Mickey Rourke reveals his dog kept him from committing suicide.
When Mickey Rourke was having a drought in his acting career the actor nearly committed suicide. But, luckily his dog was there to save his life.
Years before becoming a breakout hit in The Wrestler, during the mid-1990s, the leading man behind Diner and 9 1/2 Weeks was having a hard time. He was nominated for several Razzie Awards and had a struggling boxing career.
Recently, Rourke told reporters at the premiere of the documentary Eating Happiness, “I was going through a really rough time.” He continued, “I was hurting myself and I was sitting in the closet one day. I couldn’t take it anymore and picked up a gun.”
But, what stopped him from pulling the trigger? It was his dog.
“I was deciding what part of my head to put it on and my dog, Beau Jack, he [cried] and I looked over and he looked up at me like this and… he said [with his eyes], ‘Who’s going to look after me?’ And it made me put the gun down. I was ready to go.” (Via)
This is not the first time Rourke expressed his compassion for dogs. In a 2008 interview with The New York Times, he described his home having photos of “dogs everywhere,” including Beau Jack, the dog Rourke rescuved when he collapsed in 2002.
At the Eating Happiness premiere, the actor said, “I get along better with dogs than I do with people.”
(Source: Page Six)
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