Mickey Rourke cuts off his finger

SVZ · July 10th, 2006, 04:16 AM

Hollywood star MICKEY ROURKE has an unusual way of dealing with his anger - he cuts off his finger. The actor was taken to hospital and had to endure eight hour surgery to save his finger. Rourke is no stranger to violence, he trained as a boxer in his youth and took a five year break from his acting career to take the sport up professionally. The eccentric star says, "I cut my little finger off because I thought I didn't want it. I was angry about something so I decided I didn't need the end of the little finger on my left hand. "I didn't cut it off completely - it was still hanging on a tendon - and an English friend, GARY, carefully carried the end of it as we went to hospital to try to rectify the situation. It took the surgeon eight hours to sew it back on. I still can't bend it properly."
10/07/2006 07:42

http://contactmusic.com/news.nsf/art...finger_1002006

heart_leigh · July 10th, 2006, 04:36 AM

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The eccentric star says, "I cut my little finger off because I thought I didn't want it. I was angry about something so I decided I didn't need the end of the little finger on my left hand.

Jeez, when I get mad, I shout, break something, hit a pillow, anything...not cut off my finger. Talk about anger management problems!

A*O · July 10th, 2006, 05:16 AM

I saw an E! programme about Mickey the other day. He was shown being a vain and self-important 'movie star' natch, but much more interesting to me was his New Best Friend, British former boxer Gary (see article above and pic below) Stretch who seemed to be his 'constant companion' these days. They were interviewed together surrounded by pink satin cushions and a pack of small yappy dogs which Mickey now prefers to the dobermans and rottweilers he used to keep as pets. The body language, the glances, the giggles - my gaydar was in overdrive.