Actor Mickey Rourke denies approving a GoFundMe account to raise money to stop his eviction. The GoFundme page, titled “Help Mickey Rourke Stay in His Home,” raised over $101,000 to pay the $60,000 in late rent owed by the “9½ Weeks” star.
Mickey, 73, told his fans to stop donating to the GoFundMe page because he doesn’t need the cash.
In a video posted on Instagram Monday night, Mickey said, “If I needed money I wouldn’t ask for no f–ing money. I’d rather stick a gun up my a-s and pull the trigger!”
The actor and his dog checked into a hotel while movers were seen removing his belongings from the rental house.
Mickey continued: “I’ve done a really terrible job at managing my career. I wasn’t diplomatic. I had to go to over 20 years of therapy to get over the damage that was done to me years ago. I worked very hard to work through that. I’m not that person anymore.”
He admitted he did borrow money from a friend to help him out of financial crisis. But he assured viewers that he would “never ask strangers or fans or anybody for a nickel.”
According to TMZ, a landlord filed an eviction notice and gave Mickey a 3-day notice to either pay up or vacate the rental property in Los Angeles on December 18.
He failed to comply with the court order, according to court documents obtained by TMZ.
Mickey allegedly turned to GoFundMe in desperation to raise $60,000 to stop the eviction.
The “Johnny Handsome” actor and former boxer gave a friend, Liya-Joelle Jones, permission to launch a GoFundMe page with a fundraising goal of $100,000 to pay his rent.
Liya-Joelle and and Mickey’s manager Kimberly Hines launched the GoFundMe page, asking for help to keep the “Diner” star in his rental home.
“Today, Mickey is facing a very real and urgent situation: the threat of eviction from his home. This fundraiser is being created with Mickey’s full permission to help cover immediate housing-related expenses and prevent that from happening,” the women wrote in the summary.
