Bella Thorne claims Celebrity Big Brother’s Mickey Rourke caused ‘bruises on her pelvic bone’

Bella Thorne has claimed that Mickey Rourke caused an injury to her pelvic bone when she was making a film with him, describing him as ‘gross’.

This week, the 2025 series of Celebrity Big Brother launched in the UK on ITV, confirming that the Oscar-nominated actor was in the line-up alongside Michael Fabricant, Patsy Palmer, Chris Hughes and Danny Beard.

On the night of the live launch show, Rourke received backlash for acting ‘inappropriately’ towards presenter AJ Odudu on stage, staring at her and grabbing her before entering the House.

Shortly after the series started, the 72-year-old faced further criticism for homophobic comments that he made against internet personality JoJo Siwa, 21, which prompted a reaction from Thorne, 27, on social media.

The actress shared a screenshot of an article on her Instagram Story with the headline: ‘Rourke warned over ‘homophobic’ remarks to Siwa in Big Brother,’ with the warning occurring days before Friday night’s eviction, where Rourke is at risk of being sent home.

She then posted a comment on top of the screenshot, which began: ‘This f**king dude. GROSS. I had to work with this man.’

The Babysitter star recalled filming a scene ‘where I’m on my knees with my hands zip tied around my back’.

‘He’s supposed to take a metal grinder to my knee cap and instead he used it on my genitals thru my jeans [sic]. Hitting them over and over again. I had bruises on my pelvic bone,’ she wrote.

‘Working with Mickey was one of the all time worst experiences of my life working as an actress.’

Thorne appeared to be referring to the 2020 film Girl, in which she starred as the titular character opposite Rourke, who played the Sheriff.

In another comment posted on X, Thorne claimed that there were ‘so many gross stories of things he made me go thru on that movie, including in his last scene to speed up and rev his engine so he could cover me completely in dirt [sic].’

‘Idk I guess he thought it was funny to humiliate me in front of the entire crew. Having to go in his trailer absolutely alone because he refused to speak to the director or producers – so I had to convince him to show up and complete his job, as he shouted crazy demands that he wanted from the producers. In fact I had to beg. Alone. In his trailer. 🤦,’ she stated.

‘Since the movie could not be finished without him. Everyone’s work would’ve just been lost and completely for nothing. I didn’t wanna do it. I was uncomfortable, but I did what I was asked to do and what was best for the movie. Mickey should’ve never put anybody in that movie in any of those positions that he did.’

Following Thorne’s claims, Rourke’s manager Kimberly Hines sent a statement to Metro denying that anything ‘inappropriate’ occurred during the film shoot.

‘I was there as Mickey’s manager and saw every encounter between Bella & Mickey. Bella was basically stoned the entire shoot and was a bigger diva than Mickey has ever been!’ Hines alleged.

‘The day of this “supposed incident” Bella invited Mickey back to her trailer after to hang out. Nothing inappropriate happened on set or off! As always, there are two sides to every story.’

Rourke received a wave of criticism from Celebrity Big Brother fans, as well as a formal warning in the House, when he made homophobic remarks towards Siwa on the ITV show.

There were calls from viewers to remove the actor from the series immediately, although others defended him, claiming he deserved to stay in the competition.

Tonight, three housemates are up for eviction – Rourke, Fabricant and Jack P Shepherd – and one of them will be sent home during the live portion of the episode.

Coral bookmakers currently claim that Tory politician Fabricant is the most likely to be voted out with 1-4 odds, while Coronation Street star Shepherd has 7-2 odds of leaving, and Rourke’s odds sit at 9-1.

Metro has contacted representatives of Mickey Rourke and Bella Thorne for comment.

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