Mickey Rourke has admitted his career is ‘in the toilet’ after his ‘short fuse’ soured his relationships with movie director. 

The former boxer and actor, 72, who entered the Celebrity Big Brother house on Monday, is best known for 9 1/2 Weeks and The Wrestler. 

But he has admitted that in recent his career ended up ‘in the toilet’ and he has not been getting A-list movies.    

Speaking to The Sun, the star said that he has a short temper which has stopped him from booking ‘movies that have integrity’. 

‘There’s directors I want to work with and have them not be afraid of me and trust me for who I am today, not for the reputation I have,’ he said. 

Mickey added: ‘I’ve made mistakes, many, I have nobody to blame for my ship sinking except myself.’

Mickey Rourke has admitted his career is ‘in the toilet’ after his ‘short fuse’ soured his relationships with movie director

The former boxer and actor, 72, who entered the Celebrity Big Brother house on Monday, is best known for 9 1/2 Weeks and The Wrestler

The actor went on to reveal the real reason has decided to travel to London and become a CBB housemate. 

‘It was between this or a really bad independent movie, and I’ve had it up to here with really bad independent movies,’ he said. 

It seems it might not be long before the Hollywood star will be providing drama inside the house and clashing with his housemates. 

The Wrestler actor confessed he has a ‘short fuse’ and doesn’t take orders very well as he warned the fellow celebrities to be respectful. 

Speaking in his introductory film he admitted: ‘I don’t take orders very well, but if everyone is nice and respectful we can have a good time. 

‘As long as nobody pushes the envelope because the envelope has a very short fuse.’

The star also insisted he had never watched the show before as he added: ‘I have no clue about Big Brother, I thought Big Brother was the government.

‘I spoke to my close mate Ray Winstone and he said “just be yourself and have fun”.’

It seems it might not be long before the Hollywood star will be providing drama inside the house and clashing with his housemates

Speaking to The Sun , the star said that he has a short temper which has stopped him from booking ‘movies that have integrity’ (Seen in 2005)

Yet Mickey seemed happy to be in the UK as he gushed: ‘I like the people in the UK. It’s the mentality, the culture, the food, Shepherd’s pie. Oh I love it here.’ 

Meanwhile viewers have praised the show’s presenter Will Best for how he handled  Mickey during Monday’s launch episode.

AJ joked Mickey was ‘very flirtatious’ before she was forced to tell the actor to ‘stop looking at me’.  

She then turned him around by his shoulders and directed him to the door, with the actor heard saying: ‘No, I want to stay with you.’

It was at this point that Will stepped in, pulling AJ back from Mickey who had grabbed her by the arm. ‘Don’t take AJ with you!’ he shouted after the actor. He was later seen holding AJ’s hand as they presented their next live link.

 Viewers slammed Mickey’s behaviour as ‘creepy’ as they praised Will for his actions.

They wrote: ‘Will holding her hand and giving her a hug after showed what a gent he is,’;

‘I LOVE the way Will Best was looking after AJ just there! Well done Will He moved AJ from Mikey Rourke when he seemingly tried to touch her. Love their friendship,’;

‘A mᴀssive kudos to Will Best for jumping straight to AJ’s defence there, protecting his female colleague from unwanted lascivious male attention from Mickey Rourke. Nice to see there’s still gentlemen out there.’

Alan Carr led the outraged reaction to Mickey on spin-off show Late and Live, asking AJ: ‘Can we talk about Mickey Rourke looking at you? Wow his eyes.

‘Find someone who looks at you the way Mickey looks at you [AJ]. His tongue was hanging out.’

AJ quipped back: ‘It literally was. I was like “You can’t afford these feathers Mickey, no!”‘

CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER 2025: MEET THE LINEUP!

MICKEY ROURKE 

AGE: 72

FAMOUS FOR: The actor and former pro boxer is one of the show’s biggest ever signings and after public feuds with Robert De Niro, two marriages and a string of high profile relationships, producers will be hoping he brings plenty of drama.

DALEY THOMPSON

AGE: 66

FAMOUS FOR: The double Olympic gold-medallist is considered one of Britain’s greatest athletes, and he would no doubt cause a stir with younger celebrities if he entered the house. He broke the decathlon world record four times.

PATSY PALMER

AGE: 52

FAMOUS FOR: It’s an open secret that Patsy is leaving EastEnders, with the actress enjoying a wild leaving party this month. The Bianca Jackson star posted a snap of her character on Instagram with the caption: ‘Bye bye B, always grateful to see her again.’

DONNA PRESTON

AGE: 38

FAMOUS FOR: While Donna has featured in several TV shows and movies, the comedy star is known for hosting Apocalypse and for the role of a circus Compere in 2018’s Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald. She plays Den in Coronation Street, has featured in Pants On Fire in 2019 and even wrote and co-produced BBC Three’s Comedy Threesomes.

CHESNEY HAWKES

AGE: 53

FAMOUS FOR: The singer topped the charts for five weeks in 1991 with his hit The One And Only, before making a string of acting and TV appearances. His arrival on CBB has been described by a TV source as ‘perfect timing’, as he’s set to release a comeback album in April.

ANGELLICA BELL

AGE: 49

FAMOUS FOR: The TV presenter is said to have landed a staggering five-figure deal to appear on Celebrity Big Brother. Fans will be keen to see if the CBBC legend spills all on her untimely exit from The Martin Lewis Show – which left fans baffled back in 2023. Angellica currently co-presents Hits Radio while Fleur East is on maternity leave.

 

DANNY BEARD 

AGE: 32

FAMOUS FOR: The RuPaul’s Drag Race UK winner – whose real name is Daniel Curtis – has signed up as a late entry. Danny previously made headlines after swearing on Big Brother’s Late & Live last March whilst doing an impression of housemate Louis Walsh. The incident saw the guest say the word ‘c***’ before immediately apologising after being informed they weren’t allowed to say that on the show.

CHRIS HUGHES

 AGE: 32

FAMOUS FOR: After shooting to fame on Love Island in 2017, Chris went on to become a sports presenter and regularly hosts the horse racing coverage on ITV.

JOJO SIWA

AGE: 21

FAMOUS FOR: The American singer, who sH๏τ to stardom on reality show Dance Moms, is expected to draw a big American audience. The hitmaker has made a name for herself in the U.S. pop charts and is known for her outlandish looks and being a vocal member of the LGBTQ+ community.

 

TRISHA GODDARD

AGE: 67

FAMOUS FOR: The talk show host regularly presented on ITV from 1998 to 2004 and then shifted to Channel 5 from 2004 to 2010. Trisha has been suffering horrible side effects of her chemotherapy – but has bravely battled on.

JACK P. SHEPHERD

AGE: 37

FAMOUS FOR: The actor has played David Platt in Corrie since 2000 and is following in his pal Colson Smith’s footsteps by taking part in the popular reality show. He has won a string of awards for the role including Best Actor at the British Soap Awards.

ELLA RAE WISE 

AGE: 24

FAMOUS FOR: Producers have been keen to land the TV personality, who previously dated Pete Wicks and has had an on-off romance with Dan Edgar. Bosses are hoping the TOWIE star might reveal all about some of her other famous exes.

MICHAEL FABRICANT 

AGE: 74

FAMOUS FOR: The former Conservative politician is understood to have signed a lucrative six-figure deal to take part after political stars were banned from the broadcaster’s other reality show, I’m A Celeb. He served as MP for Lichfield in Staffordshire from 1992 until his defeat in 2024 as well as vice-chairman of the party under David Cameron. But he is perhaps best known for his blond mop for which he has been widely ridiculed but repeatedly denies is a wig.