now 100% less Mickey Rourke) on ITV1 and STV. Bring snacks. And maybe a stress ball.