A fundraiser aimed at keeping Mickey Rourke housed has hit the brakes temporarily after the Oscar-nominated actor rejected more than $100,000 from fans and supporters earlier this week.<\/p>\n
On Thursday, the GoFundMe page had a \u201cdonations paused\u201d tag on it while Kimberly Hines, Rourke\u2019s manager of nine years, addressed the situation in an update. \u201cThank you so much for your generosity and for standing with Mickey during this time,\u201d she wrote. \u201cYour support truly means a great deal to us, and we are grateful for every donation. We remain committed to finding a resolution and are working with Mickey to determine the next steps.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rourke, 73, said in a video posted Monday that he didn\u2019t know who set up the campaign. The effort, ostensibly aimed at keeping Rourke in his home when he faced eviction because of nearly $60,000 in unpaid rent, was set up Sunday by members of his management team and raised more than its $100,000 goal by Tuesday morning. Dozens of the more than 2,700 people who donated also posted messages about how much the actor\u2019s films had meant to them over the years.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wouldn\u2019t know what a GoFund foundation is in a million years,\u201d said Rourke, who was a leading man in the 1980s with movies including \u201cBarfly\u201d and \u201cAngel Heart\u201d and was Oscar-nominated for his work in 2008\u2019s \u201cThe Wrestler.\u201d \u201cMy life is very simple and I don\u2019t go to outside sources like that.\u201d He said later in the video that he \u201cwould never ask strangers or fans for a nickel. That\u2019s not my style. You ask anyone who knows me. It\u2019s humiliating and it\u2019s really f\u2014 embarrassing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rourke said that he wound up in \u201ca really bad situation\u201d with the house he had been renting for years in Beverly Grove. New owners bought the place, wouldn\u2019t fix anything, he said, and raised the rent to $7,000 a month from $5,200. He alleged that the floors were rotted, there was no running water in a couple of places there should have been and the place was infested with rodents.<\/p>\n
Rourke was served with notice of eviction in December, with the landlords also looking to recapture $59,100 in unpaid rent for 2025. Ricardo Villalobos, the attorney representing owner Eric Goldie in the eviction case, did not reply to The Times\u2019 request for comment about Rourke\u2019s allegations. The eviction paperwork, reviewed by The Times, was filed Dec. 29.<\/p>\n
Hines did not respond to The Times\u2019 request for comment but spoke with the Hollywood Reporter on Tuesday, telling the trade that it wasn\u2019t true that Rourke didn\u2019t know the origins of the fundraiser. She validated some of the things he said about the condition of the property and added a few details of her own. In her GoFundMe update Thursday, she included a link where donors who wanted a refund could submit a claim. The fundraiser lists Hines as the beneficiary.<\/p>\n
She told the trade outlet that she and her assistant ran the fundraiser idea past Rourke\u2019s assistant and everyone thought it might be helpful. Hines and her assistant arranged for movers and a U-Haul to help Rourke, got the \u201cIron Man 2\u201d villain and his three dogs out and into a nearby hotel and secured an apartment for him to move into soon in Koreatown, she said, before his landlords were to change the locks that day on what she called an \u201cuninhabitable\u201d house.<\/p>\n
The situation with Mickey Rourke’s fundraiser is complex, with both the actor and his management team working to find a resolution. While Rourke has expressed his gratitude for the support, he has also made it clear that he does not want to accept donations from fans. As the situation continues to unfold, it remains to be seen what the future holds for the actor and his living situation.<\/p>\n
Q: Why was Mickey Rourke facing eviction?
\nA: Rourke was facing eviction due to nearly $60,000 in unpaid rent.
\nQ: How much was raised by the GoFundMe campaign?
\nA: The campaign raised over $100,000 before donations were paused.
\nQ: What is the current status of the fundraiser?
\nA: The fundraiser is currently paused, with donations no longer being accepted.
\nQ: What has Mickey Rourke said about the fundraiser?
\nA: Rourke has expressed his gratitude for the support but has stated that he does not want to accept donations from fans.
\nQ: What is the next step for Rourke and his management team?
\nA: Rourke and his team are working to determine the next steps and find a resolution to the situation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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