Why Is Mickey Rourke Being Super Gross to JoJo Siwa?

Mickey Rourke and JoJo Siwa are contestants on the new season of Celebrity Big Brother, and it’s not going great. The 72-year-old Rourke has reportedly been making homophobic comments about Siwa including super gross remarks that the 21-year-old won’t be gay after spending time with him. Yeah… Believe it or not, this only landed Rourke with a warning, and as of this writing, he’s still bouncing around the house because reality TV is a sewer. (BBC)

Do Walton Goggins and Aimee Lou Wood hate each other in real life? (Lainey Gossip)

Kate Middleton will start working more once it’s queen time. (Celebitchy)

Elon Musk and Peter Navarro just won’t stop fighting. (Wonkette)

From Kayleigh: Congratulations, Justin Baldoni. Harvey Weinstein is on your side. (Vanity Fair)

A writer for Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers is real sorry about the whole Black and Yellow Ranger business in the first few seasons. (Kotaku)

Most Americans don’t trust AI, or the people in charge of it. (The Verge)

Meghan Markle says her jam will survive a recession. (The Cut)

From Nate: A UMass Amherst student accidentally broke the laws of thermodynamics. (Interesting Engineering)

Darren Aronofsky hates Method actors. (IndieWire)

If you’re not familiar with the Hammaconda, you will be after these photos. (Interview)

Jeverett15 has a book recommendation for the baseball obsessive. “The Machine (by Joe Posnanski), an account of the 1975 Cincinnati Reds, aka ‘The Big Red Machine,’ is full of entertaining stories, both about the players on the Reds, their manager, players on other teams, and even stories that just happened to be in the air in 1975.” Do you follow a favorite team? (Cannonball Read 17)

From Andrew: Flava Flav was in attendance as Billie Jean King got her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in a very “Sure, why not?” moment.

Honored to watch my friend and the icon and female sports legend and activist Billie Jean King receive her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame,!!

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— FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ (@flavorflav.bsky.social) April 8, 2025 at 11:17 PM