Jackass star Steve-O has shared on why he changed his mind on getting breast implants, which he first announced in July was part of a series of planned pranks.
The stunt would have involved Steve-O getting his "whole body waxed", with all his tattoos removed via airbrush, and losing weight to "get really slender and petite". Steve-O would then attend a motorcycle rally attempting to capture "big gangs of motorcycle riders" checking him out before he reveals his real identity. "I would walk up to pull off my helmet and say, 'Yeah, dude,' and get this crazy reaction, which, predictably, would be contentious," he shares.
It was this part of the plan that the person Steve-O spoke with found troubling – as the act of deliberately tricking men into thinking he's a woman was planned so he could get footage of being "beaten up at the motorcycle rally", which he previously explained in July is part of doing a "funny endurance" stunt.
“The show still has a bunch of really good comedy from that whole episode. And the extent to which I was prepared to go through with that is hilarious in its own right.”
No, it's not. It's fucking unhinged, jackass.
So he understands the violence that trans people face, but wanted to provoke it intentionally as a joke? Please don’t let the TERFs see this they’re gonna have a field day about a cis man literally planning to pretend to be a woman to the point where he was getting breast implants.
His entire career is based on doing stupid and dangerous things whilst afflicting maximum damage to himself for laughs. Like, that’s his entire thing.
I’m not saying it’s not on brand. If there’s anyone who’d get top surgery for the bit, it’s him.