“If I needed money, I wouldn’t ask a goddamn charity for anything. I’d rather shoot myself in the ass.” Mickey Rourke is furious: in a video posted Monday evening on his Instagram account, the former golden boy darling of Hollywood cinema denounces the existence of a pot to support him.
“Whoever did this, I don’t know why, I don’t understand. I never imagined I would know what a GoFundMe foundation is,” he explains, his favorite stetson on his head, a flashy pink sweater for all clothing, and his dog Lucky in his arms. “You know, my life is very simple, I don’t call on outside organizations to help me financially. And yes, it’s embarrassing, but I’m sure I’ll get over it, like everything else. »
“Threat of eviction from his home”
On Sunday, a certain Liya-Joelle Jones created a page on the GoFundMe site, calling for $100,000 to be raised to help the actor, “faced with a very real and urgent situation: the threat of eviction from his home”. And the argument is valid since the donations are pouring in, up to $5,000 for the largest. The money is directed to Kimberly Hines, the actor’s agent for ten years. This Tuesday at noon, more than $102,000 had been raised.
While the presentation text specifies that “this fundraiser is organized with Mickey’s full agreement in order to help him cover his immediate expenses related to his accommodation”, the actor seems to vehemently defend this in his video.
After leaving the cinema to become a professional boxer, Rourke, once a true star in Hollywood, suffered profound physical and psychological aftereffects and felt abandoned by the industry that had once idolized him.
“Get your money back please”
“Very grateful for what (he) has,” Rourke encourages his fans to “stop giving money, and if you gave money, take it back.” “Get your money back, please,” he insists. I don’t need anyone’s money and I would never act this way. I have too much pride”, “it’s humiliating and really shameful”.
The actor received an eviction notice from his Los Angeles home in December, ordering him to pay approximately $60,000 in unpaid rent. “Covid and the screenwriters’ strike ruined me, but I was already in a catastrophic situation with my accommodation. Everything was fine for five or six years, then two New York crooks bought the house and didn’t repair anything…”
In the comments they leave on the fundraising page, the generous donors mention “a small gesture in tribute to a cinema legend and a modern icon, the great and strong Mickey Rourke”. “For all the joy and inspiration you have brought to humanity (and dogs, I imagine), you deserve to be supported in difficult times,” wrote another.
“I’m going to talk to my lawyer — I hate talking to him, but I’ve had him forever and I love him. But I’m going to talk to Bill and get to the bottom of things,” also assures the actor of “Chinatown,” “Nine and a Half Weeks,” “Rumble Fish” and recently “Sin City,” “The Wrestler” and Roman Polanski’s latest film “The Palace.”
Last April, the actor was fired from the British reality TV show “Celebrity Big Brother” due to his rude behavior towards fellow contestants.