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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Tim Jonze

‘It’s a midlife crisis on steroids!’ Jackass’s Steve-O on ageing, addiction and planning a face tattoo

Steve-O, star of MTV’s Jackass series, at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Toronto.
Steve-O, star of MTV’s Jackass series, at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Toronto. Photograph: Philip Cheung/The Guardian

Steve-O from Jackass has written a self-help book, so let’s start with the most obvious question: who on earth is going to take life advice from a man who has repeatedly stapled his scrotum to his thigh?

“Oh, for sure,” he replies in his unmistakably gravelly voice. “The idea of a book of wisdom from me is a patently absurd concept.” Steve-O is speaking over Zoom from his tour bus in Canada, where he’s on the road with his Bucket List comedy show. He weighs up my question again. “The way I describe the book is that it’s 90% insane stories about my fucked-up life and maybe 10% nuggets of wisdom gleaned from having made so many terrible decisions. That 10% might not help you at all, but you’re gonna have an entertaining journey.”

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