Mickey Rourke Denies Knowledge of GoFundMe Set Up to Help Him

Mickey Rourke's Reaction to GoFundMe

• 🎭 Mickey Rourke is publicly denouncing a GoFundMe campaign established to assist him during a difficult period.
• 🗣️ He expressed that the fundraising effort is "humiliating" and "embarrassing," stating he never asked for money from strangers or fans and wants any contributions returned.
• 🚫 Rourke claims the GoFundMe was initiated without his awareness, despite the organizer stating it was done with his "full permission" by someone on his management team.

Financial Difficulties and Eviction

• 🏠 Two weeks prior to this, Rourke was photographed collecting groceries outside his Los Angeles rental, facing eviction for $59,100 in unpaid rent.
• 📦 He was subsequently photographed moving out of the home he had occupied for the last 10 years.
• 📈 The rent for his modest house was reportedly raised to $7,000 per month by new owners.

Rourke's Perspective on Rent and Career

• 🐭 Rourke stated he withheld rent due to the property's poor condition, citing issues like "mice, rats, the floor is rotten."
• 🎬 Reflecting on his career, Rourke, once a prominent Hollywood star in the 1980s, admitted to doing a "terrible job managing his career."

GoFundMe Organizer's Admission

• 🤥 The organizer of the GoFundMe reportedly admitted to "fudging the details a bit" about the campaign's purpose, describing it as a "desperate high stress situation."