Michael Fabricant's response after Mickey Rourke ordered to leave Celebrity Big Brother for 'inappropriate language'
Michael Fabricant has shared his response as Mickey Rourke has been ordered to leave the Celebrity Big Brother House.
It was announced last night (12 April) that the American had exited following ‘further use of inappropriate language and unacceptable behaviour’.
This comes after Rourke was given a formal warning from Big Brother following homophobic comments towards housemate JoJo Siwa.
He had also been slammed as ‘creepy’ by viewers online right from the first episode for his interaction with host AJ Odudu, who told him to ‘stop looking’ at her.
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A statement from a Celebrity Big Brother spokesperson announcing his early departure read: "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."
Fabricant was the first housemate to be evicted from this series on Friday (11 April) when the Hollywood star had also been up for the public vote.
When it was announced that Rourke had left the house, the former Tory MP reposted the news and wrote on X: “He wanted to leave on Day One!”
He later added: “Missing Danny, Jack, Donna, Jo Jo and nearly all of the others. I WANT TO GO BACK IN!!”
It’s said that a row with Chris Hughes that led to Rourke leaving the house as ITV say 'his behaviour and language to Chris during a disagreement in a task was considered to be threatening and aggressive'.
They further confirmed that 'no physical altercation took place'.
However, a source has revealed what supposedly went down to The Sun between the Love Island star and The Wrestler actor.
However, a source has revealed what supposedly went down to The Sun between the Love Island star and The Wrestler actor.
It's reported that Hughes gave Rourke a side eye during a task where the housemates were all dressed up as pirates, and this led to a bit of a kick-off that reportedly didn't get physical.
"Mickey didn't like Chris disrespecting him with the side eye and went for him with loads of smack talk," the source claimed.
"On this occasion it was offensive, threatening and aggressive. However it didn't get physical and security nor producers did not need to intervene."
Rourke was apparently then called to the diary room, and after a discussion about 'his ongoing bad behaviour', he agreed to leave the show.
Following his comments to Siwa, Rourke received a formal warning from Big Brother, who told him his 'language was offensive and unacceptable'.
He then later apologised to Siwa, which she accepted.
Rourke said: "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 in it any bad intentions and if I did, sorry."
However, earlier on in the episode, he was called out by producers for messing with studio equipment.
The Daily Star reported that he'd been caught covering the cameras and not wearing his personal microphone, which are two requirements listed in the CBB rules.
He also broke the rules again when he decided to refuse Big Brother's orders to evict someone after being told a housemate, which was revealed to be Siwa, had used their 'Killer Nomination' to pick him for eviction.
Celebrity Big Brother returns to ITV1 and ITVX tonight at 10pm.
Topics: Celebrity Big Brother, Mickey Rourke, ITV, TV and Film, Celebrity
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