Mickey Rourke should quit while he's ahead. But he's not even ahead, so he should just quit.
Rourke offered up a ton of reasons to our guy in New York yesterday for why he has no problem saying the word f**got -- even going as far as playing the "I have more gay friends than any 50 straight people I know" card.
On Friday, we asked if Mickey was homophobic -- 60% said yes. How 'bout now?
The president of The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) just personally issued the following statement, condemning Mickey Rourke for defending the use of the homophobic f-word:
"This is a slur that, regardless of what Mickey Rourke has convinced himself that it means, is often the last word that gay people, and gay youth in particular, hear before they're bullied, harassed or assaulted.
Rourke is showing himself to be painfully ignorant of how this vulgar, abusive slur feeds a climate of anti-gay hatred, intolerance and violence.
Rourke either needs to figure this out, or media needs to stop giving him a platform for promoting these kinds of slurs."
Mickey Rourke tried using a football situation to defend his constant use of the incredibly offensive, homophobic f-word -- but this rant definitely isn't doing him any favors.
WARNING: This video contains extremely explicit language.
Mickey randomly went on an expletive filled diatribe the other night in NYC, saying his much criticized use of the word last November had "nothing to do with gay" and explained, "punkass ... f**got .... it's the same thing, understand?"
Here's babysitter hunter Michael Myers on the movie poster for "H2" (left) -- and refurbished Oscar nom Mickey Rourke at an event last month in New York City (right).
Here's Johnny Depp, 46, at the premiere of his latest film in L.A. on Tuesday (left) -- and reassembled "Wrestler" star Mickey Rourke, 55, in London earlier this year (right).
If it wasn't for the lovely tree you see below, an obviously-inebriated Mickey Rourke would have been laying on the sidewalk.
Rourke exited the West Hollywood lounge Guys and Dolls last night and immediately sought balance from the tree -- and then sought out his driver (but it took a few tries).
Talk about best tour sighting ever -- A StarLine van just happened to drive by Mickey Rourke yesterday as he took his ridiculous pectorals, that busted weave and a cockatoo out to lunch with Jason Statham.
Turns out that fight between Mickey Rourke and Chris Jericho at Wrestlemania may not have been completely fake after all.
Mickey complained to our photog at LAX that he recently broke his left hand -- which dealt the knockout blow to Jericho -- while in Texas.
So Mickey either broke it at Wrestlemania -- which was held in Houston a few weeks back -- or the cast-less actor was just pulling the wool man-panties over our eyes.
Joel McHale -- whatcha gonna do when Mickey Rourke runs wild on you?
Mickey Rourke was none-too-pleased that E! funnyman Joel McHale made a few jokes at the expense of his dead dog Loki -- so he threw out a few expletives and a minor threat of some slapping during an interview to promote his latest movie.