{"id":228665,"date":"2026-01-05T14:59:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T14:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/228665\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T14:59:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T14:59:07","slug":"actor-mickey-rourke-turns-to-fans-to-help-pay-back-rent-avoid-eviction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/228665\/","title":{"rendered":"Actor Mickey Rourke turns to fans to help pay back rent, avoid eviction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KABC logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/origin-kabc.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Monday, January 5, 2026 12:12PM<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAJCAQAAACRI2S5AAAAEElEQVR42mNkIAAYRxWAAQAG9gAKqv6+AwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Actor Mickey Rourke turns to fans to help avoid eviction\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">LOS ANGELES &#8212; Actor Mickey Rourke is <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/support-mickey-to-prevent-eviction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">turning to GoFundMe<\/a> to pay more than $59,000 in back rent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \"><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/movies\/movie-news\/mickey-rourke-gofundme-eviction-1236463376\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">According to the Hollywood Reporter<\/a>, the crowdfunding drive launched on Sunday morning with his full permission.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The page says the money raised will help prevent Rourke&#8217;s eviction from his Los Angeles home, along with giving him some stability during a stressful time and space to get back on his feet. As of Sunday night, it had raised nearly $40,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Rourke launched to stardom in the 1980s, later abandoning acting to pursue professional boxing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">He made a comeback in 2008 in &#8220;The Wrestler,&#8221; earning Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KABC Television, LLC. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Monday, January 5, 2026 12:12PM LOS ANGELES &#8212; Actor Mickey Rourke is turning to GoFundMe to pay more&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":228666,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[117451,93,61,60,270],"class_list":{"0":"post-228665","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-117451","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-movies"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228665\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}