Celebrity Big Brother ratings for the last two nights show a shock reaction from viewers to Mickey Rourke after he was kicked out of the house for inappropriate behaviour.
The Hollywood actor, 72, was booted from the show on Saturday after exploding into a foul-mouthed rant amid an aggressive altercation with Love Island’s Chris Hughes, 32.
But before this he had already reduced TOWIE’s Ella Rae Wise, 24, to tears with a disgusting sexual comment and made a series of homophobic jibes to JoJo Siwa, 21, – which resulted in nothing more than a warning.
Mickey’s outbursts and subsequent axing were shown on Sunday night’s episode while Monday night was the first episode he has not been in since the series started.
But many more viewers tuned in to Monday night (a peak of 1.6million) where he didn’t appear than for Sunday night (a peak of 1.1million) when his exit and dramatic rows were shown.
While the cause for the numbers are unclear it could be down to the fact that Sunday’s episode was pushed back to a 10pm start rather than the usual 9pm kick off.
Celebrity Big Brother ratings for the last two nights show a shock reaction from viewers to Mickey Rourke after he was kicked out of the house for inappropriate behaviour
Last week the launch of Celebrity Big Brother 2025 pulled in the lowest launch show ratings in the show’s history, (hosts AJ Odudu and Will Best seen)
Last week the launch of Celebrity Big Brother 2025 pulled in the lowest launch show ratings in the show’s history, and fans spotted one key issue with the lacklustre figures.
While Mickey immediately made headlines upon his arrival for his ‘creepy’ behaviour towards host AJ Odudu, it struggled to translate to a huge ratings boost.
Overnight figures showed that the series pulled in a peak of 2.1 million viewers, with an overall average of 1.8 million.
This was down on last year’s peak of 3.2 million viewers, when the series returned for its first celebrity incarnation since 2018.
However, the show pulled in the highest 16-34 audience of the night, more than all four competitor channels combined.
While this number was down on the previous year, fans took to X to note one key issue with the figures.
They noted that Celebrity Big Brother typically has a younger audience, and many of them likely watched the launch on ITVX.
This year, the CBB launch was also streamed live on YouTube, and neither of these viewing figures would have been included in the overnight ratings.
The Hollywood actor, 72, was booted from the show on Saturday after exploding into a foul-mouthed rant amid an aggressive altercation with Love Island’s Chris Hughes, 32
But before this he had already reduced TOWIE’s Ella Rae Wise, 24, to tears with a disgusting sexual comment and made a series of homophobic jibes to JoJo Siwa (seen)
Posts included: ‘But is this including those who watched on ITVX and YouTube because aren’t those separate;
‘Let’s everyone remember that #CBBUK skews to a younger demographic that are more likely to watch on ITVX which isn’t counted in this number.
‘It’s not the disaster some people paint it out to be.’
‘It’s not brilliant. It did win the 9pm slot though;’
‘Overnight ratings aren’t really worth much these days tbh. But even so, launching on a Monday night was always gonna be interesting for the figures. Be more interesting to see once ITVX is added. A shame, because this was so much better than last years!’
‘I’m assuming that the 1.8m doesn’t account for ITVX viewers which is actually pretty decent. Most people I know personally don’t watch through their actual TV and I don’t even own one. Expecting it’ll jump drastically over the 7-day viewings.’
This week the show sparked uproar after Mickey was only finally kicked out of the house after he clashed with Chris – after he’d already made vile comments to two women on the show.
Last week after just one day in the house Mickey had insinuating he would be able to ‘make JoJo straight’ during their time in the house and branded her a ‘f*g’.
Then Ella broke down in tears after Mickey joked about ‘coming in her’ after she gave him some instructions from Big Brother.
Fans have been in uproar over the decision-making, writing on Reddit: ‘So he wasn’t even kicked out over the s**t he did to JoJo. Wow.’,
‘So it wasn’t even over the JoJo s**t? But of course they’ll take the threats seriously when it’s towards a man.
‘lmfao at the number of men replying to me ‘but but but that’s how warnings work! Why should he be taken seriously he’s so old and his brains are scrambled!!!!’
‘Y’all always wanna jump on the ‘not all men’ train but y’all never wanna f***ing say s**t when it comes to men acting like this.’,
‘It’s a f***ing disgrace that this wasn’t done for his threat towards JoJo Siwa.’,
‘Yeah that’s genuinely so pathetic and disgusting on production’s part. He shouldn’t have ever gotten a warning in the first place, he should’ve been kicked out immediately.’,
Mickey’s outbursts (seen) and subsequent axing were shown on Sunday night’s episode while Monday night was the first episode he has not been in since the series started
‘So him threatening JoJo to ‘turn her straight’ only warranted a warning, but when his behaviour is directed toward a man it’s too far?’,
‘The very first thing he did on the show was sexually harrass the (woman) host- and that was before he even entered the BB house. He should’ve been removed days ago.’,
‘He should have been ejected the first time. Better late than never, but come on.’
ITV declined to comment when contacted by MailOnline for comment.
CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER 2025: MEET THE LINEUP!
MICKEY ROURKE – AXED
AGE: 72
FAMOUS FOR: The actor and former pro boxer is one of the show’s biggest ever signings and after public feuds with Robert De Niro, two marriages and a string of high profile relationships, he will be bringing plenty of drama.
DALEY THOMPSON
AGE: 66
FAMOUS FOR: The double Olympic gold-medallist is considered one of Britain’s greatest athletes. He broke the decathlon world record four times.
PATSY PALMER
AGE: 52
FAMOUS FOR: It’s an open secret that Patsy is leaving EastEnders, with the actress enjoying a wild leaving party this month. The Bianca Jackson star posted a snap of her character on Instagram with the caption: ‘Bye bye B, always grateful to see her again.’
DONNA PRESTON
AGE: 38
FAMOUS FOR: While Donna has featured in several TV shows and movies, the comedy star is known for hosting Apocalypse and for the role of a circus Compere in 2018’s Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald. She plays Den in Coronation Street, has featured in Pants On Fire in 2019 and even wrote and co-produced BBC Three’s Comedy Threesomes.
CHESNEY HAWKES
AGE: 53
FAMOUS FOR: The singer topped the charts for five weeks in 1991 with his hit The One And Only, before making a string of acting and TV appearances. His arrival on CBB has been described by a TV source as ‘perfect timing’, as he’s just released a comeback album
ANGELLICA BELL
AGE: 49
FAMOUS FOR: The TV presenter is said to have landed a staggering five-figure deal to appear on Celebrity Big Brother. Fans will be keen to see if the CBBC legend spills all on her untimely exit from The Martin Lewis Show – which left fans baffled back in 2023. Angellica currently co-presents Hits Radio while Fleur East is on maternity leave.
DANNY BEARD
AGE: 32
FAMOUS FOR: The RuPaul’s Drag Race UK winner – whose real name is Daniel Curtis – has signed up as a late entry. Danny previously made headlines after swearing on Big Brother’s Late & Live last March whilst doing an impression of housemate Louis Walsh. The incident saw the guest say the word ‘c***’ before immediately apologising after being informed they weren’t allowed to say that on the show.
CHRIS HUGHES
AGE: 32
FAMOUS FOR: After shooting to fame on Love Island in 2017, Chris went on to become a sports presenter and regularly hosts the horse racing coverage on ITV.
JOJO SIWA
AGE: 21
FAMOUS FOR: The American singer, who shot to stardom on reality show Dance Moms, is expected to draw a big American audience. The hitmaker has made a name for herself in the U.S. pop charts and is known for her outlandish looks and being a vocal member of the LGBTQ+ community.
TRISHA GODDARD
AGE: 67
FAMOUS FOR: The talk show host regularly presented on ITV from 1998 to 2004 and then shifted to Channel 5 from 2004 to 2010. Trisha has been suffering horrible side effects of her chemotherapy – but has bravely battled on.
JACK P. SHEPHERD
AGE: 37
FAMOUS FOR: The actor has played David Platt in Corrie since 2000 and is following in his pal Colson Smith’s footsteps by taking part in the popular reality show. He has won a string of awards for the role including Best Actor at the British Soap Awards.
ELLA RAE WISE
AGE: 24
FAMOUS FOR: Producers have been keen to land the TV personality, who previously dated Pete Wicks and has had an on-off romance with Dan Edgar. Bosses are hoping the TOWIE star might reveal all about some of her other famous exes.
MICHAEL FABRICANT – OUT
AGE: 74
FAMOUS FOR: The former Conservative politician is understood to have signed a lucrative six-figure deal to take part after political stars were banned from the broadcaster’s other reality show, I’m A Celeb. He served as MP for Lichfield in Staffordshire from 1992 until his defeat in 2024 as well as vice-chairman of the party under David Cameron. But he is perhaps best known for his blond mop for which he has been widely ridiculed but previously denied is a wig.
