ROURKE'S EX: 'MICKEY'S A SOFTIE'

Last updated: Sunday, January 18, 2009

ROURKE'S EX: 'MICKEY'S A SOFTIE'

MICKEY ROURKE's ex-wife has blasted the actor's hardman reputation by detailing a list of his secret phobias and branding him the most 'thin-skinned' man she ever met.

MICKEY ROURKE

Rourke, who won a Golden Globe last week (11Jan09) for his role in The Wrestler, earned a name for himself as a hellraiser after countless run-ins with police and hot-headed rows with movie executives over the years.

But his former spouse, actress Debra Feur, insists there is actually a neurotic wallflower behind his tough guy image.

Recalling their first meeting on the set of the 1980 film Hardcase, Feur says, "I thought he was absolutely mad. And he was socially inept. He would stare at me, then quickly look away. He didn't know what to say - even though he was older, he was like a shy child."

And after the pair married in 1981, Feur quickly learned Rourke was riddled with fears.

She adds: "He is the most thin-skinned, over-sensitive person I have ever met. When we met he was like a little abused dog. He was so vulnerable.

"He hated flying and he wouldn't go in the ocean because he was afraid there'd be sharks. He was so nervous. Despite taking up polo, he's even terrified of horses. He made his name playing sex symbols and fighters but he'd make a much better Woody Allen character. He's so phobic."

Rourke and Feur divorced in 1990.

Source: WENN

| Sunday, January 18, 2009

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