Bella Thorne has accused Oscar-nominated actor Mickey Rourke of bruising her genitals and “humiliating” her on set, amid his controversial look on Celeb Massive Brother.
In a sequence of social media posts shared on Friday (11 April), Thorne, 27, claimed that she had “so many gross tales” from working with the 72-year-old The Wrestler actor.
Though she didn’t title the challenge, they each acted within the 2020 thriller Woman, which starred Thorne as the primary character who revisits her household residence to discover a harmful previous, which was written and directed by Chad Faust.
Thorne alleged that she and Rourke have been filming a sequence during which he was imagined to take a steel grinder to her kneecap, however as an alternative used it on her “genitals by way of my denims” leading to bruising.
She wrote: “This f***ing dude. GROSS. I needed to work with this man. In a scene the place I’m on my knees with my palms zip-tied round my again. He’s imagined to take a steel grinder to my knee cap and as an alternative he used it on my genitals through my denims. Hitting them over and over. I had bruises on my pelvic bone.”
In a separate publish on X/Twitter, Thorne spoke of various situations the place she claimed Rourke purposefully “humiliated” her in entrance of the forged and crew.
“So many gross tales of issues he made me go through on that film, together with in his final scene to hurry up and rev his engine so he may cowl me fully in grime. Idk I assume he thought it was humorous to humiliate me in entrance of the whole crew,” she mentioned.
A consultant of Rourke didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
She additionally claimed that Rourke refused to talk to the administrators and producers, so she would enter his trailer alone to “beg” him to complete the movie.
“Having to go in his trailer completely alone as a result of he refused to talk to the director or producers – so I needed to persuade him to point out up and full his job, as he shouted loopy calls for that he needed from the producers. In reality I needed to beg. Alone. In his trailer. For the reason that film couldn’t be completed with out him. Everybody’s work would’ve simply been misplaced and fully for nothing,” she mentioned.
She added: “I didn’t wanna do it. I used to be uncomfortable, however I did what I used to be requested to do and what was finest for the film. Mickey ought to’ve by no means put anyone in that film in any of these positions that he did.”
Thorne concluded that working with Rourke was “one of many all-time worst experiences of my life working as an actress”.
Throughout Wednesday night time’s episode of Celeb Massive Brother (9 April), Rourke was given a proper warning by Massive Brother after he steered he may flip 21-year-old Dance Mothers star JoJo Siwa straight, earlier than saying he “wants a fag” and pointing at Siwa, saying, “I’m not speaking to you.” He additionally remarked that he would “vote the lesbian out” of the present.
He additionally “ogled” the truth present’s co-host AJ Odudu upon his entrance to the Massive Brother home and offended fellow housemate Donna Preston with a remark about her weight.
Rourke’s conduct on the programme has led to calls from viewers to have him faraway from the programme.
A consultant for Massive Brother instructed The Impartial on Wednesday: “All Housemates obtain Respect and Inclusion coaching and an in depth briefing from the Massive Brother Senior staff to organize them for dwelling within the Home and to set out Massive Brother’s expectation for acceptable behaviour and language. “Housemates are monitored 24 hours a day and situations of inappropriate behaviour are handled appropriately and well timed.”
