Mickey Rourke tries to break another CBB rule after he’s given strict warning for homophobic comments

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Mickey Rourke has attempted to break yet another Celebrity Big Brother (CBB) rule.

The 72-year-old has already received a 'strict warning' from bosses after he made homophobic comments towards Jojo Siwa, leaving viewers disgusted.

But in tonight’s (10 April) episode, Rourke seems to be testing out how far he can push it as he refused to follow one of Big Brother’s key instructions.

The actor was slammed as ‘creepy’ from the very start of this series after host AJ Odudu told him to ‘stop looking at her’.

It soon became clear he hadn’t realised he would be filmed for 24 hours a day, with him being told off for not wearing his personal microphone and covering up cameras.

Rourke’s official warning though came after telling Siwa that 'if [he stays] longer than four days, you won’t be gay anymore’. He then told Chris Hughes he was ‘going to vote the lesbian out real quick’.

“That’s homophobic, if that was your reasoning,” an understandably upset Siwa responded.

He later apologised to her but his quip of voting her out has backfired as the singer has been granted the ‘Killer Nomination power’ – allowing her to automatically put a housemate up for eviction.

Unsurprisingly (and arguably rightly), a sneak-peek for tonight’s episode sees the American use it to put Rourke up for elimination.

However, in another rule break, he decides to refuse Big Brother’s orders as the housemates all have to choose a co-star to face the first public eviction.

Jojo was left in tears after he made a number of remarks. (ITV)

Having been told a housemate had used the ‘Killer Nomination power’ to pick him, Rourke responds: “Shall I pack now?”

But Big Brother tells him: “Relax Mickey, stay where you are.”

Then, as he takes to the Diary Room, he wouldn’t follow the nomination instructions.

“I choose not to evict anyone,” he says. “I refuse to do that. I will not pick two people to toss off the shelf.”

During this tense moment, the voice reminds Roruke of the rules, in that each contestant has to nominate two housemates each week, giving full and honest reasons as to why they have been selected.

Celebrity Big Brother continues at 9pm on ITV1 and ITVX.

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