jackassworld

This is the one jackass ritual I’ve never understood, but I’m not here to judge, I’m just going to write what I know about this business. Apparently during the stage shows Steve-O used to do, he’d invite members of the audience up on stage with the alluring promise of being kicked in the balls. “People would die for that shit, dude,” Kosick said about the ritual. (I quietly raise an eyebrow…) Well, now that Steve-O is sober, and he’s going through a 12-step program, he needs to atone for his sins. I’m not very familiar with 12-step programs—Lord knows I should be—but I think there’s something in there where you have to apologize to all the people you’ve hurt in the past. Steve-O, apparently, has kicked a lot of people in the nuts. Getting kicked in the nuts hurts. So Steve-O decided he needs to apologize to all those people he hurt. They weren’t, after all, allowed the option of lifting their feet, either of their feet, into Steve-O’s crotch in return. And that bothers him.

“I need to make amends for a lot of things,” he said in an impassioned voicemail on Knoxville’s phone, “I need to clear my conscience. And one of the things on my conscience is kicking all those dudes in the balls.”

Apparently the only recourse he has to clearing his conscience is to be kicked in the balls himself. So he wondered if Knoxville wouldn’t do him the favor. “Because you’re the only guy who can give it to me,” he said. Give it to him he did.