Mickey Rourke is explaining the real reason behind his recent eviction after it was reported that he withheld nearly $60,000 in rent. "The reason I stopped paying rent was because the living conditions in the house had become unacceptable," Rourke, 73, told E! News in a statement on Wednesday, March 11. "For months there were serious problems that repeatedly went unaddressed despite my efforts to have them fixed." He alleged that there were "rodent issues" that were "never fully resolved.