Fans decided to help Mickey Rourke when a GoFundMe appeared that said it was to help keep the Oscar nominated actor from being evicted. Now, the star of Iron Man 2 claims it was never a GoFundMe for him.
The GoFundMe page was created on January 4th and had a goal of $100,000 in Rourke’s name. The page says that he “is facing a very real and urgent situation: the threat of eviction from his home.” According to Rourke, he has nothing to do with this page and is fine. There is no news as to why the page was created and who did it.
“I’m really frustrated, confused and I don’t understand. Somebody set up some kind of foundation or fund for me to donate money like in a charity,” Rouke said in an Instagram video. “That’s not me, OK?” Rourke went on to encourage his fans to try to get any money back that they donated to the page.
“I wouldn’t know what a GoFund [sic] foundation is in a million years. My life is very simple. I don’t go to outside sources like that. It is embarrassing.” He promised fans he would contact his legal team to see what they knew about the situation and urged people to not give anymore money to the GoFundMe. “Don’t give any money. If you gave money, get it back,” he added. “There’s only one person I can think of that would do such a thing, and I hope that it’s not the person I’m thinking about.”
This is not the first time something like this has happened. Many accounts pretend to be actors or famous people and ask for money to either “complete the movie” or for some reason or another. It is a scam to target fans and that is seemingly what happened here with Rourke.
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