Steve-O Reveals Why He Was Banned From The Jackass Forever Red Carpet
Topics: Jackass, YouTube, Film and TV
Poppy Bilderbeck
Featured Image Credit: Alamy/@steveo/YouTube
Topics: Jackass, YouTube, Film and TV
Steve-O has opened up about the 'unexpected rollercoaster ride' that saw him banned from the red carpet premiere of Jackass Forever.
The American stunt performer and television personality Steve-O, real name Stephen Gilchrist Glover, took to Instagram to fill fans in on the opening week of the franchise's latest release.
Joking about the 'cool tour bus [he] might have bought', the 47-year-old said 'everything started out perfectly at the press junket,' before sh*t well and truly hit the fan.
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After 'hundreds' of interviews, which the star said went well, Steve-O detailed how the very next day the group hopped aboard a private jet along with pro wrestler Ronda Roussy and her baby.
However, while taking some footage of the trip, Steve-O recalled his embarrassment in realising he had accidentally captured Rowsy on camera breastfeeding, which is now considered a crime punishable with jail time if done without the woman's consent.
The squad later made headlines when footage of Jason Acuna being slammed through a table by WWE Champion Brock Lesnar went viral.
However, it was when Steve-O showed up at the Royal Rumble when his fate for the premiere was confirmed after he tested positive for coronavirus.
'Now keep in mind, we've been getting tested for Covid every single day no matter what we're doing and we've always tested negative, until I show up at the Royal Rumble and they say I was positive,' Steve-O said.
The star reflected: 'This little son of a b*tch of a f*cking line'.
Unable to get a plane and stuck in St Louis, Steve-O got a lift from his tour bus and drove home to LA, 'where the premiere is happening without me,' he said.
'It was a real kick in the nuts to miss my own premiere.'
Ahead of the latest film's release, the stars told UNILAD about their favourite moments across the history of Jackass.
New recruits of the latest film also explained just how they became Jackasses, with Zach Holmes having admitted that he actually 'wasn't allowed to watch Jackass when [he] was a kid, so [he] had to sneak to watch it'.
'It had a huge influence on me; watching Jackass... it just looked so fun. It's all I ever wanted to do with my life pretty much,' he reflected.
While stunts performed in Jackass Forever have already ignited the concern of animal welfare organisation PETA, Johnny Knoxville has explained why he thinks 'cancel culture' will never affect the franchise.
Jackass Forever is in cinemas now.
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