‘IF MICKEY ROURKE HAD STAYED – HE WOULD’VE BEEN THE CBB CHAMPION, NOT JACK P. SHEPHERD!’ – Explosive claim ignites firestorm after Celebrity Big Brother finale! Why do many people believe this is true?

HIS time in the Celebrity Big Brother house was controversial from beginning to end.

Less than a week after his touchy-feely arrival with host AJ Odudu, Mickey Rourke, 72, was sent packing for threatening and aggressive behaviour towards Chris Hughes, 32.

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Mickey Rourke has been the series’ most controversial characterCredit: Rex

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He was thrown out just six days into the experimentCredit: Rex
In between, he was warned for using h0m0ph0bic language and reduced Patsy Palmer, 52, to tears by insulting her cooking.

So it comes as little surprise the Hollywood actor won’t be at tonight’s live final.

Not long after his exit from the show, Mickey jetted back to his home city of Los Angeles.

But even his arrival on home soil was dramatic, with a photographer getting clipped by a bus at LAX as he tried to get snaps of the Sin City star.

At this stage it’s unclear whether ITV didn’t invite him or whether Mickey chose not to attend.

It was reported last week that Mickey is preparing to sue the channel after it emerged he was unlikely to receive his full £500,000 pay cheque following his early dismissal.

His rep, Kimberly Hines, told TMZ his team is speaking with lawyers in the UK and is “weighing a lawsuit against ITV, the company that produces the show”.

Hines said Mickey is being unjustly denied his big payday.

His team also believes he was “deliberately removed just one day before he would become contractually eligible to receive a lot more money”.

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In addition, Hines claims Mickey has been hit with further deductions to his fee.

ITV informed them that it would only cover hotel rooms up to around £230 per night.

But Mickey booked his team into a swanky London hotel, which cost a total of £50,000, and now has to foot the bill.

She told the publication that Mickey was sent to the airport with barely a ride.

Hines also said producers were aware of what they were getting, knowing that Mickey is a loose cannon.

ITV has been contacted for comment.

A source previously told us: “Mickey won’t be receiving all his money from ITV.

“If a celebrity is removed from the house, they don’t get the full fee. It’s as simple as that, and they will be discussing that with him.

“Mickey was ready to leave the house and it ended up feeling like a mutual decision between him and ITV in the end. It was getting too much.”

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Mickey is set to take legal action against ITV after being axedCredit: ITV

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Mickey was given the boot after a heated confrontation with Chris HughesCredit: ITV
Mickey, who won a Bafta and was Oscar-nominated for 2008 film The Wrestler, first fell foul of his fellow housemates when he directed offensive slurs at US singer JoJo Siwa, who identifies as queer.

The insider said at the time: “The production team are concerned Mickey is going to push it too far. He’s completely off the scale in the house and he’s not calming down.

“Mickey has also been threatening to break down the fire door to get out. They’re at their wits’ end with his antics.”

In a statement issued after Mickey’s removal, an ITV spokesperson said: “Mickey Rourke has agreed to leave the Celebrity Big Brother House this evening following a discussion with Big Brother regarding further use of inappropriate language and instances of unacceptable behaviour.”

Mickey survived the first eviction of the series, which saw former Tory MP Michael Fabricant leave the house.

A show insider told The Sun: “Mickey was never going to last the distance, but no one expected him to leave quite so soon and certainly not under these circumstances.

“He clearly decided it wasn’t for him. Everyone’s been left shocked.”