Actor Mickey Rourke has been the subject of concern over the previous few days. Experiences lately surfaced revealing the actor was served with a discover to pay almost $60,000 in again hire or be displaced from his Los Angeles house.

After the report, a GoFundMe fundraiser was created on Mickey Rourke’s behalf—one thing he is since slammed as “embarrassing.” Nonetheless, his supervisor lately put out a press release confirming that she, together with the remainder of Rourke’s staff, created the fundraiser and knowledgeable him of the choice earlier than he condemned it on-line.

In accordance with PEOPLE, Rourke was served a discover to pay $59,100 in again hire on his LA house on December 29, 2025.

The report states that Rourke’s landlord, Eric Goldie, served the actor the paperwork, instructing him to pay inside three days or vacate the property.

The submitting states that Rourke started renting the property in March 2025 with a month-to-month hire of $5,200. At a later level, the hire was elevated to $7,000 a month.

Along with the $59,100 in again hire, Goldie is requesting reimbursement for lawyer charges.

After information of Rourke’s monetary woes went viral, a GoFundMe fundraiser was created on his behalf. On the time of this publication, the fundraiser has raised over $101,000.

“This fundraiser is being created with Mickey’s full permission to assist cowl instant housing-related bills and stop that from occurring,” the fundraiser’s description reads. “Mickey Rourke is an icon—however his trajectory, as painful as it’s, can be a deeply human one. It’s the story of somebody who gave all the pieces to his work, took actual dangers, and paid actual prices.”

Elsewhere on GoFundMe, the outline stated the objective of the crowdfunding marketing campaign was to assist the “Wrestler” actor get again on his ft.

“Any donation, irrespective of the dimensions, will make an actual distinction. And should you’re not capable of contribute, sharing this web page is a big assist and deeply appreciated. Thanks a lot to your kindness, compassion, and help,” it completed.

Nonetheless, in a brand new Instagram video lined by The Blast, Rourke responded to the GoFundMe, explaining that he was “pissed off” and “confused” to be taught he was the middle of a fundraising effort.

“That is not me, okay?” he stated. “I might fairly, if I wanted cash, I would not ask for no f-cking charity. I might fairly stick a gun up my ass and pull the set off.”

Rourke went on, explaining that he is made poor choices all through his profession, however even then, he’d “by no means ask strangers or followers or anyone for a nickel,” including, “That is not my type.”

“There’s just one individual I can consider that might do such a factor, and I hope it isn’t the individual I am excited about. It is humiliating,” he continued.

Talking with The Hollywood Reporter, Rourke’s supervisor, Kimberly Hines, clarified that she and different members of the actor’s staff had been accountable for creating the GoFundMe. Hines additionally claimed that Rourke was conscious of the transfer earlier than the fundraiser ever went reside.

“We stated, ‘Mickey, there’s some those that need to enable you to out.’ He’s like, ‘Okay, nice.’ I don’t assume he understood, and now it’s taken on this media frenzy, and he flipped out,” Hines stated. “No one’s making an attempt to grift Mickey,” Hines added, “I need him working. I do not need him doing a GoFundMe.”