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Mickey Rourke has been warned about his “homophobic” comments toward JoJo Siwa.
The actor and dancer have crossed paths as contestants on the British “Celebrity Big Brother,” which premiered its 24th season on Monday.
Tensions brewed in the first episodes between Rourke, 72, and Siwa, 21, who accused the actor of being homophobic for various comments he made about her, including saying he was “going to vote the lesbian out real quick,” according to a transcript obtained by BBC ahead of Wednesday’s episode.
Later, when the “Sin City” actor asked the “Dance Moms” alum if she liked “boys or girls,” Siwa said she liked girls, before clarifying that her partner is nonbinary. Rourke responded: “If I stay longer than four days, you won’t be gay anymore.”
USA TODAY has reached out to reps for Rourke and Siwa for comment.
Later in the episode, he used the British slang word for cigarette, the same word used as a homophobic slur, and told Siwa: “I’m not talking to you,” according to the transcript. After former British “Love Island” star Chris Hughes told Rourke he couldn’t say that, the Oscar-nominee claimed: “I know. I was talking about a cigarette.”
Producers of the series, which airs daily on Britain’s ITV, told Rourke his “language was offensive and unacceptable” and issued him a warning: “Further language or behavior of this nature could lead to you being removed from the ‘Big Brother’ house.”
“I apologize,” he responded, per the transcript. “I don’t have dishonorable intentions – I’m just talking smack, you know. I wasn’t taking it all so serious. I didn’t mean in it any bad intentions and if I did, sorry.”
After Rourke returned to the cast, Siwa confronted him, saying his use of the slur was “not an acceptable word.”
He told her: “I want to apologize. I’ve got a habit of having a short fuse. And I don’t mean nothing by it. I do mean (the apology). If I didn’t, I wouldn’t say it to you.”
Siwa responded: “I appreciate your apology.”
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