Mickey Rourke reignites long-running feud with Robert De Niro, calls him a 'big f---ing crybaby'
- Mickey Rourke reignited his feud with Robert De Niro in an angry Instagram post on Friday, July 17, calling De Niro a "big f---ing crybaby."
- Rourke wrote: "A friend of mine just recently told me that a few months back you're quoted as saying to newspapers 'Mickey Rourke's a liar he talks all kind of s---.'"
- Rourke was referring to an argument from last year, which started when Rourke told Italian TV show, "Live — Non è la D'Urso" that De Niro refused to work with him in Martin Scorcese's "The Irishman," and thus he lost out on a part.
- De Niro's rep disputed these claims, saying: "Mickey Rourke was never asked to be in 'The Irishman' nor was he ever even thought of, discussed, or considered to be in the movie."
- Their feud began in 1987 on the set of "Angel Hearts," when method actor De Niro allegedly refused to speak to Rourke due to the complex relationship between their two characters,
Mickey Rourke reignited his long-standing feud with Robert De Niro on Instagram on Friday 17 July by calling him a "f------ crybaby."
Rourke wrote: "Hey Robert De Niro, that's right I am talking to you, you big f------ crybaby. A friend of mine just recently told me that a few months back you're quoted as saying to newspapers 'Mickey Rourke's a liar he talks all kind of s---.'"
"Listen Mr. Tough Guy in the movies, you're the 1st person that ever called me a liar and it was in a newspaper," Rourke continued.
"Let me tell you something, you punk ass, when I see you I swear to God on my Grandmother, on my brother and all my dogs, I gonna embarrass you severely 100%. Mickey Rourke 'as God is my witness.'"
Rourke was referring back to one of their most recent public arguments, when Rourke appeared on Italian TV show, "Live — Non è la D'Urso" in September.
"Marty Scorsese, great director, he wanted to meet me for a movie with Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Chris Walken and Robert De Niro," Rourke said. "The casting person told my manager that Robert De Niro said he refused to work with me in a movie."
Rourke, who said that he "needed the money," also added that he no longer looked up to De Niro in the way he used to: "Now I don't look up to him no more; I look through him," Rourke said.
"I came up from the s---. He doesn't know that life. I lived that f---ing life, so every time I look him in the face I look right through his a------."
However, De Niro disputed Rourke's claims that he was even considered for Martin Scorsese's Netflix film.
In a statement seen by New York Post, De Niro's rep Stan Rosenfeld said: "According to 'The Irishman' producers, Jane Rosenthal and Emma Tillinger Koskoff, and casting director Ellen Lewis, Mickey Rourke was never asked to be in 'The Irishman' nor was he ever even thought of, discussed, or considered to be in the movie."
Their feud allegedly started way back in 1987 on the set of "Angel Hearts," which Rourke and De Niro starred in together. De Niro reportedly refused to talk to Rourke due to the complex relationships of their two characters (De Niro is a method actor), and allegedly told Rourke: "I think it's better if we don't talk."
De Niro played hitman Frank Sheeran in Scorsese's Netflix movie, which was nominated for 10 Oscars, including dual supporting actor bids for Al Pacino and Joe Pesci. Rourke was last seen in 2020's "Legionnaire's Trail."
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