MICKEY ROURKE - ROURKE PAYS BACK THERAPIST

ROURKE PAYS BACK THERAPIST

A second shot at fame means actor MICKEY ROURKE can finally pay back the therapist who treated him for free for more than a decade.
The star credits the un-named psychiatrist, and his collection of loyal dogs, with saving his life during a bleak spell in the Hollywood wilderness.
And he reveals he was so broke at his lowest point, the analyst treated him for free up to five times a week.
Rourke - who sealed his triumphant comeback with a Golden Globe and BAFTA-winning performance in The Wrester - says, "When I self destructed and everything came apart about 14 years ago. My wife had left, the career was over, I took a movie just for the paycheck, and felt like I w**red myself out.
"Fourteen years of therapy. For the first five years, it was three days a week. I didn't have the money to pay him. I think at one point I owed $68,000. He said, 'I've never let anyone do this, but I know you'll pay me back.'"