After another 'aggressive' incident, Mickey Rourke has left Celebrity Big Brother.

Content warning: This article contains graphic details of violence and assault.

Just days after a 21-year-old girl was forced to teach a 72-year-old man a lesson in prejudice, another young woman has come forward with her own story. About the same man.

Like all of us, 27-year-old actress Bella Thorne was left fuming when she saw Mickey Rourke call JoJo Siwa a homophobic slur on the UK's Celebrity Big Brother earlier this week. So much so, in fact, that the 27-year-old decided it was time she came forward about her own alleged experience with Rourke.

"This f**king dude. Gross." wrote Thorne on her Instagram story, sharing an image of the 72-year-old former professional boxer. She went on to recall a time she filmed a movie with Rourke.

"I had to work with this man, in a scene where I'm on my knees with my hands zip tied around my back. He's supposed to take a metal grinder to my knee cap and instead he used it on my genitals thru [sic] my jeans. Hitting them over and over again," she claimed.

According to Thorne, she was left with "bruises on [her] pelvic bone".

"Working with Mickey was one of the all-time worst experiences of my life working as an actress."

She followed this up with a post on X (formerly Twitter), claiming she had "so many gross stories" about Rourke from that set.

"Including in his last scene to speed up and rev his engine so he could cover me completely in dirt. Idk I guess he thought it was funny to humiliate me in front of the entire crew," she wrote.

So many gross stories of things he made me go thru on that movie, including in his last scene to speed up and rev his engine so he could cover me completely in dirt. Idk I guess he thought it was funny to humiliate me in front of the entire crew. Having to go in his trailer…

— BITCHIMBELLATHORNE (@bellathorne) April 11, 2025

"Having to go in his trailer absolutely alone because he refused to speak to the director or producers — so I had to convince him to show up and complete his job, as he shouted crazy demands that he wanted from the producers. In fact, I had to beg. Alone. In his trailer. Since the movie could not be finished without him."

Had she not done this, Thorne claimed, "everyone's work would've just been lost and completely for nothing".

"I didn't wanna do it. I was uncomfortable, but I did what I was asked to do and what was best for the movie. Mickey should've never put anybody in that movie in any of those positions that he did."

Following the backlash, Rourke released a statement, apologising for his comments towards Siwa.

"I apologise. I don't have dishonourable intentions. I'm just talking smack, you know. I wasn't taking it all so serious. I didn't mean any bad intentions and if I did, sorry," he said in a statement.

However, it seems that Rourke has officially left Celebrity Big Brother, following an altercation with another fellow contestant. A statement released by Celebrity Big Brother cited the use of "threatening and aggressive" language by Rourke towards his housemate, Chris, during a task. However, no physical altercation took place.

"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," a spokesperson for Celebrity Big Brother told Variety.

Rourke's departure from the reality TV show comes only days after he was issued a warning for his homophobic comments about singer, dancer and fellow housemate JoJo Siwa, 21, while in the UK Celebrity Big Brother house.

Mickey Rourke's homophobic comments to Jojo Siwa.

It started when Rourke asked Siwa if she was attracted to "boys or girls". 

"Girls. My partner is non-binary," responded Siwa, who is currently dating Australian influencer Kath Ebbs.

Watch: Kath Ebbs with girlfriend JoJo Siwa. Post continues after video.

Rourke then replied to Siwa, "If I stay longer than four days, you won't be gay anymore."

Not missing a beat, the Dance Moms alum said: "I can guarantee I'll still be gay and I'll still be in a very happy relationship."

The 72-year-old then took things even further, saying: "I'll tie you up."

"I dare you to try. You'll be the one tied up," replied Siwa.

Later in the episode, Rourke could be overheard telling housemate Chris Hughes, from Love Island UK, that he was "going to vote the lesbian out real quick".

Siwa, hearing the exchange, said: "That's homophobic, if that was your reasoning."

Hughes jumped to Siwa's defence, telling Rourke: "No, you can't do that Mickey."

"You also can't say that," added the 21-year-old.

Things escalated when Rourke used an outdated term to say he wanted a cigarette, before gesturing toward Siwa and saying, "I'm not talking to you" — bringing attention to the use of the word in the context of a homophobic slur.

Again, Hughes stepped in, saying: "Mickey, you can't say that."

Once Rourke left the area, an emotional Siwa said, "It's crazy to me that that still exists."

The Love Island alum comforted Siwa as she cried, and Rourke was summoned to the diary room.

While he was reprimanded for his "unacceptable language and behaviour" the former boxer was issued with a "formal warning" rather than being removed from the house — a decision many viewers have criticised.

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

But the damage had been done.

Siwa later cited Rourke's comments as the reason for her "killer nomination", which gave her the ability to nominate a person to be evicted after a public vote.

Mickey Rourke and JoJo Siwa are both currently starring on Celebrity Big Brother UK. Image: ITV1

"I feel like a lot of the public isn't going to be too happy with Mickey after seeing how this day went," she said. "So I do think it's possible that he could be evicted from the house."

Kath Ebbs' response.

The dancer's partner, Kath Ebbs, also addressed Rourke's behaviour in a five-minute video posted to TikTok.

"Quite frankly, it is beyond disgusting," they said of Rourke's comments. "It's taken me many hours to even process what the f**k I just watched, not only because that is the literal love of my life, and I want to protect her at all costs, and I feel so helpless that I can't be there to not only comfort her, but to also lose it at that f**ing weasel of a man.

"But secondly, take the fact out that I have massive emotional stakes in his comments towards her, it is also just rooted in misogyny and violence."

Along with Rourke's obvious homophobia, Ebbs went on to call out his "violent language".

"It makes me feel sick to my stomach, it's rooted in misogyny," Ebbs said. "It's rooted in patriarchy… It is also crazily homophobic."

While Ebbs said they were glad Rourke was issued with a formal warning, they emphasised how "dangerous" his language was, suggesting it highlights his true colours.

"You revealed the way you really think about people and about women. That's all that happened. And you feel a little bit ashamed because you got called out for it on a television show," they said.

"Interrogate your f—king behaviour and think about if you had a daughter or a sister or someone that you really loved that was a woman. Would you leave them in a room alone with you?"

Ebbs also commended Siwa's "grace in the face of bigotry" when she not only accepted Rourke's apology, but also acknowledged that he had "been through some sh-t" in his life.

Mickey Rourke's previous accusations.

Rourke's behaviour with Siwa and his alleged behaviour with Thorne are, by no means, his first controversies. In 1994, the actor was arrested following accusations of domestic abuse.

According to the Los Angeles Times, he pleaded not guilty to a charge that he beat his estranged wife, Wild Orchid co-star Carré Otis, now 56. The charges were eventually dropped.

Rourke and Otis met when the latter was just 20 years old, during her audition for the film. Rourke had already been signed on as the lead. The couple then tied the knot in 1992, but divorced by 1998.

Thirteen years later, in 2011, Otis opened up about their relationship in her memoir, Beauty Disrupted. In a shocking revelation, Otis claimed that Rourke hid a loaded gun in her purse.

"We went out to dinner. We were almost at the restaurant when I looked down and saw a .357 Magnum on the floor near my feet," she wrote.

Later, when they were home, the gun fired and struck Otis close to her heart.

"Mickey was agitated. I could tell he had grave concerns that the press would get wind of the incident. I panicked, wondering which was more important: my life or covering up the fact that I'd been shot with Mickey Rourke's gun?"

Rourke was also previously accused of pointing a gun at Otis' head during their honeymoon, and threatening to kill himself with a hari-hari sword if she refused his proposal.

Mickey Rourke and his ex-wife Carré Otis. Image: Getty

During his time in the Big Brother house, Rourke has shared details of his troubled past.

"When I was 14, after all the abuse I went through, I put my finger on the hard button because I didn't want to live in shame. I didn't want to be a victim anymore," he said.

He apologised to his fellow reality stars for his 'eccentric' behaviour, saying he hadn't "been around people in about six years".

Rourke previously spoke about his abusive childhood in 2008, during an interview with The Guardian, saying that he and his brother Joe had cut their mother out of their lives.

"I was angry with her for my whole life for what she did. Because she turned her back to it and she was supposed to be responsible for me and Joe," he said.

Before working as an actor, Rourke was a successful boxer, training in the same gym as Muhammad Ali. In 1981, he landed a small role in the thriller Body Heat which kickstarted his movie career. But his star would soon fall as co-stars and crew began claiming that Rourke was difficult to work with, alleging he was abusing alcohol and drugs.

Before entering the Big Brother house, Rourke told The Sun, "I've made mistakes, many. I have nobody to blame for my ship sinking except myself. My career is in the toilet and I'm not getting A-list movies."

If you or anyone you know needs to speak with an expert, please contact 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732) — the National Sexual Assault, Domestic and Family Violence Counselling Service. If you are in immediate danger, call 000.

Mamamia is a charity partner of RizeUp Australia, a Queensland-based organisation that helps women and families move on after the devastation of domestic violence. If you would like to support their mission to deliver life-changing and practical support to these families when they need it most, you can donate here. You can also donate to their Christmas Appeal here.

This article was originally published in April 2025 and has since been updated with new information.

Feature Image: Getty.