‘Jackass’ star Steve-O spills on sex addiction, year of celibacy: ‘I would feel so terrible’

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What’s Underneath: Masculinity.The TV personality explained that going 431 days without intercourse after getting professional help, aided him in his recovery for his problems.He noted that he was so “out of control with drugs and alcohol” during the start of his career, adding that things got so “tremendously dark,” that he began to “act out sexually.”Steve-O rose to fame with the MTV stunt series “Jackass,” which ran from 2000 to 2001.

The cast also appeared in four films. Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Chris Pontius, and Ryan Dunn also starred on the reality show.His mother suffering from an aneurysm in 1998 also contributed to his poor mental health.The “major trauma”‘ felt “like a suffering that shouldn’t exist.”“I felt very angry at any God that would allow that to happen.

Everything was getting tremendously dark. I can’t really describe all the pain ’cause there was so much of it,” he said.The entertainer explained that his “rock bottom” began when he was filming the comedy film “Jackass Number Two” in 2006.Steve-O said: “We were taking the biggest risks, we were doing the craziest stuff, and everything just worked.

It was like magic.”Just a two years later, the “Jackass” cast staged an intervention when their friend began to spiral and they put him on an involuntary 72-hour psychiatric hold.