Steve-O made an emotional plea with his Jackass partner, Bam Margera, in a since-deleted Instagram comment, earlier this week. Steve-O attempted to use Margera’s son as inspiration for him to get sober.
“Bam, last night you had your five-year-old son with you on stage at my show,” Steve-O began his lengthy comment. He went on to label Margera’s post “vile nonsense like this.”
Steve-O was referring to the fact that he’s been bringing Margera along on his The Bucket List Tour. He explained during his first appearance that it would hopefully help keep Margera sober. It’s unclear how many more shows Margera will participate in. The tour will continue through the end of March.
“I hope you understand how awful that is,” Steve-O continued in his rant. “You say you want to have a relationship with your son, but your actions guarantee the exact opposite will happen. I brought you on tour with me in hopes that I could get you to see what’s possible for you if you choose recovery.”
“I’ve tired everything I can, but I can’t force you to get honest and do the work of recovery,” Steve-O further wrote. “I wish you could know how much I’ve hated feeling braced for news of your death, but you’re making it clear that I have no other choice. You’re dying, brother, and it sucks that I can’t do anything to save you.”
While unclear, it seems that Steve-O posted the comment in response to a post that saw Margera insult both Johnny Knoxville and Jeff Tremaine. He labeled Knoxville a “poser” and Tremaine, who is the director of Jackass, “greedy.” The two previously fired Margera from Jackass Forever amid substance abuse and mental health struggles. Late last year, Margera revealed that he was recently medically dead for a short time. He suffered five different seizures and contracted pneumonia. Check out Steve-O’s since-deleted comment, as shared on Twitter, below.
Steve-O’s message to Bam on IG last night. He’s probably tried to get through to him every kind of way… pic.twitter.com/TPKm0Mar1I
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