section_path: Personal life
section_name: Personal life
paragraph_text: Personal life
  
  Rourke has dated several celebrities, including Terry Farrell and Sasha Volkova. He has been married twice and does not have children. In 1981, he married Debra Feuer, whom he met on the set of TV movie Hardcase and who co-starred with him in Homeboy (1988) as his love interest. The marriage ended in 1989, with Rourke subsequently commenting that making the film 9½ Weeks "was not particularly considerate to my wife's needs." The two have remained good friends, according to an interview Feuer gave in 2009.
  
  Rourke married Wild Orchid co-star Carré Otis on June 26, 1992. In 1994, Rourke was arrested on suspicion of spousal abuse. The charges were later dropped and the couple reconciled before starring together in Exit in Red. Their marriage ultimately ended in December 1998.
  
  In November 2007, Rourke was arrested again, this time on DUI charges in Miami Beach.
  
  In numerous TV and print interviews, he attributes his comeback after 14 years to his agent David A. Unger, weekly meetings with a psychiatrist, "Steve", and a Catholic priest, Father Peter Colapietro. Rourke had been described as a "real good Catholic " by late friend Tom Sizemore.
  
  From 2009 to 2015, Rourke was in a relationship with Ukrainian-born German model Anastassija Makarenko. Rourke stated during an interview with Piers Morgan on July 12, 2022, he has been single for the past 7 years. In 2023, it was revealed that Rourke had begun training in Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
  
  Rourke has dated several celebrities, including Terry Farrell and Sasha Volkova. He has been married twice and does not have children. In 1981, he married Debra Feuer, whom he met on the set of TV movie Hardcase and who co-starred with him in Homeboy (1988) as his love interest. The marriage ended in 1989, with Rourke subsequently commenting that making the film 9½ Weeks "was not particularly considerate to my wife's needs." The two have remained good friends, according to an interview Feuer gave in 2009.
  
  Rourke married Wild Orchid co-star Carré Otis on June 26, 1992. In 1994, Rourke was arrested on suspicion of spousal abuse. The charges were later dropped and the couple reconciled before starring together in Exit in Red. Their marriage ultimately ended in December 1998.
  
  In November 2007, Rourke was arrested again, this time on DUI charges in Miami Beach.
  
  In numerous TV and print interviews, he attributes his comeback after 14 years to his agent David A. Unger, weekly meetings with a psychiatrist, "Steve", and a Catholic priest, Father Peter Colapietro. Rourke had been described as a "real good Catholic " by late friend Tom Sizemore.
  
  From 2009 to 2015, Rourke was in a relationship with Ukrainian-born German model Anastassija Makarenko. Rourke stated during an interview with Piers Morgan on July 12, 2022, he has been single for the past 7 years. In 2023, it was revealed that Rourke had begun training in Brazilian jiu-jitsu.