I saw this story floating around a few days ago, but this is the first time I actually sat down and read Mickey Rouke’s quotes. My God, this man… I want to like him. And I do like him, sort of. But his attitude is starting to grate on me a little. At times he comes across as the wise truth-teller, the former bad-boy who has learned a lot throughout the years. And then sometimes he just seems like the same old douche. Mickey was asked about his relationship with his girlfriend, who is constantly identified by the wrong name. This Indy Posted piece calls her “Anastasia Makarenko” but her name is actually spelled “Anastassija Malarenko”. Small difference. One is a 40-something artist, and one is a 24-year-old model boning 57-year-old Mickey Rourke. Where Mickey has previously referred to her as “a gift from heaven” he is now lamenting being in a monogamous relationship for the first time in 23 years:

Mickey Rourke is finding it difficult to stay faithful to his young girlfriend.

The 57-year-old actor has been dating Russian model-and-artist Anastasia Makarenko for 10 months. He is completely infatuated with her, but admits it is “not easy” to ignore the temptation of other beautiful women.

Despite his roving eye, Mickey insists he has not cheated on Anastasia, and doesn’t plan to.

“I haven’t f**ked around on her, I haven’t been that way in 23 years so this is new for me and it’s not easy,” Mickey explained. “Sure, I could do something on the side but I’ve got to live with myself. That’s something new for me – being honest in a relationship.”

Mickey was rumoured to have proposed to Anastasia earlier in the year, but he has denied popping the question. He says engagement rumours are “embarrassing” for his young lover because she is such a private person.

“I haven’t asked her to marry me,” he said. “I haven’t thought about it. There was stuff in the paper about me being engaged but that’s just embarrassing for Anna because she is very low-key.

“People that you think are friends can be very cruel, and I don’t have the best reputation in the world so it’s easy for people to say sh*t.”

While marriage is still a long way off, Mickey revealed he would consider having children with Anastasia. He has always vowed not to start a family because he had such a bad childhood, but says things are “different” now.

“I’ve never thought about it. I had a really horrific childhood so I’d never do to a child what happened to me,” he explained to the British edition of OK! magazine. “I would never let another man raise my kid. I’d end up killing a guy if he laid a hand on my kids because I don’t believe in continuing what happened to me. The kid thing has never come into my thoughts because of that fear, but things are different now.”

[From Indy Posted]

At the age of 57, don’t you think Mickey would be able to keep it in his pants with little effort? At some point, for a guy like Mickey, doesn’t it all become “Been there, nailed that”? And she’s 24 years old! It’s not like she thinks Mickey’s 57-year-old d-ck is the end-all, be-all. If he cheated on her, she’d be like “Really? Guess I’ll just hop on someone younger, someone who doesn’t look like roast beef.”