There was always one dude in your elementary school who was considered an untouchable object of scorn. When you played MASH, you'd insert his name in the list of hot guys like Scott Baio and Antonio Sabato Jr. to throw it off, and you'd wipe your hand on your buddy and say they were infected with said dude's cooties. Even Hollywood has an untouchable like that guy. His name is Mickey Rourke. First Evan Rachel Wood was repulsed at the thought of being romantically linked to him, now Bai Ling is, too. Quoth the IMDb:
Actress Bai Ling has blasted reports of a romance with The Wrestler star Mickey Rourke. The rumour mill was sent into overdrive after The Crow actress was spotted attending a party with Rourke in Los Angeles in January, with witnesses insisting the pair were kissing at the bash.
But a spokesperson for the Chinese actress has now dashed speculation she deliberately befriended the star to raise her own profile, insisting they are just pals.
Her representative tells New York gossip column PageSix, "While Bai Ling, who is single, has dated a lot during her career, she isn't some 'whore' who hooks on to rising actors. She considers Mickey Rourke a friend. He sent a car for her. She never had an interest in dating him. The next day it was all over the tabloids… Though she is an iconoclast with her fashion, too often she's mislabeled as a tawdry Holly Golightly."
Which is a fancy way of saying, "Yeah, she dated Nick Carter, but she draws the line at kissing the meatball lips of Mickey Rourke." Everyone has their limits.
