Mickey Rourke declines fans’ donations

The actor’s manager says he has movie offers after eviction woes were publicized.

- By CHRISTIE D’ZURILLA

MICKEY Rourke says he didn't know who set up a GoFundMe on his behalf. It had topped $100,000.

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Mickey Rourke doesn't want your money.

He would rather shoot himself in a particularly graphic way — don’t ask for details, it’s very Mickey Rourke — than take charity while he’s getting kicked out of his home, the actor and former boxer said in a video posted Monday night on Instagram. “That’s not me,” the 73-year-old said.

Holding a Chihuahua named Lucky in his lap, Rourke alleged that he didn’t know who set up a GoFundMe campaign on his behalf over the weekend.

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 posted messages about how much the actor’s films had meant to them over the years.

“T wouldn't know what a GoFund foundation is in a million years,” said Rourke, who was a leading man in the 1980s with movies including “Barfly” and “Angel Heart” and was Oscar-nominated for his work in 2008's “The Wrestler.” “My life is very simple and I don’t go to outside sources like that. Yeah, it is embarrassing, but I'm sure I'll get over it, like anything else.”

As for the money, he said later in the video that he “would never ask strangers or fans for a nickel. That's not my style. You ask anyone who knows me. It’s humiliating and it’s really embarrassing. ... If somebody gave me — they said it’s up to $100,000. I wouldn't take a nickel from anybody.”