Fans of Celebrity Big Brother have had enough of Mickey Rourke’s actions. The popular ITV reality series may only be days old, but the Hollywood actor, 72, has done enough to have fans calling for him to be axed.
The latest moment comes as Mickey appeared to “fat shame” a fellow housemate. The Wrestler actor was seen in conversation with comedian Donna Preston. While she was wearing an LED face mask and lying on his bed, Mickey asked if she had been seeing any results.
Donna admitted she had only been using the mask for a few months, leading to Mickey saying: “You’d probably be better off running round the block for ten minutes.”
Donna responded: “I’ve got to try something. I’m getting a little turkey neck,” before Mickey added: “It comes with the territory.”
Donna appeared confused as she asked him: “What, life?”
“Yeah,” Mikey replied, before continuing: “It’s like they say, you are what you eat.”
The conversation left Donna looking visibly shocked before Patsy Palmer attempted to stick up for her by saying she knows the comedian eats “really healthy”. After Donna agreed with the EastEnders actress, she later shared her dismay to fellow housemates Danny Beard and Ella Rae Wise.
She appeared to try to brush off the situation with laughter, but admitted her shock at Mickey’s “you are what you eat” comment. Danny joked that Mickey must have thought Donna “were gonna lose half a f***ing stone just by putting an LED mask on”.
The interaction left fans fuming at Mickey once more online. One user on Twitter /X said: “Does Mickey have an issue with Donna?? Is she ‘too fat’ for him??”
Another added: “I just realised Mickey has been homophobic, said Patsy’s cooking is s*** and called Donna fat all in THE FIRST DAY!!! Has he got his own bingo card he’s trying to mark off??? #CBB #CBBUK,” while a third raged: “Erm is that Mickey fat shaming Donna? Jesus! #CBB “
Another fan joked Mickey was trying to “work his way through” insulting his fellow housemates. The latest incident came hours after the actor received a got a formal warning for upsetting JoJo Siwa by using a homophobic slur.
Big Brother branded his words “offensive and unacceptable”.
Mickey apologised for his actions before he went on to express his confusion over terminology related to the drag community after receiving the warning. Talking to Mickey about drag artists like Danny, JoJo said: “It’s beautiful to see how the drag community has elevated over the years.”
Mickey went on to ask: “It’s ok to say drag?” He’s told: “Yeah – drag queens,” before he says: “It gets confusing.”
JoJo replied: “Anything is okay to say in context and intention – that’s what matters. And if you say something wrong but you didn’t know and you’re open to hearing – all good!”
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