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Mickey Rourke leaves Celebrity Big Brother UK after 'unacceptable behavior'

Mickey Rourke leaves Celebrity Big Brother UK after 'unacceptable behavior'

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Mickey Rourke on Celebrity Big Brother UK.

The actor was accused of making homophobic comments toward JoJo Siwa and even received a warning from producers.

Mickey Rourke is officially out of the Big Brother house.

Rourke agreed to leave the Celebrity Big Brother UK house after he was asked to leave following his "inappropriate language and instances of unacceptable behavior," including comments he made toward housemate JoJo Siwa, British network ITV says, according to NBC News.

In a video that has now been made private, Rourke was informed that he was being kicked out of the house after an interaction with housemate Chris Hughes where he used "threatening and aggressive" language, and another interaction with Ella Rae Wise in which he used "inappropriate sexual language," per Variety.

Rourke reportedly swore at Hughes when he looked at him while talking about a "rat" in the house, and when Wise said that Rourke should come with her, he replied: "Come in you?"

Variety reports that Rourke then apologized in the video, 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. Because 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."

"I blame myself. I know it was my bad, you know, I’ve got a short fuse," he continued. "I know I upset a lot of people out there. I'm sorry for that. I'm actually ashamed of myself for getting that hot. I went over the line, you know, I did wrong. I guess I could say I’m a work in progress."

Rourke had previously been warned about his language and behavior after several homophobic comments he aimed towards JoJo Siwa.

After asking her if she was attracted to girls or boys, Rourke, 72, told Siwa, 21, "If I stay longer than four days, you won't be gay anymore."

"I can guarantee I will still be gay and I will still be in a very happy relationship," Siwa said.

Rourke later told another housemate he wanted to "vote the lesbian out real quick," and then said "I need a f*g" while gesturing at Siwa and saying "I'm not talking to you." He later clarified he meant a cigarette.

When he was issued a warning by Big Brother producers, Rourke apologized and later apologized to Siwa.

"I apologize. I don't have dishonorable intentions — I'm just talking smack, you know. I wasn't taking it all so serious," Rourke said. "I didn't mean in it any bad intentions and if I did, sorry."

Celebrity Big Brother UK is airing every night on ITV1 in the United Kingdom except for Saturdays and is expected to run until April 25.
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Mey Rude is a journalist and cultural critic who has been covering queer news for a decade. The transgender, Latina lesbian lives in Los Angeles with her fiancée.

Mey Rude is a journalist and cultural critic who has been covering queer news for a decade. The transgender, Latina lesbian lives in Los Angeles with her fiancée.