Peter Crouch said actor and former boxer and Hollywood movie star Mickey Rourke 'nearly killed' him in Miami.

The 38-year-old told ITV This Morning presenters Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield about how his lads holiday in the US became too much for him.

He said: "It was while I was playing for England and Liverpool and after the 'robot dance'."

In the summer of 2006, the dad-of-four became a bit of an global star with his robotic-style dancing when celebrating a goal during the World Cup.

Peter said: "I saw Mickey Rourke in a nightclub and he saw me and said 'you're robot boy' and I said 'you're Mickey Rouke'.

"We had a great night, then we had a second night.

"Then there was a knock at the hotel room door and I looked at the lads and they were like 'get rid'."

Phil said: "So you didn't go on a third night?"

Peter said: "He wrote a letter and put it under the hotel door saying he wanted to go out again and take us all for a meal, but he was full on."

The former Liverpool player was on the sofa with Holly and Phil to promote his new book 'I, Robot: How to be a Footballer 2' which follows on from his first book with more funny stories from his life as a footballer.

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