Celebrity Big Brother 2025 LIVE: Mickey Rourke says he’s ‘ashamed’ after being eliminated
Celebrity Big Brother is in full swing – and in the past week, we’ve seen a new selection of famous (and not-so-famous) faces live together in the reality show house.
EastEnders star Patsy Palmer, presenter Trisha Goddard, and Coronation Street actor Jack Shepherd are all facing the public vote tonight.
Michael Fabricant was the first to be evicted, with The Wrestler actor Mickey Rourke removed after a chaotic six-day stint.
Rourke, 72, had been at the centre of controversy from his entrance when he “ogled” presenter AJ Odudu and faced calls to be removed after making homophobic comments to Jojo Siwa.
He was ultimately thrown off the show by producers for “inappropriate sexual language” aimed at The Only Way is Essex star Ella Rae Wise, 24, and “threatening and aggressive” behaviour towards former Love Island contestant Chris Hughes, 32.
Rourke grew irate when Hughes, in character as a pirate for a shopping task, “eyeballed” him. Rourke later apologised to Hughes, and told Big Brother he was “ashamed” of his actions and blamed it on his “short fuse”.
In a statement, a spokesperson for the programme told The Independent: “All Housemates receive Respect and Inclusion training and an extensive briefing from the Big Brother Senior team to prepare them for living in the House and to set out Big Brother’s expectation for appropriate behaviour and language.
“Housemates are monitored 24 hours a day and instances of inappropriate behaviour are dealt with appropriately and timely.” Rourke’s representatives declined to comment.
The series continues at 9pm on ITV and ITVX.
Watch: The moment that Jojo Siwa wrote a secret message in Chris Hughes’ hand
Michael Fabricant has said that Mickey Rourke said ‘a lot more’ that couldn’t be broadcast.
Replying to a viewer on X/Twitter who thought that his removal was unwarranted, the former Tory MP wrote: “Yeah, but that wasn’t said in isolation. There was a lot more, some of which could not be broadcast.”
Who’s up for eviction tonight?
Trisha Goddard, Patsy Palmer, and Jack Shepherd are all facing elimination.
Chris Hughes and JoJo Siwa have an extremely close friendship – and it seems it’s at the expense of Chris’s bonding with Ella Rae Wise.
“It’s OK ‘cause I don’t even fancy him,” Ella Rae says while expressing her disappointment, not entirely convincingly.
