Defamer’s Kyle Buchanan earns extra points with this story in which Evan Rachel Wood denies she made out with Mickey Rourke, suggests he’s creepy and pulls the plug on his now-ailing Oscar bid. First his lede is impeccable, sharp and funny.
“Doing publicity for Mickey Rourke is like being a firefighter: when one, Wrestlemania-related conflagration is put out, suddenly a costar starts spouting flames.”
Funny. Secondly, he throws Rolling Stone rock douche-extraordinaire under the bus for his remora/ chubsucker ways and “hey, look at me I’m friends with rock stars”airs.
“[Evan Rachel Wood] talked to Rolling Stone blogger Austin Scaggs, who, SIDENOTE, you really must read his introduction to this story, in which he brags that Wood is his BFF because they were briefly introduced once two years ago when Scaggs was assigned to interview Marilyn Manson. He hasn’t seen her since that night, but still! Besties!”
Now the meat; Evan Rachel Wood not only denies she played tonsil hockey with Mickey Rourke, she basically says he’s gross and “old” and claims she’s been “disrespected” by him.
Wait. How did Rourke disrespect her? Does she mean that that he didn’t call her back the next morning or does she mean he personally leaked their make-out sesh to the press?
Hmmm, her comments seem harsh, we smell PR retraction/ damage control tmw that prolly throws Scaggs under the bus – goodie! As Playlist contrib Adam Sweeney quips, “Three cheers for Mickey Rourke reversing his climb to the top right after the comeback kid press!” Hey, say what you will, but it’s been a helluva ride, thanks Mickey.
