Chris Hughes and Mickey Rourke‘s epic fallout has been the talking of Celebrity Big Brother this weekend. The pair got in a nasty war of words during a pirate themed task that ultimately ended up costing Mickey his place in the house as he lost his temper in spectacular style.
The Hollywood actor was already on a warning following his vile homophobic abuse towards JoJo Siwa, before Chris became his next target. As JoJo was given the role of Captain and put in charge of steering the ship as part of the task, Mickey got distracted and claimed to catch Chris giving him a side eye.
Mickey confronted Chris: “You looking at me?,” as he approached the reality TV star. As Mickey got closer, Chris appeared determined not to bow down as he turned to Jack P Shepherd and whispered: “Stick up for me.”
JoJo intervened as she carried on the game and said: “Ahoy. You’re not the captain of this ship. Ahoy. Back up soldier,” yet Mickey was still not happy as he told Chris: “Don’t eyeball me.”
Chris added: “Mickey it was a joke, f***ing…” while Danny Beard stepped in to try and diffuse the situation by also calling it a “joke”. Yet Mickey was fuming as he quipped: “Don’t f***ing eyeball me. You c***.”
As Mickey flew into a rage, fans couldn’t help but question Chris’ plea to Jack to have his back, with some questioning if the former Love Islander was deliberately trying to push Mickey’s buttons. One said: “Anyone else noticed Chris whispered to Jack, ‘Stick up for me’ when he started staring at Mickey he definitely knew what he was trying to do.”
Another replied: “I’m glad someone else heard this, Chris wound him up on purpose.” Someone else commented: “Chris knew what he was doing to Mickey, that’s why he turned to Jack and said stick up for me!!!”
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A fourth fumed: “Can’t stand Chris. He needs to go… He provoked Mickey. Now that Mickey left I won’t be watching the show coz its boring.”
Big Brother had intervene when things came to blows: “This is Big Brother. Mickey, come to the diary room immediately.” Mickey hit back: “No, your a** will be right there in a second,” but Big Brother then said more sternly: “Mickey, come to the diary room immediately.”
Mickey did head to the Diary Room with a push from JoJo, where he was met with a chat about his behaviour on the series. The actor then returned to the garden and apologised to Chris before heading inside again.
Chris told the housemates: “Mickey’s just Mickey, you know what I mean.” TOWIE’s Ella added: “It’s fine – you can be just someone, but be mindful of what it can trigger in other people, because it’s made me feel very uneasy.”
Mickey issued an apology to his housemates before his exit as he said: “I did wrong. I apologise. I’m sorry. I can’t take it back, you know, I stepped over the line. And I take responsibility for doing the wrong thing. ‘Cause I lost my temper, and I’ve been trying to work on it my whole life and I wish I would have had better self-control and I’m very sorry.
“I’m ashamed of myself for losing it for a few seconds there. Nobody got touched or hurt. Maybe some feelings got hurt or maybe others have feelings about others getting upset but, you know, I’m sorry about that…
“I blame myself, I know it was my bad. You know, I’ve got a short fuse and I know I upset a lot of people out there, you know. And I’m sorry for that. I’m actually ashamed of myself for getting that hot. I went over the line, you know, I did wrong. I guess, like they say, I’m a work in progress. I just wanna pack my bags and leave, you know. I wanted to leave yesterday actually but I wasn’t chosen.”
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