CBB fans demand bosses step in after Mickey Rourke 'breaks rules' while out cold on sofa

Not even a day into , new housemate seems to have had enough. This year’s line-up of stars arrived in the infamous house on April 7, and the actor lasted just a couple of hours before deciding to sleep it out.

All of the newbies arrived at the house after being introduced to the public - during an - before finally getting the chance to meet each other.

Traditionally, the bedroom is locked on night one so that the celebs can , but star Mickey, 72, didn’t seem interested in taking part in a bonding session.

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The stars were shown mingling with each other at around midnight, with busy spending some points while Olympian chatted to CBBC legend .

Ignoring the hustle and bustle around him, pro Mickey opted to take up a sofa for himself and catch sleep despite the fact he wasn’t supposed to, with the other housemates soon laying a blanket on him and grabbing a pillow.

On X, formerly known as , fans were torn about his choice to skip out on the action and ignore the no-sleeping rule. “Not Mickey asleep already gonna be such a dud housemate,” one person said, while another reasoned: “I honestly don’t blame Mickey for going to sleep on that couch, I'd be shattered too if it was like half 1 and they hadn’t opened the bedrooms yet.”

“How is Mickey able to sleep like that with all the noise,” said a second, while a third person raged: “What happened to not allowed to sleep, BB give Mickey the Klaxon, for all of us lol!”

While one commenter wanted Mickey to be thrown out of the house for sleeping on the job, he’s due to his towards host right as the show kicked off.

AJ looked gorgeous in a form fitting outfit decorated with sparkling gems and feathers, and Mickey made it very clear that he was taken by the star.

As she and her co-host tried to encourage the actor to enter the house, he continued to gaze at AJ, looking her up and pouting down before grabbing onto her and saying: "I'm gonna stay with you.”

"Stop looking at me," AJ said jokingly, before things took a twist as Mickey tried to grab her to go with him, seemingly intent on making sure she stayed by his side throughout the show. and putting his arm around her, with fans praising his actions online.

"Massive kudos to Will Best for jumping straight to AJ's defence there, protecting his female colleague from unwanted lascivious male attention from Mickey Rourke. Nice to see there's still gentlemen out there,” one person penned.

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