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Steve-O
Steve-O during 2003 interview
Born
Stephen Gilchrist Glover

(1974-06-13) June 13, 1974 (age 50)
London, England
Occupation(s)Stuntman
Rapper
Stand-up comic

Steve-O (born Stephen Gilchrist Glover; June 13, 1974) is an American stunt performer and television personality. His entertainment career is most centered around his performance stunts on the American TV series Jackass.

Early life

Steve-O was born in London.[1] His mother, Donna Gay, was Canadian, and his father, Richard Edward "Ted" Glover, was American.[2] His family was based in England for many years due to his father's presidency of the South American division of Pepsi-Cola. During his childhood Steve-O lived in a number of countries, including Brazil — speaking his first words in Portuguese — Venezuela, and Uganda, where he spent two years before returning to the United States. His first hometown in the United States was Darien, Connecticut, at the age of four. He moved to Miami two years later. When he was nine his family returned to London where Steve-O attended the American School in London in St. John's Wood for all four years of high school.[3]

He attended the University of Miami but dropped out after one year due to poor grades and lack of interest in school. He then attended and graduated from the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Clown College.[4] After graduation he was not selected to join the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus, but worked as a clown in a circus at the Fort Lauderdale Swap Shop flea market. He filmed his stunts, including his clown performances, throughout this period.

Like fellow Jackass star Bam Margera, Steve-O is also an avid heavy metal fan. He has a tattoo of an inverted Christian cross on his left shoulder and a tattoo of an Ichthys with the word "SATAN" in it on his right shoulder.He also has a fly tattoo on the head of his penis, as well as the words "fuck" and "shit" on the four knuckles of each hand. He also has a tattoo on his right bicep of a penis and balls that says U.S.A. and right above that he has the words "I have a small wiener" tattooed around his shoulder area.

Jackass and tours (2000-2003)

While performing in the flea market circus, Steve-O began sending videos of himself to Big Brother Magazine editor and future Jackass director Jeff Tremaine. Tremaine recruited Steve-O for MTV's television series Jackass, which became an instant hit.[5] From this popularity, MTV decided to release four movies and one more to come based on the series: Jackass: The Movie (2002), Jackass Number Two (2006) ,direct-home release Jackass 2.5 (2007), "Jackass 3D" (2010), and "Jackass 3.5" (upcoming). Both Jackass: The Movie and Jackass Number Two became box office hits. In 2001, he released Don't Try This at Home on DVD, which contained material MTV censored.[6] It went on to sell 140,000 copies.[7] He toured promoting the DVD doing stunts, which was filmed and released as Don't Try This at Home Volume 2: The Tour[8] The tour gained national attention after Steve-O was arrested on July 31, 2002, on obscenity and assault charges for stapling his scrotum to his leg, and for being a principal to a second-degree battery, during a performance at a nightclub in Houma, Louisiana on July 11, 2002.[9][10][11] After several delays, in March 2003 Steve-O made a deal with Louisiana prosecutors placing him on supervised probation for one year, requiring him to make a charitable donation of $5,000 to a shelter for battered women and children and forbidding him from ever performing in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana again.[12]

In 2003, Steve-O toured Europe with Bam Margera. On May 22, 2003 Steve-O was arrested and jailed while in Sweden due to a comment he made during an interview about smuggling drugs into the country, remarking that he swallowed a condom containing cannabis to get it past the authorities. Steve-O reached a plea bargain with the Swedish prosecutors and was released on May 27, 2003 after paying a 45,000 Kronor (about 6,700 dollars) fine. As part of the plea bargain Steve-O admitted to possessing one ecstasy tablet and five grams of marijuana, although he claimed he had no knowledge of where the ecstasy came from.[13] The Swedish arrest was included in the third installment of the DVD series titled Steve-O: Out on Bail.[14]

Two months later on July 19, 2003, Steve-O was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct for urinating on potato chips in public during a Lollapalooza tour concert in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania. Steve-O claimed he was kicked off the tour by Lollapalooza producers because of the incident.[15] Steve-O was again seen urinating in public at the March 5, 2006 Key Club Party for the Oscars, urinating on the red carpet outside the club and then stripping off to his "birthday suit."[16]

After Jackass (2004-2007)

After the Jackass show ended, he co-starred with Chris Pontius on MTV's Wildboyz, which lasted four seasons until 2006. The two performed stunts and acts with animals, often putting themselves in situations for which they were not trained.

In mid 2005, Steve-O launched his own shoe company called Sneaux Shoes.[17] Television commercials promoting the shoe company include such acts as Steve-O jumping into garbage, getting his foot bitten by an alligator (simulated) and drinking rotten milk. His slogan is "They're darn good shoes."

On March 27, 2006, Jackass co-stars Steve-O and Chris Pontius visited The Dean Blundell Show, a morning show on Toronto radio station CFNY (102.1 The Edge), to promote their "Don't Try This At Home" tour. Steve-O urinated on the floor and performed a stunt called "Unwrapping the Mummy" all in front of a live studio audience. Hosts Dean Blundell, Jason Barr, and Todd Shapiro were suspended for the week following the appearance, after many complaints.[18] In April 2006, Steve-O later sued manager Nick Dunlap and attorney Jason Berk accusing them of lying to him to fund their lifestyles.[19]

On July 18, 2006, Steve-O became a late contestant on the British reality show Love Island broadcast on ITV from Fiji in an effort to boost ratings. Despite stating he had stopped drinking, he asked for beer while on the show. On July 19, 2006 he abruptly left Love Island because he was not allowed the beer and chocolate which he had requested.[20]

In November 2006, he went on a drug binge after being misdiagnosed with cardiomyopathy, a serious heart condition.[21] He was later examined by heart specialists who concluded he was in good health.[21]

In 2007, Steve-O starred in his own television show called Dr. Steve-O on the USA Network. In the show, he helped make his guests cool and "de-wussify" them. That same year he appeared in Jackass 2.5, which mainly consisted of material that didn't appear in the second Jackass movie. Additionally, he appeared with some Jackass alumni in National Lampoon's TV: The Movie.

On February 5, 2008, Steve-O appeared on The Howard Stern Show with Howard Stern, Robin Quivers and Artie Lange on Sirius Satellite radio to promote his upcoming rap album Hard As a Rock. Another mix-CD released by Steve-O is called The Dumbest Asshole In Hip Hop.[22]

Psychiatric problems and rehab (2008)

On February 23, 2008 Steve-O joined the rest of the Jackass crew for the Jackass MTV 24 Hour Takeover, which promoted JackassWorld.com. He participated in several stunts, and even debuted his rap music video, to which for the first time in years, Mike Judge brought back the duo of Beavis and Butt-head to criticize. Later, during the live broadcast Steve-O was kicked out of MTV studios on the request of executives for his behavior and intoxication.[23] Eventually, he was allowed back in the MTV Studios.

On March 9, 2008, Steve-O's friends, including co-star Johnny Knoxville, became concerned he was a danger to himself and consulted with physician Dr. Drew Pinsky, who told them to get Steve-O to a hospital immediately. Steve-O was placed on a 72 hour psychiatric hold which was later lengthened to 14 days due to an alleged suicide attempt.[24] In a mass e-mail addressed to his friends, Steve-O expressed that he previously had thought of his drug use and bipolarity as a "good thing," but that he now realizes that his drug use was apparently hurting those he loved most.[25]

On June 4, 2008, Steve-O pleaded guilty to felony possession of cocaine. He avoided jail by the successful completion of his treatment program.[26] In July, after 115 days of sobriety, Steve-O announced he was "back in the loony bin".[27] He returned to the mental institution, he said, because "I've had horrible mood swings and severe depression. My brain is fucked up from using so much cocaine, ketamine, PCP, nitrous oxide, and all sorts of other drugs."[28]

Post-rehab, Jackass reprised and comedy tours (2009-2011)

In March 2009, Steve-O was on the 8th season of Dancing with the Stars, paired with Lacey Schwimmer. After the first week, he complained of pinched nerves and back spasms and did not compete in the second week after injuring his back further by falling on his microphone pack during dress rehearsal. The judges based their scores on his performance at the dress rehearsal.[29] He was eventually eliminated in the sixth week of the competition.

On May 3, 2009, MTV premiered a documentary titled Steve-O: Demise and Rise about how his life was affected by the use of drugs and alcohol.[23] The show featured home-made video footage of Steve using drugs and vandalizing his apartment. In an August 2009 interview with Johnny Knoxville for The Times-Picayune, Knoxville on the topic of Steve-O's recovery and rehabilitation said "He's taking to sobriety like he took to drugs and alcohol, I'm very proud of him. I think we'll see him doing some stuff here really soon. As a matter of fact, I know we are."[30] And later stated "Something's coming. We're pretty excited". Later, he added: "I think it'll be a big year next year, but I don't want to talk about it yet."[30]

Then in January 2009, Steve-O announced on his website the release of a new DVD titled Steve-O: Pounding Out Randoms, of which only 1000 copies have been made.[31]

Steve-O was part of Jackass 3D, the third installment of the Jackass series, released in October 2010.[32] The movie was in 3D and began production on January 25, 2010,[33] In late May 2010, Knoxville has stated that Steve-O's sobriety is at its best and “There is no beer on set this time around even if some of us wish there was”. He also said “And to be honest it's going great. Everyone has had different injuries throughout which is a good sign and Steve-O is probably getting the best footage out of everybody. He is really going for it. He wants to prove to everyone he can do these stunts sober. It's been two years since he had a drink now. Everyone has been real supportive of him.”.[34] Steve-O is now a vegan for both health and compassionate reasons. After the Jackass 3D stunt involving a ram (during which he injured his hand), he has expressed some concern about doing stunts in the future that "mess with animals.".[3]

When Jackass 3D was released in 2010, the movie broke box office records.[35] In promoting the movie, he appeared on The Howard Stern Show, lighting himself on fire causing Howard Stern to yell: "Put him out! Put his head out! Fucking maniac! Oh my god, you're a maniac! You're a goddamn maniac!"[36]

In November 2010, Steve-O began touring the United States performing stand-up comedy on what he called "Steve-O's Entirely Too Much Information Tour". In early 2011, he announced a nine-month long American comedy tour.[37] He will also appear in Jackass 3.5, which is released in April 2011.

He wrote an autobiography with David Peisner titled Professional Idiot: A Memoir, which covers his rise to fame on the physical prank show. It will be released in June 2011.[38]

Personal life

Steve-O was arrested in August 2002 in Louisiana for a stunt during a nightclub performance where he stapled his scrotum to his thigh and in the process exposed himself.[39]

He was charged with obscenity and accessory to second-degree battery in another incident that involved a bouncer in the club ramming the head of one of the patrons into the bar.[40] In a plea agreement, he received a year's probation and was forbidden to perform in Terrebonne Parish..[41]

In May 2003, Glover was in Stockholm, Sweden and bragged to a reporter that he swallowed a condom filled with marijuana..[42] Sweden has very tough drug laws and promptly arrested Glover. He was fined and released after pleading guilty to two counts of drug possession..[43]

Two months later on July 19, 2003, Steve-O was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct for urinating on potato chips in public during a Lollapalooza tour concert in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania. Steve-O claimed he was kicked off the tour by Lollapalooza producers because of the incident.[44]

Steve-O was again seen urinating in public at the March 5, 2006 Key Club Party for the Oscars, urinating on the red carpet outside the club and then stripping off to his "birthday suit."[45]

On June 4, 2008, Steve-O pleaded guilty to felony possession of cocaine. He avoided jail by the successful completion of his treatment program.[46] In July, after 115 days of sobriety, Steve-O announced he was "back in the loony bin".[47] He returned to the mental institution, he said, because "I've had horrible mood swings and severe depression. My brain is fucked up from using so much cocaine, ketamine, PCP, nitrous oxide, and all sorts of other drugs."[48]

TV, film, book and releases

TV

Movies

DVDs

Music

  • The Dumbest Asshole In Hip Hop (April 24, 2008, West Coast Madness Records)

Games

Book

  • Stephen Glover and David Peisner, Professional Idiot: A Memoir (Hyperion June 7, 2011)ISBN 1401324339

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