Celebrity Big Brother bosses ‘knew what they were doing’ putting Mickey Rourke in the house with diverse stars like JoJo Siwa, its been claimed.

The Hollywood actor, 72, was booted from the show on Saturday after exploding into a foul-mouthed rant amid an aggressive altercation with Love Island’s Chris Hughes and bringing Ella Rae Wise to tears with inappropriate s3xual language.

Mickey had already been warned over his ‘h0m0ph0bic and misogynistic’ language, leaving JoJo, 21, in tears after insinuating he would be able to ‘make her straight’ during their time in the house and branded her a ‘f*g’.

A source told The Sun: ‘Big Brother knew what was going to happen when they booked bad boy Mickey Rourke. They wanted a lion but expected him to act like a lamb’.

‘They knew what they were doing putting him in alongside young people when he’s 72 and from a totally different generation’.

Before adding: ‘He never intended to offend anyone and had every intention of staying in there’.

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Celebrity Big Brother bosses ‘knew what they were doing’ putting Mickey Rourke, 72, in the house with diverse stars like JoJo Siwa, it’s been claimed

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The Hollywood actor was booted from the show on Saturday after exploding into a foul-mouthed rant amid an aggressive altercation with Love Island’s Chris Hughes (JoJo pictured)

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Celebrity Big Brother fans blasted ‘disgusting’ Mickey after he was booted out of the house during Sunday night’s episode.

His £500,000 fee for the show will reportedly be slashed following his removal from the house due to repeated ‘offensive and inappropriate’ language.

Fans rejoiced on X after Mickey was ‘finally’ removed from the house following a string of incidents that left his co-stars and viewers at home uncomfortable.

‘Now we can celebrate, good riddance to Mickey. Never liked him, didn’t know who he was even before he came on the show’,

‘Finally! Mickey Rourke has left I already knew he would leave tonight! Bye bye Mickey Rourke!!’.

‘Big brother want Mickey out. YES! he just disgusting human being #BBUK #CBBUK’,

‘Mickey Rourke is a creep. I’m glad he was removed from the house. He made far too many people feel uneasy, upset, and he crossed the line numerous times. #CBBUK’,

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Mickey had already been warned after leaving JoJo, 21, in tears after insinuating he would be able to ‘make her straight’ during their time in the house and branded her a ‘f*g’

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A source said: ‘Big Brother knew what was going to happen when they booked bad boy Mickey Rourke. They wanted a lion but expected him to act like a lamb’

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‘They knew what they were doing putting him in alongside young people when he’s 72 and from a totally different generation’

‘Mickey Rourke can go back to rotting in his cave with no friends and ugly greasy hair and no job offers coming in ever again! SEE YA! #CBB #CBBUK’

The confrontation occurred during the latest pirate themed shopping task when Mickey accused Chris, 32, of ‘eyeballing’ him’ before calling the reality star a ‘c***’.

It began when JoJo, who had been given the role of captain, lined up her fellow housemates, asking: ‘Ahoy. How have things been going out here?’.

‘There is a rat amongst us, Captain’ Trisha Goddard, 67, said and when Chris turned to Mickey, the actor fumed: ‘You looking at me?’.

While JoJo attempted to defuse the situation and Chris assured Mickey it was simply a joke, the actor exploded: ‘Don’t eyeball me’.

‘Don’t f***ing eyeball me. You c***’ he went on, as more housemates continued to try and calm the furious actor down.

As tensions boiled, Chris said: ‘F***ing stand there’ before Mickey was told to go to the diary room ‘immediately’.

‘Mickey, it was a joke’ Chris said again, only for the actor to point and the ground and reply: ‘No, your a** will be right there in a second’.

After being called again by Big Brother he headed to the Diary Room and Chris told his fellow housemates ‘Mickey’s just Mickey, you know what I mean’.

Ella broke down in tears after the altercation, just hours after she was left ‘uncomfortable’ following a s3xual remark Mickey made towards her.

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His £500,000 fee for the show will reportedly be slashed following his removal from the house due to repeated ‘offensive and inappropriate’ language

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Ella broke down in tears after the altercation, just hours after she was left ‘uncomfortable’ following a s3xual remark Mickey made towards her

Fans rejoiced on X after Mickey was ‘finally’ removed from the house following a string of incidents that left his co-stars and viewers at home uncomfortable

She said: ‘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’.

During the pirates task, Ella told the group: ‘I have instructions for us all. We’re not allowed in the bedroom, no one is allowed to touch the crisps or sweets.’

Mickey replied: ‘I don’t like them anyway’.

‘You’ve got to come with me’, Ella responded.

Mickey shockingly replied: ‘Come in you.’

Danny Beard interjected: ‘Mickey, you can’t make them jokes.’

In the Diary Room Big Brother told Mickey: ‘Earlier today in a disagreement with Chris, your language and behaviour was threatening and aggressive’.

‘Big Brother does not tolerate threatening language or behaviour. In addition, you have used inappropriate s3xual language to Ella’.

Big Brother reminded Mickey that this was not the first time he had been spoken to about his ‘offensive and inappropriate’ language – after making h0m0ph0bic comments to JoJo and offending other members of the house earlier in the week.

Awkward moment Mickey Rourke dishes Ella Rae Wise some harsh truths

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The confrontation occurred during the latest pirate themed shopping task when Mickey accused Chris, 32, of ‘eyeballing’ him’

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He went on to call the reality star (pictured) a ‘c***’

He proffered: ‘Yes sir. 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’.

However Big Brother said that his behaviour was considered ‘seriously unacceptable’ and they had ‘no option’ but to ask him to leave.

Mickey responded: ‘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.’