Patsy Palmer gets visibly annoyed at Lorraine Kelly's Celebrity Big Brother remark (2025)

Patsy Palmer has avoided being drawn about the drama surrounding Mickey Rourke on Celebrity Big Brother.

Less than a week into entering the house earlier this month, the Hollywood actor was booted after a series of incidents.

Before even making it inside Mickey, 72, was slammed for displaying ‘creepy’ behaviour towards host AJ Odudu during the launch, during which he grabbed her and eyed her up and down.

After entering the house, he used a homophobic slur against 21-year-old JoJo Siwa, also saying: ‘If I stay longer than four days, you won’t be gay anymore.’

Although he was given a warning by Big Brother, he was saved from the first eviction but was sent packing the following day due to threatening behaviour and language directed at Love Island star Chris Hughes, 32.

During his time in the house, he also left Towie star Ella Rae Wise, 24, in tears following an inappropriate sexual comment.

However, when Patsy, 52, was eliminated earlier this week, she refused to speak about Mickey when probed by hosts AJ Odudu and Will Best, instead sitting in silence.

A few days on she’d made it clear she has no intention to speak about Mickey, who also left her in tears at one point.

Appearing on Lorraine on Thursday, the EastEnders star was questioned about what had unfolded in her first few days in the house.

‘Very early on they lost Mickey didn’t they. What a strange fellow he was. Very very odd indeed,’ host Lorraine Kelly asked while laughing.

However, as she was speaking Patsy’s demeanour instantly changed and she tensed up. All she said in response was ‘yea’ and looked to the floor before Lorraine quickly moved on.

Before Mickey was booted, he slated Patsy’s cooking, calling her broccoli ‘inedible’, leaving her subsequently sobbing to Big Brother in the diary room.

During her Late & Live appearance after leaving the house, Patsy made it clear she didn’t want to speak about Mickey to AJ and Will, instead giving them both a death stare.

‘There were a few tricky moments you had to deal with while you were in there – I mean, people complaining about your broccoli….’ Will said light-heartedly.

However, she didn’t say a word in response, leaving audience members awkwardly chuckling.

‘Did it really upset you when Mickey complained to your face about the food?,’ AJ pushed further, but all Patsy said was ‘not really about that…’

During his few days on the show, Mickey managed to spark more than 1,000 Ofcom complaints for his ‘unacceptable’ behaviour and language.

At the time of his eviction, a Celebrity Big Brother spokesperson said: ‘Mickey Rourke has agreed to leave the Celebrity Big Brother House this evening following a discussion with Big Brother regarding further use of inappropriate language and instances of unacceptable behaviour.’

Upon leaving the house, he admitted to ‘stepping over the line’.

‘I’m ashamed of myself for losing it for a few seconds there. Nobody got touched or hurt. Maybe some feelings got hurt or maybe others have feelings about others getting upset but, you know, I’m sorry about that,’ he said.

Lorraine airs weekdays at 9am on ITV1. Celebrity Big Brother continues tonight at 9pm on ITV1.

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