subject: Is Mickey Rourke playing Russian Roulette? [print this page] Some recent web-sites reports confirm a 58-year-old actor has been engaged to 24-year-old gorgeous Russian model Elena Kuletskaya, which he proposed after several months' acquaintance and a traditional Russian wedding was planned for the spring in Moscow. This could be the third marriage for Mickey Rourke. According to the rumours Mickey is smitten with Elena and likewise. They even went puppy shopping in Manhattan.
They reportedly were seen together in London GQ International Man of the Year awards (September 2009). She is said to have been a Russian tutor for him when he was learning Russian in Moscow for his Iron Man 2 role. Well, Mickey Rourke's glorious come back into the mainstream with 'The Wrestler' and 'Iron man 2' seems to positively affect his popularity among Russian girls and his love life as well as the amount of gossip around his personality.
However after Mickey's recent visit to Moscow, another internet source claims a different story, and that Mickey Rourke's Russian tutor and lover's name is Irson Kudikova, a famous Russian pop singer and model and the winner of the star academy project (the Russian equivalent of X-factor). According to the source, she is now officially Mickey Rourke's girlfriend after he quickly fell in love with her. The source claims that Ms. Kudikova recently said to the press, "He told me, You're a fantastic woman. I want to marry you'". Well Mr Rourke, you've learned the trick, tell a woman what she wants to hear and she's all yours.According to the Russian sources the singer was charmed by the American celebrity, but there was no romance and no wedding plans made.
According to another conflicting internet source, Mickey Rourke's girlfriend whose identity caused so much confusion and speculation over the Internet is a Russian-born model named Anastassija (or Anastasia) Makarenko. Rourke seems in love head over heels saying to the media that she's a gift from heaven. Obviously a very beautiful woman, tall, slim, blond, model, 24 years of age, what else can a 57-year old dream about? Moreover "She's got the biggest heart, she's got a great family, she's really close to her mother and father."- says the happy actor. Isn't Mr Rourke blessed having so many young Russian models around him?
According to the information on "celebrity gossip" web sites Anastassija lives in New York, the couple met at a photo shoot and they have been together since for about six months. And for Mickey Rourke it's already serious: he recently gave Makarenko a puppy (named Tango), and also went with her to Germany to meet her parents. Will he marry a Russian girl? She seems equally in love too declaring "He's the most beautiful man in the world, he's a sweetheart, and the best boyfriend." After his early films "9 weeks" and "Wild Orchid" this won't be the first time Mickey's heard this.
