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Hollywood prima Mickey Rourke has told fans helium is not down a "humiliating" fundraising website acceptable up to enactment him - and urged well-wishers to effort and get their wealth backmost arsenic the full reached astir $100,000.
The Oscar-nominated histrion and erstwhile boxer shared a video connection connected Instagram saying helium was "really frustrated" and "confused" by the page, titled "Help Mickey Rourke Stay successful His Home", which was acceptable up connected crowdfunding level GoFundMe implicit the weekend.
"Somebody acceptable up immoderate benignant of instauration oregon money for me, to donate money, similar successful a charity, and that's not me," Rourke told his 488,000 followers, saying helium did not cognize who was down it.
"If I needed wealth I wouldn't inquire for nary f***ing charity."
The GoFundMe leafage said Rourke was facing a "very existent and urgent situation: the menace of eviction from his home".
The leafage organiser is listed arsenic Liya-Joelle Jones, an adjunct to Rourke's manager, Kimberly Hines, and its statement said it had been acceptable up with his "full support to assistance screen contiguous housing-related expenses" and forestall eviction from happening.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, which archetypal reported connected the fundraiser, Jones told the outlet Rourke was "going done a precise hard clip close now" and it had been "incredibly touching to spot however galore radical attraction astir him and privation to help".
Sat with his dog, Lucky, successful his video, Rourke denied having thing to bash with the leafage and said helium was going to speech to his lawyer to "get to the bottommost of this".
The 73-year-old admitted helium had done a "really unspeakable job" successful managing his career, but said aft years of therapy, helium has "worked precise hard" and is "not that chaotic man" of his past.
The histrion was known for films including 9 1/2 Weeks, Rumble Fish and The Pope of Greenwich Village successful the 1980s, and continued to enactment portion besides pursuing his boxing vocation successful the 1990s. In 2008, helium starred successful The Wrestler - a show that earned him a BAFTA and an Oscar information for champion actor.
In 2025, helium appeared connected Celebrity Big Brother successful the UK, but was kicked retired of the location implicit "use of inappropriate language" and "instances of unacceptable behaviour". He caused upset successful the location from the commencement and made erstwhile Dance Moms prima JoJo Siwa outcry aft making comments astir her sexuality.
In his video, Rourke said COVID and the Hollywood strikes successful 2023 had "killed" his money, and helium had antecedently been successful a "bad situation" with his rent.
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However, helium described the fundraising leafage arsenic "very embarrassing", and told fans: "Don't springiness immoderate money, and if you gave money, get it back…
"I would ne'er inquire strangers oregon fans oregon anybody for a nickel. That's not my style. You inquire anyone who knows me. It's humiliating and it's truly f***ing embarrassing."
He told fans helium is "grateful for what I person - I've got a extortion implicit my head, I've got nutrient to eat… everything's okay", and added: "Get your wealth back, please, I don't request anybody's wealth and I wouldn't bash it this way, I've got excessively overmuch pride."
Sky News has contacted Hines and representatives for Rourke for comment.
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