Gnarled old actor-type Mickey Rourke – 'gnarled' being a polite term for 'has a face like a bag of Wine Gums exposed to high G-Force' – has angrily dismissed claims that he is homophobic.

The controversy all stemmed from Rourke's recounting of a fight he almost had in New York City. Apparently the 'interesting' career choice of becoming a rubbish boxer for several years hasn't quite managed to purge all the nasty violent impulses out of his (considerable) system.

Rourke was approached by a 'drunken fan', whose attention he revealed to be less-than-welcome:

"He was really, really out of control – some big fucking obnoxious fag. I don't mean fag in a derogatory way, just like the guy was a fuck off.''

Ah, the old I-didn't-mean-fag-in-that-context routine. hecklerspray has been through similar things ourselves when visiting the United States – particularly the phrase "I'm going outside to smoke a fag" being misinterpreted  as "I'm going outside to put a gay man's winky in my mouth."

Anyway. Rourke aimed to clarify things further:

"Look, I'm not afraid to say the word fag. I've got plenty of gay friends. We toss the word around. If I wanna say fag, I'm gonna fucking say it. And if somebody has a problem with that, they can kiss my fucking arse."

Which makes everything all better, then.

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Rourke's Homophobic Rant – Yahoo

[story by C J Davies]