Patsy Palmer gives icy response to Mickey Rourke question in awkward Lorraine chat

Patsy Palmer stayed silent when asked about her housemate Mickey Rourke on ITV's Lorraine after making a cryptic comment about the cast's "bumpy start" on the show. Mickey Rourke was into the start of the 2025 series after becoming aggressive towards Chris Hughes.

The axing came after a number of incidents involving Mickey, from the Hollywood actor using a homophobic slur towards JoJo Siwa to making a sexually crude comment to Ella Rae Wise. Speaking to Lorraine Kelly today, Patsy opened up about her time in the house. She said: "It was a bit of a bumpy start with everyone but it's actually easier watching it than being in it because you look back and you think, 'It didn't look too hard.' But it was really difficult."

However, when Lorraine brought up Mickey Rourke's controversial time on the show, Patsy stopped speaking. Lorraine said: "They lost Mickey very early on. I mean, what a strange fella that was." Lorraine then began laughing as Patsy stayed silent before the TV presenter added: "Very, very odd indeed. You quickly found out that he was gone, that he was away."

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Looking solemn, Patsy replied: "Hmm. Yeah."

It comes just days after Patsy's awkward interview on Celebrity : Late and Live with hosts and , where the star stopped speaking when her cooking stills were brought up.

"There were a few tricky moments you had to deal with in there. People complaining about your broccoli, that was one," Will said, to which Patsy didn't reply. Will then added: "You don't want to talk about the broccoli do you… Absolutely fair enough."

Patsy was evicted as part of , with the star leaving the CBB house alongside Angellica Bell and Ella Rae Wise. Speaking about her time in the show, Patsy said: "We're all there to do a job and I wanted it to be good for them. In the beginning it was really tough for me to be in there. We'd been through a lot, personally, before I went in.

"As certain energies left the house we all relaxed and we all got through stuff together. It takes me a while to be fully relaxed with people I don't know, I started to enjoy myself when I knew them more. Then I thought I didn't want to go."

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