Actor Mickey Rourke Credits His Dogs With Saving His Life
Actor Mickey Rourke revealed last weekend that he owes his life to his dogs because they stopped him from committing suicide.
The 63-year-old actor and former boxer was at a LA screening of the documentary, 'Eating Happiness,' when he got emotional as he spoke to reporters.
'Eating Happiness' is a film which is centered around stopping people from eating dog meat. Rourke, who has very publicly struggled with drug and alcohol abuse, said, "I was going through a really rough time. I was hurting myself and I was sitting in the closet one day. I couldn’t take it anymore and picked up a gun. I was deciding what part of my head to put it on and my dog, Beau Jack, he [cried] and I looked over and he looked up at me like this and … he said [with his eyes], ‘Who’s going to look after me?’ And it made me put the gun down. I was ready to go.”
Mickey says his dogs are the best friends he has and also said, “I get along better with dogs than I do with people.”