Former ’80s stud Mickey Rourke has become a total recluse since being banished in disgrace from the U.K.’s Celebrity Big Brother house in April, sources tell Globe.
“It’s shocking how low he’s fallen,” says an insider. “He lives in a beat-up place in Beverly Hills where the curtains are always drawn and the landscaping is unkempt. The neighbors must hate him — it’s a total eyesore.”
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“He rarely goes out and has his assistant fetching things for him,” the insider says. “There’s no doubt he’s humiliated over what happened on Celebrity Big Brother and that’s contributed to his deep funk.”
As readers know, the movie tough guy was kicked out of the Big Brother house for using “threatening and aggressive” language toward Chris Hughes, accusing his fellow contestant of eyeballing him while talking about a “rat” in the house.
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The 9½ Weeks star also made comments to singer-dancer JoJo Siwa that she deemed homophobic.
To his credit, he apologized after learning he was getting bumped from the show.
“I’m sorry … I stepped over the line, and I take responsibility for doing the wrong thing,” he said. “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.”
The insider says the incident left the trigger-tempered actor completely dejected and living like a hermit.
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“He goes days at a time without going out, he’s paranoid about being ‘watched’ after venting his political views, which are inflammatory at best and shunning old friends.”
“Luckily for him he’s still getting work but he’s just misery incarnate,” says the insider. In fact, he just landed a starring role in Mascots, an indie thriller set to start filming this fall.
“But he’s obviously not taking care of himself and it’s very worrisome.”
