After a sobering conversation with a transgender person, Steve-O has decided not to go through with a planned stunt. The Jackass alum admitted he “missed the mark” on his idea to temporarily get breast implants to perform a series of pranks for his upcoming Super Dummy Tour, following a chance encounter with a stranger on the day of his scheduled procedure. “On the day that the scheduled surgery was supposed to happen, I was checking out at the supermarket,” he recalled to Consequence. “And the person ringing up my groceries was evidently transgender, and it struck me as a sign from the universe.
So I asked the transgender person if I could run something by them, and I had a conversation with this person that had a profound impact on me.” Steve-O noted, “I knew what my motivation was, I knew what my intention was, and it wasn’t to be hurtful to anybody.
I was just trying to get laughs. I had done a bunch of workshop shows to test out material, and I had a number of trans people come to me after the shows to voice support for [the stunt].
And I think some people would’ve been okay with it, and some people wouldn’t have. It would’ve been a mixed bag.” The comedian explained he “didn’t really have any dedicated meetings or conversations” while planning the stunt, “because I didn’t really feel that I had to.
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