{"id":504761,"date":"2026-01-09T22:52:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T22:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/504761\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T22:52:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T22:52:10","slug":"why-mickey-rourke-is-rejecting-job-offers-despite-being-evicted-from-la-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/504761\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Mickey Rourke is rejecting job offers despite being evicted from LA home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mickey Rourke may be down on his luck, but his pride is unwavering.<\/p>\n<p>The actor and former boxer, who <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/01\/05\/celebrity-news\/mickey-rourke-staying-at-luxury-west-hollywood-hotel-after-crowdfunding-to-avoid-eviction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was recently evicted from his Los Angeles home<\/a> amid <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/01\/03\/celebrity-news\/mickey-rourke-rich-poor-living-paycheck-to-paycheck-as-eviction-looms-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">financial hardships<\/a>, has received an influx of work opportunities since his troubles made headlines.<\/p>\n<p>However, he feels the gigs are beneath him.<\/p>\n<p>His manager, Kimberly Hines, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/01\/08\/mickey-rourke-rejecting-work-holding-out-after-eviction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spoke to TMZ<\/a> on Thursday, saying her client has been getting a flurry of\u00a0job offers \u2014 including six in just two days \u2014 ranging from indie films and photo shoots to live appearances and signings.<\/p>\n<p>Mickey Rourke, who is facing financial hardships, is rejecting job offers despite being evicted from his Los Angeles home. London Entertainment \/ SplashNews.com<\/p>\n<p>The actor and former boxer has received an influx of work opportunities since his troubles made headlines. BACKGRID<\/p>\n<p>But he\u2019s not interested because, according to Hines, the 73-year-old only wants to be paid like an A-lister, demanding no less than $200,000 per day for any job he accepts.<\/p>\n<p>She said Rourke \u2014 who received an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of Randy \u201cThe Ram\u201d Robinson in the 2008 movie \u201cThe Wrestler\u201d \u2014 is also holding out to work with the types of top-tier actors and directors he\u2019s collaborated with in the past.<\/p>\n<p>It seems that Hines may not agree with Rourke\u2019s approach, as she believes that if he focuses on embracing the opportunities in front of him, the money will eventually follow.<\/p>\n<p>Rourke feels the gigs are beneath him, according to his manager, Kimberly Hines. \/for Big Brother \/ Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p>Hines said Thursday that her client has been getting a flurry of\u00a0job offers \u2014 including six in just two days \u2014 ranging from indie films and photo shoots to live appearances and signings. BACKGRID<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Rourke was photographed moving out of his home after <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/30\/us-news\/mickey-rourke-faces-eviction-from-la-home-over-60k-in-unpaid-rent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">racking up nearly $60,000 in unpaid rent<\/a>. He has been staying at a hotel in West Hollywood with his three dogs, but Hines said he\u2019ll be checking out by the end of the week.<\/p>\n<p>She added that she secured Rourke a new apartment in LA but stressed that he\u2019ll need to return to work if he wants to stay there.<\/p>\n<p>The day before Rourke was evicted, Liya-Joelle Jones \u2014 who works with Hines \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/01\/05\/celebrity-news\/mickey-rourke-raising-money-to-avoid-eviction-after-falling-behind-60k-in-rent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">set up a crowdfunding drive<\/a> for fans to \u201chelp Mickey Rourke stay in his home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Though the GoFundMe page was allegedly created with Rouke\u2019s \u201cfull permission,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/01\/06\/celebrity-news\/mickey-rourke-denies-involvement-with-humiliating-100k-gofundme-as-he-faces-eviction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">denied any involvement, calling the ordeal \u201chumiliating.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s not interested because he only wants to be paid like an A-lister. \/for Big Brother \/ Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p>The Oscar nominee is also holding out to work with the types of top-tier actors and directors he\u2019s collaborated with in the past. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I needed money, I wouldn\u2019t ask for no f\u2013king charity. I\u2019d rather stick a gun up my ass and pull the trigger. \u2026 I wouldn\u2019t go to outside sources like that,\u201d he said in an Instagram video, insisting it\u2019s not his \u201cstyle\u201d to ask \u201cstrangers\u201d for financial assistance because he has \u201ctoo much pride.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hines, who is listed as the beneficiary on the GoFundMe,\u00a0clarified to The Hollywood Reporter that the fundraiser was not a \u201cgrift.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She explained, \u201cI don\u2019t think he understood, and now it\u2019s taken on this media frenzy, and he flipped out. \u2026 He should probably take this help because unless he goes back to work, I can only finance him for so long.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hines made sure to note that the donations would be \u201creturned\u201d if Rourke rejected the help.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Rourke was photographed moving out of his home after racking up nearly $60,000 in unpaid rent. London Entertainment<\/p>\n<p>He has been staying at a hotel in West Hollywood with his three dogs, but Hines said he\u2019ll be checking out by the end of the week and moving into a new apartment in LA. Mickey Rourke \/ Facebook<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a source recently told the Daily Mail that Rourke lives \u201cpaycheck to paycheck\u201d and would probably be \u201cOK\u201d if he were \u201cmore protective of his finances.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The source elaborated, \u201cHe\u2019s rich-poor, if that makes sense. He has outlets to make substantial amounts of money by doing films and reality shows, but he spends it so fast that he is at square one right around the time that he starts making money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the source, \u201cMickey has lived the life of a rock star with plenty of drug and\u00a0alcohol\u00a0abuse over the years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hines and Jones did not immediately respond to Page Six\u2019s requests for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mickey Rourke may be down on his luck, but his pride is unwavering. The actor and former boxer,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":504762,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[185,58678,172,171,39815,5418,102452,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-504761","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-celebrity-finances","10":"tag-celebrity-news","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-evictions","13":"tag-luxury-real-estate","14":"tag-mickey-rourke","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=504761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/504762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=504761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=504761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}