The Masked Singer: Mickey Rourke shocks viewers by suddenly pulling off purple Gremlin mask early

Mickey Rourke shocked viewers of The Masked Singer on Wednesday when he voluntarily pulled off his Gremlin mask and eliminated himself from the show. TV history: Mickey Rourke shocked viewers of The Masked Singer on Wednesday when he voluntarily pulled off his Gremlin mask and eliminated himself from the show His spacey, off-tempo delivery had panelist Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg, 47, asking fellow panelist Robin Thicke, 43, 'Is he like 100 years old?' First time: It was the first time in the program's history a contestant has ever unmasked before the voting round at the end and no one knew what to do Gremlin costume: The 68-year-old star of The Wrestler had sung Ben E. King's Stand By Me as the Gremlin, a purple beast with shaggy fur The panellists stood up at their table, imploring him to wait, as Nicole Scherzinger, 42, yelled, 'But we haven't even voted!' First impressions: The panelists guessed Crocodile was singer Nick Lachey, 46, or Donnie Wahlberg, 56, or actor Jon Hamm, 49 Cute baby: Up next was Baby Alien, the show's first puppet character, who sang George Michael's Faith In his video, a teacher droned 'Baby Alien? Long hair: Whatchamacallit's video found him sailing through the clouds and wading in orange Jello, whipped cream and sliced oranges Assorted clues: Clues included a rainbow, cane, golden key, black panther, and a mixed-up clock face that bore a '4.0,' record table, shrimp, pants, a pink and blue bear, and a triangle instrument Guesses included NBA star Dame Lillard, 30, producer Swizz Beatz, 42, and musician Tyler, the Creator, 29.