Mickey Rourke facing exit from Celebrity Big Brother following homophobic comments towards JoJo Siwa

ITV has revealed that controversial Celebrity Big Brother housemate Mickey Rourke is up for eviction on Friday night.

He and his co-stars were previously asked to nominate one another, during which one received the 'power of immunity' - this being revealed as Love Island alum Chris Hughes.

It was then revealed that American former boxer Mickey was 'to face the first eviction' after being nominated by JoJo Siwa, who described the decision as 'pretty easy'.

According to a new press release, Mickey responded to the news by replying: "Shall I pack now?"

"Relax Mickey, stay where you are," Big Brother replied. "Mickey will face the first public vote. Chris and Daley are immune."

The cast were subsequently asked to cast their votes on who they believe should be sent home - during which he was nominated by Dance Moms star Siwa.

Mickey then insisted he wouldn't be taking part in the nomination.

"I choose not to evict anyone," he reportedly told Big Brother.

"I refuse to do that. I will not pick two people to toss off the shelf."

Tomorrow's vote-off comes following mass backlash that the actor and former sportsman has faced for controversial comments he has made about fellow housemate Siwa, which viewers have slammed as 'homophobic'.

During last night's episode (9 April) 72-year-old Mickey asked the 21-year-old - who identifies as a lesbian - about her sexuality by telling her that 'if [he stays] longer than four days, you won’t be gay anymore' before threatening to 'tie her up'.

JoJo responded by promptly shutting down the Sin City actor's comments, insisting that she could 'guarantee' that such a scenario wouldn't happen.

Later on, Mickey was heard telling Chris he was 'going to vote the lesbian out real quick' - a remark that JoJo heard.

Big Brother gave Mickey a formal warning (ITV)

"That’s homophobic, if that was your reasoning," she hit back.

Unaware of the harm he had seemingly inflicted, Mickey then declared that he was going for a 'f*g', before pointing to JoJo and saying 'I’m not talking to you'.

He later clarified he was using the British slang term to mean cigarette and not the extremely homophobic slur, before being called to the diary room where he was issued with a formal warning about his 'unacceptable language and behaviour'.