Mickey Rourke rejects fans' $100,000 in 'humiliating' charity
Los Angeles Times••entertainment
Key Points:
- Mickey Rourke rejected a GoFundMe campaign set up by his management team to help him pay nearly $60,000 in back rent and avoid eviction from his Beverly Grove home, calling the fundraising effort "embarrassing" and insisting he would never ask fans for money.
- Rourke described living in poor conditions with rotting floors, no running water in some areas, and rodent infestations, blaming new landlords who raised his rent from $5,200 to $7,000 a month and neglected repairs.
- His manager Kimberly Hines defended the fundraiser, saying it was started with good intentions to help Rourke during an emergency, and revealed that the actor has received multiple movie offers since the campaign launched.
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