Mickey Rourke has addressed the GoFundMe page recently created to help him avoid eviction. The actor stated that he was “frustrated” and “confused,” denying being involved with the fundraising campaign.
Mickey Rourke reacts to GoFundMe reports
In a recent Instagram video, Mickey Rourke denounced the GoFundMe page that his representative reportedly launched to help him avoid eviction. “Somebody set up some kind of foundation or fund for me to donate money, like charity. And that’s not me, OK?” the actor asserted.
“If I needed money, I wouldn’t ask for no f****** charity. I’d rather stick a gun up my ass and pull the trigger,” The 73-year-old star added. He also said that he “wouldn’t know what a GoFund[Me] foundation is in a million years.”
Urging his fans not to donate, Rourke continued, “This thing is very embarrassing … Don’t give any money, and if you gave money, get it back.” He went on to say that “it’s really humiliating” and that he “would never ask a stranger or fans or anybody for a nickel.”
Liya-Joelle Jones allegedly launched the GoFundMe page with Rourke’s “full permission.” As per the description, Jones created the fundraiser to “help cover immediate housing-related expenses” for Rourke, who reportedly owes $59,100 in rent to his Los Angeles home.
Rourke’s manager, Kimberly Hines, whom Jones claimed to be an assistant of, recently addressed the matter. Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter, Hines stated, “In the last 48 hours, we moved him out of his house; we put him up in [a West Hollywood hotel]. The GoFundMe was done for Mickey. That money’s going to Mickey. It’s not going to me.”
She then added, “And if Mickey doesn’t want this money now and decides, ‘I don’t want help, it’s like it’s charity,’ the money will be returned.”
Originally reported by Namrata Ghosh on Mandatory.
