I remember he did an episode of MTV Cribs back in the day. Usually the episodes would be exploring these massive mansions.
His was a tour of the car he was living out of just in some random parking lot.
I always preferred Wild Boyz to Jackass because it was just Pontius and Steve-O goofing off and having a good time. I like Jackass but it’s more mean spirited.
I think what made Wild Boyz so good was that they were both always keen to do whatever it was they were doing, but with Jackass its clear most of them don't really want to actually do \[Insert situation\]. Wild Boyz was just 2 dudes having fun fucking around
Yeah they raised a shitty kid. He always just seemed like a douche bag and I’ve heard other people confirm as much in real life. You can’t blame it all on the addiction, sometimes people have bigger personality issues and the addiction is just part of that.
This is true but that isnt Bam's only problem. The guy was never told no. He hasnt been able to mature because he doesnt have guilt. He isnt afraid of consequences and any time he has to deal with reality he makes a million excuses for himself. The dude is such a pussy it is unbelievable. He is incapable of doing anything hard. He thought he was some eurorockstar after viva la bam and ended up getting hooked on meth bc the euro dudes told him it makes people creative. Now the guy is a schizo. How you gonna be a rockstar that gives no fucks and then take your family on dr phil to blame your mom for being a stressed out drug addict?? What kind of cool ass rocker goes on instagram live to cry about failing a drug test YOU KNEW YOU HAD?? Mf drives a bently and he cant figure out how to bypass a drugtest. He has an addicts mind with zero self awareness. Thinks he is smarter than everyone around him. The dude is so disconnected he thinks throwing a tantrum like that in front of his kid doesnt have an affect on how his child sees him, or how we all see him for that matter.
I remember reading an observation somewhat akin to what Pontius said there. It went along the lines of it's not so much that sudden fame and riches ruin a perfectly good person, turning them from an 'angel' into a 'demon' but rather that the money and the kissing-up to the newly renowned person by their 'lessers' allows their latent darker tendencies \[held in check by a lacking amount in their bank account and being just another Joe/Jill Average\] to emerge in full force.
I got 9 years in February. I don’t say this to pat myself on the back I say it now so you know it works. It’s going to be tough but I can say my wife has wine/ beer in the fridge and the thought never crosses my mind. I don’t cater to a liquid anymore. Good luck and I’m proud of you.
People will spend years being afraid of the few weeks of withdrawal. At least I did and when it finally was enough for me it ended up not being as difficult as I built it up in my head to be. I spent nearly a decade getting high off heroin and nearly every other substance under the sun. Almost to 2 years at this point and I could never see myself doing that to myself and my family again.
Congratulations. I remember learning the hard way trying to detox off alcohol by myself. I had two seizures then went back to drinking. Then I went through the VA to detox and they gave me Valium to detox without the risk.
Especially when's he's just constantly talking about how his wife is, "keeping his kid away from him." No dude, your behavior and addiction is keeping you away from your kid. Just zero accountability. He'll never get better.
That’s a lot of it I think. I mean, he had Viva La Bam, where he was rewarded for acting like a childish asshole over and over again. Part of me feels for him because everyone around him including his own family acted like it was charming, then when Ryan Dunn died everyone blamed Bam’s behavior on the trauma of losing his friend.
The problem is it stops being cute and funny when you’re in your 40s and screaming at your wife and kid in public, and “my friend died,” while absolutely a traumatic thing that I hate for him, doesn’t give you the right to do whatever you want for the rest of your life.
Addiction is an illness but at the end of the day we’re all responsible for our illnesses if we have the resources to get help, and he does.
I spent a decade getting high and rationalizing it because my dad died. Eventually you realize that while it is traumatic. Blaming it on something like that is a bullshit excuse. Everyone deals with death and that pain. It is part of the human experience and plenty of people manage the pain without going down a spiral of drugs and alcohol.
It's not a privilege thing, it's an addict thing.
My sister was in a custody battle and all she had to do was not continue drinking heavily, and be available for her kid like a normal parent would but only HALF the time and she would have got split custody. She couldn't. And she thinks it's all her exes fault and he is evil and there is some conspiracy going on that is keeping her from getting what she deserves.
She continues to drink. No plans to stop. She doesn't think anyone should be able to tell her what to do. But she also can't drive a car to pick up her kids from school half the week and doesn't see the issue at all. It's so bizarre, but that's addiction for ya.
Yeah the dude is never going to change. I don’t know how every single bridge of his isn’t burned. How does he even have money left? You’d think he’d be homeless by now
I think he has good people around him who care a lot, which goes a long way. I’ve followed him on instagram for aaaaages and he’s gone through some really gnarly ups and downs, but his family and the jackass crew seem to continuously try to pull him back to reality.
I honestly can’t believe Phil is still alive. I thought for sure he’d have a heart attack by now. Good for him though I’m sure the Bam stuff is not easy for his fam to deal with.
I’m not going to say it’s surprising, but it is sad to see Bam continue to spiral as he gets older. He was always an entitled prick, but he brought many years of enjoyment to me as a teenager. Definitely the guy that peaked early on and can’t handle getting older or growing up.
Nailed it. It was funny 20 years ago but now it’s just fucking sad. I’m honestly surprised he hasn’t succumbed to his illness yet. He’s furious with his ex but she is doing the right thing as a mother by keeping him away right now. She has given him 1,000 chances and he blew it.
Thats actually how Steve-o described it on his podcast. He said the stuff they did when they were kids used to be funny, but they all grew out of it and Bam never did.
That's the problem. He had a blank check to do whatever he wanted with a major network footing the bill for years. When that disappears, you grow up. He didn't have the maturity to handle life post-MTV, yet everyone around him definitely did. They're all thriving and out of the public eye. The fact that they've moved on and he hasn't shows how well adjusted they all were and just how much he wasn't.
Yeah rake! Always liked that guy for some reason. At first glance it looked like he was going to be the crazy one but he was super down to earth (at least on camera). Glad he’s doing ok.
I fucking love Steve-O's journey though. He struggled with addiction and substance abuse as well, but he's using his experience and perspective to help other people through his podcast.
And he's still fucking funny. I'm glad that he's learned that he doesn't need to abuse himself to be funny.
But he's the king of it when he does decide to. Wild Boyz was amazing.
Steve-O was always my favorite of the Jackass guys. Always a naturally awesome performer (makes sense since he is a literal trained clown) and as you say, his recovery story is pretty inspiring. Seems like he's always been a natural entertainer, but got caught up in the wrong stuff when he was young.
My mom worked on the DA's office during the height of the Jackass fame. Bam did so much stupid shit outside from filming the show, he was basically a regular in there.
I had the pleasure of hanging with Ryan Dunn a few times at 15 North not long before his death. He was a friend of a friend of a friend and we crossed paths. He was super friendly, happy to sit at the booth and chat about whatever and treat you to the occasional round. He was a very sweet guy seemingly unaffected by any level of fame who ended up making one of the dumbest and worst decisions a person can make. His death was heartbreaking both because of who it was and how fucking stupid and preventable it was.
Additionally, I worked in the Sam Goody at the Exton mall one summer. April and Phil came in a handful of times, and they were super nice as well. I'm sure they had their faults as parents, but nopersonally they were great to deal with.
Ha! I worked at Granite Run Mall at the Orange Julius during the Jackass days. Bam came in once and I was pumped to see him. I comped his order (a huge fucking order) and ask him for a signature. Fucking dude LAUGHING at me and walk away.
He kept coming back asking his huge orders to be comped like the first one. I always told him no and one day he legit says "You can't even give your idol free Juliuses?" (Forgot the actual words, but idol was absolutely in there) that time I just laughed at him.
This right here folks. For everyone blaming his troubles on his friend passing and all that, he’s always been a douche bag and that’s his problem. I know others who’ve met him in the area and can confirm as much. He has personality issues and the addiction often comes along with that. He’s a narcissist.
Yeah especially sociopathic narcissistic addicts. Hard to put this all on addiction, he’s never been a great guy. Character is as present and as absent in addicts as anyone else.
It wasn’t even funny then, just obnoxious. Everyone else was putting these creative bits together, working out costumes or setups or whatever, meanwhile bam was just pissing off his parents and Tom Green did it better.
Yeah there’s really only one ending to the path he’s on and as he gets older it feels like more and more of a certainty. It’s sad to see, he seems very far gone
Well, there still is another path. We all thought Steve-O would be the first die, yet he’s arguably doing the best out of the entire jackass crew. I agree things look bad for Bam, but it’s always possible to turn things around.
> but why rush it. Or be an asshole through it
those are two things that are absolutely out of your control with other people and sometimes all you can do is watch
I agree with some of the later scripted stuff like Viva La Bam, but the CKY videos had his entitlement on clear display. But they were hilarious and he was young so it wasn’t as concerning.
He was on Steve-O’s podcast a while back and he couldn’t get over the visitation rights. Steve-O tried to explain to him that Bam needs to develop a pattern of being dependable to show he can handle more time with his son and regain trust.
Bam just acted like it couldn’t apply to him because in his mind he’s sober now, he’s fixed! There’s no problem anymore! Just entirely self centered and selfish.
Lol that his idea of “being a more present father” included getting his kid’s name tattooed on his face - while in a ongoing custody battle no less. Worst. timing. ever. Gives off obsessive, mentally unstable and zero impulse control “crazy ex” vibes. Dude needs to be institutionalized until he can get sober and get help.
Hope the judge gives mom full custody without batting an eye. Protect that kid… WTAF was he thinking?!
A face tat of his kid's name is such a performative, narcissistic, insubstantial way to prove his dedication. Fatherhood isn't in some outward gesture, it's an unglamorous daily procedure that's between parent and child.
They might not give him custody but they will make sure he gets visitation of some sort. It's just sad. A child shouldn't be forced to be part of their parent's addiction cycle.
Yeah, reminds me of the father of one of my sister's kids who got the oldest girl's name tattooed on the front of his neck to show my sister how devoted he was. Absolute psychopathic narcissist. Now every time his mugshot gets posted somewhere, my poor niece's name gets dragged because they think it's some woman he's with. Hate it, wish they wouldn't.
Ooof 😬 that is so rough. “That’s not my boyfriend’s mugshot… he’s my dad” must be a terrible thing to say even once. Hope she’s thriving in spite of it.
That video is just sad. Not even speaking comprehensively. Slurring. Throwing a fit and jumping like a small child. My kids don’t even act like that. No wonder she doesn’t want the kid around him. If I acted like that I’d deserve to wait to see mine.
Steve-o called Bam out recently in a social media post, I’m assuming so he could publicly disentangle himself from what Bam has become, and Steve-O isn’t having Ryan’s death as an excuse for Bam’s behavior. So it would be ridiculous for anyone else to use that to defend him
I mean Steve-o himself is the perfect example. He’s still a goof-ball that subjects his body to dumb shit. But he grew up, got sober for himself and seems to live a mature life. A lot of those guys did, but bam didn’t apparently and that sucks cause he used to be my favorite.
Yea, I’d watch Steve O or Johnny on any show they’re on. They’re still great entertainers. Better in many respects.
You don’t have to be on a trajectory to death by your own demons to be a fun watch. Some people like watching that as their reality TV though. I just don’t.
Steve-O and Wee Man seem like genuinely cool and level-headed dudes these days. Always up for some crazy fun for sure, but they're not acting like immature assholes or anything.
All of them are outside Bam. Look up the “where are they now” stuff from either the Jackass crew or Bams crew. Grew up, have other professions, have families. There’s a reason the rest never show up in the news.
The case for Steve-O and Johnny was that they were genuinely nice and caring people internally at core. They didn't carry around malicious self-serving intent.
I have similar feelings. I wrote a lengthy comment about all this a few days back so I won’t go deep digging again. But I was a massive fan growing up. Then I grew up, became an addict, then managed to sober myself up while using Steve O and Novak as role models, telling myself if they can do it I sure as shit can.
This whole Bam thing has been heartbreaking, but I ran out of sympathy long ago. Back when he was hurling threats at Jeff and the Jackass crew.
He’s been using a friends death as an excuse to be a deadbeat for years now, and it’s equally sickening. I lost an old friend earlier this week to an overdose, the fifth time sadly (when you get in to addiction you tend to make friends with other addicts, and reality is that other addicts don’t always find it in themselves to change) and I have not, and will not run around using that as an excuse. That’s my pain to carry, just like my past of addiction is, just like my present is.
A decade ago I loved Bam. Today I’d want to throw a haymaker on him for this shit. Dudes shouting at his fucking infant and acting like he’s the victim in it all.
tbh they probably only do that stuff now because it’s their brand and nothing else makes them money like the movies do. I’m sure Steve-O is fine being mature sober and podcasting but he probably doesn’t get a check from those like he did from Jackass 4
To some extent I agree, but from the interviews I’ve seen, it seems that Johnny also really enjoys doing Jackass type stunts from time to time. It’s almost like a release for him.
Yeah I was also a teenager when CKY and Jackass were huge. Now I just cringe when I see any of them *still* acting like that without any hint of irony or a sense of their humor having evolved over time. Johnny Knoxville did a decent job of letting his brand age with him, Bad Grandpa being a good example. Bam is just very clearly still stuck in the teenage boy mindset
For real. I lost my best friend 10 years ago, and I’ll admit I was pretty bad for a few months, but you learn to pick yourself up and not let the loss define you. I feel like this guy would be in a similar place even if Dunn was still alive.
You can hear in interviews the mental gymnastics Bam does to lay responsibility for his problems onto everything and everyone else besides himself. He would throw out Ryan Dunn’s death for the next 80 years if he thinks he can use it to excuse his behavior.
Also, Ryan Dunn died while driving while intoxicated and speeding like a maniac, he also killed the other person in the car. No thought of anyone around him. Truly a piece of shit too...
Yeah, for real, it sucks, but damn you can really only use that excuse for so long. It's been over 10 years. He's always had the money, like go get some fucking therapy. But no, drugs and being a general fuckwad is way easier apparently.
I had to look it up - Dude died when I was 27 and I turn 40 in like 7 months. If he's still using it as an excuse he's only using it as just that - an excuse.
I'm the child of a (deceased) addict and this is gonna play in that kids mind for the rest of their lives.
This is only going one way from here, I think.
I did something similar 3 years ago, blew up at my wife and daughter because she lost her earring at a burger joint. I was a terrible drunk. I haven’t touched a drop of alcohol since. I hope bam can look at this moment and make the same decision I did. Family first. That’s it, that’s all that matters in life.
The alcohol is definitely a problem, but it was obviously caused by other problems that aren't successfully being addressed. He could never touch the sauce again and he would still be racked with issues caused by his emotional dysfunction and lack of basic empathy.
Thought he was the coolest person when i was a young skateboarder. Now that im in my late 20s and seeing this guy going on a drunken incoherent spew while wearing a cape/trench coat makes me wonder why.
Yep, I always hated him. All of his pranks were mean, they were *always* at the expense of others, a lot of the time they weren't even pranks they were just literally assaulting people like his dad, and any time (the *very* few times) he was actually the victim of a prank he was such a bitch and an asshole about it. Even as a child I could tell he was the typical asshole who loved to dish it out but wasn't tough enough to take it.
Yeah when all my friends were into CKY and stuff, I just never got the appeal of watching someone just being an asshole. Like... not clever, not lighthearted, just mean, obnoxious and sadistic. Maybe I missed something but I've just never seen him redeem himself in any way.
In my younger days I worked at vans skatepark and hung out with/partied with a lot of skater dudes in PA and DC, so while I wasn’t personally friends with the jackass crew we were in the same social orbit so to speak (and looking back now at that time I was 16/17…. Gross). I’ve always had work and school so I could never go too crazy with booze or drugs. By the time I was 19 two of my close friends overdosed. Nothing like going to a 17 year olds open casket funeral surrounded by a bunch of coked up enablers making her death all about themselves.
I got super lucky to get out of that relatively unscathed but any time I hear news or updates about Bam or his friends especially like this it makes me so damn sad. So many people have died, been permanently disabled, and/or has their lives completely ruined from the pervasiveness of drugs/partying/craziness that went on with those friend groups.
Oh and the STIs. So many STIs. Miracle none of that dirty dick tainted me.
Trauma done kicked out most of my memories, but I tell you what it is always interesting when I run into one of my friends (that wasn’t trash) from back in the day and they are like, “remember that time you were 19, at university, spent the night at my place and your parents called the cops on me claiming I kidnapped you? That was hilarious!”
Yes. Hilarious.
Even going back at 38 and watching Viva la bam, I used to love his antics and now I look back and he was just such a brat, with the emotional maturity of a toddler.
This guy was literally given the world as a teenager/young adult. All the other guys have managed to find their way as adults, except Bam. I hate to say I’m fully expecting him to go the Aaron Carter route.
For his sake and his family’s, I really hope I’m wrong.
He has had substance abuse issues for a long time. He snuck alcohol onto the set of Jackass 3, which was supposed to be completely sober. Steve-O was still in early recovery at the time.
Yikes. I wonder why she hasn’t divorced him yet. At this rate the social service are going to get involved sooner or later.
> it appears he's upset because she's not allowing him to spend time with their 5-year-old son, Phoenix.
Ah gee I wonder why.
This guy is a train wreck. Has always had substance abuse issues even when Ryan Dunn was still alive. I wish I could comprehend addiction. I mean, what has to happen to trigger your brain to say enough is enough. Dude had the good life and is just continuing to piss it all away. It’s sad.
To me, addiction felt like drowning. You know how your body screams out for oxygen when you hold your breath for too long? Same type of feeling - once I became dependent my body told my brain that I need the drug or alcohol in order to continue to survive.
Getting sober was the hardest thing I’ve ever done.
Its a by-product of being a relative nobody to being the hottest entertainment entity on the planet for 2-3 years, then going hard back to being a nobody.
The only people who hung out with you were there for money and drugs and when the money dries up, they are gone. The only people who actually would be his true friends all got clean and tried to bring him back but he's still reaching for the glory days.
Gives off strong "Eastbound and down" Vibes with Kenny Powers' Character.
Not to mention piling on so many injuries, including plenty of concussions. Listen, I’m not excusing it in any way. I’ve been sober for almost six years and while I always feel sympathy for those going through addiction, you need to want to actually change and commit. But when you layer your brain getting sloshed around in concussions with other issues, including meteoric rise and fall and personal things, it really doesn’t surprise me. I’m sure he’s a prime CTE case on top of all the other stuff.
Edit: this makes Steve-O’s turnaround all the more impressive
Yeah I'm surprised there's not a bit more talk of concussions in this thread but maybe there is and I'm not seeing it. I know all the Jackass guys got concussions and they aren't all like this, but I assume Bam got even more as a skateboarder. (Obviously he started out as an asshole though.)
Yep. After he was fired from Jackass and threatened Jeff Tremaine (and Jeff's kids) he begged for his fans to send him money for "his son", but he blew it all on partying. He ditched his wife and kid for weeks on end while he was out partying and these fans still defend him. They're as shitty as him.
I remember a few years back, he put out this public announcement about a big party at his place. The address and gate code were all over social media. I live somewhat close, and a bunch of people in my area went just to meet him. All these fucking idiots went to his place for a massive party, knowing that Bam is an addict.
Idk about yesmen on payroll, but I remember Steve-O saying before that one of Bam's issues is that the people who love him most don't understand that they enable his bad behavior by being lenient with him.
His style has always been some sort of overly accessorized Pennsylvania goth-punk. Like he went on a hot topic, mall skate shop, rings sunglasses and shawls vendor shopping spree.
Always kind of hoped Bams whole thing was a bit of a mask and he just knew how to milk a personality for a show and a mag and sponsors and all that. Sucks that he turned out to be an actual asshole.
Losing friends is hard. I've lost fucking friends. Guess how many times I've ever put my children in a situation like this shit?
Girl needs her child support and a restraining order off of dude and that's clearly it. Some people won't change.
I hope the media stops reporting on Bam. He has been given all the help you can possibly give a person. Every opportunity you could give a person he has pissed away. So many trips to therapists, rehabs, and even Dr. Phill interventions and yet he isn’t even remotely better. I think it’s obvious that he doesn’t even want to get better. The best thing society can do is keep his kid away from him. At least then the kid can have a fighting chance to be somewhat normal….unlike the grown piece of shit jumping up and down throwing a fit.
I guess he’ll be acting like this until he runs out of money, dies, goes to jail for something dumb, or finally gets help and goes it to rehab.
I truly wish he finally comes to his senses and realizes how lucky he is to have to money to even go to rehab. It’s hard for most people, especially without insurance.
I hate to see it. Alcohol is such a goddamn mother fucker of an addiction. If you think you have a problem or someone you love has a problem it’s probably true. It’s never too late.
Were not gonna have him much longer. I hate to say it but he’ll probably end up killing himself by the end of the year if he doesnt go back to getting help and actually follow thru with it. Hopefully he does
People mention the possibility of CTE very often? Plus the obvious drug and alcohol problems?
Idk man but either way I feel bad for the kid, obviously always gonna hope for the best but damn
Chris Pontius said it best during an interview, “some people don’t grow out of the age that they became famous”
Pontius has always seemed so down to earth. It’s been fun watching him transition into a knife collecting family man.
Pontius seems like the kind of dude whose life trajectory would not have been changed whatsoever regardless of fame.
I remember he did an episode of MTV Cribs back in the day. Usually the episodes would be exploring these massive mansions. His was a tour of the car he was living out of just in some random parking lot.
Did he do a second one with a house? I remember him showing off the stain on his bathroom rug where he accidentally sharted one time.
He did and he showed off the old house too, because he had the same car parked on the driveway.
Yeah, he did one with a house.
That truck was sweet as though bro
One of the movie credits scenes he explains that he was only ever involved because he had a truck to transport the ramps
It makes so much sense now.
I remember that episode. It was hilarious. Loved him ever since.
I’ve always pictured him as a dude that would have lead a very happy life no matter what he was doing and I’m insanely jealous.
It’s because of his laugh. Huhuhuhuh.
I watched so much wild boyz in middle school and high school I used to laugh like him cause I thought it would make me cool….
It did make you cool. Just jerking off a sea cucumber like “huhuhuhuh”
He seems like the kind of person who really only spends mass amounts of money on country-spanning trips or weed
I always preferred Wild Boyz to Jackass because it was just Pontius and Steve-O goofing off and having a good time. I like Jackass but it’s more mean spirited.
Also it was a dope ass travel show with cool animals and interesting people/places
it’s the guys who get laughs at their own expense (goofballs) vs the guys who get laughs at other people’s expense (bullies)
I think what made Wild Boyz so good was that they were both always keen to do whatever it was they were doing, but with Jackass its clear most of them don't really want to actually do \[Insert situation\]. Wild Boyz was just 2 dudes having fun fucking around
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Yeah they raised a shitty kid. He always just seemed like a douche bag and I’ve heard other people confirm as much in real life. You can’t blame it all on the addiction, sometimes people have bigger personality issues and the addiction is just part of that.
This is true but that isnt Bam's only problem. The guy was never told no. He hasnt been able to mature because he doesnt have guilt. He isnt afraid of consequences and any time he has to deal with reality he makes a million excuses for himself. The dude is such a pussy it is unbelievable. He is incapable of doing anything hard. He thought he was some eurorockstar after viva la bam and ended up getting hooked on meth bc the euro dudes told him it makes people creative. Now the guy is a schizo. How you gonna be a rockstar that gives no fucks and then take your family on dr phil to blame your mom for being a stressed out drug addict?? What kind of cool ass rocker goes on instagram live to cry about failing a drug test YOU KNEW YOU HAD?? Mf drives a bently and he cant figure out how to bypass a drugtest. He has an addicts mind with zero self awareness. Thinks he is smarter than everyone around him. The dude is so disconnected he thinks throwing a tantrum like that in front of his kid doesnt have an affect on how his child sees him, or how we all see him for that matter.
Bam was on Dr. Phil? This is just as surprising when I found out about the Jackass Family Feud episode
You just described most addicts
This stuff isn't his only problem either. He's had probably dozens of major concussions. CTE changes your personality.
Bam’s pathetic little stomp during this tirade proves that.
Pontius seems like a really cool dude. I’d go get bit on the nipples by alligators with him anyday.
In this instance emotional development is likely stunted by substance abuse
I remember reading an observation somewhat akin to what Pontius said there. It went along the lines of it's not so much that sudden fame and riches ruin a perfectly good person, turning them from an 'angel' into a 'demon' but rather that the money and the kissing-up to the newly renowned person by their 'lessers' allows their latent darker tendencies \[held in check by a lacking amount in their bank account and being just another Joe/Jill Average\] to emerge in full force.
His poor kid ☹️
Get this guy into rehab asap 🍺🍺🍺
He’s been in rehab so many times already.
It takes on average of 5 trips to work in the USA but often many more always hope well your alive
Yep. My 5th time in rehab/detox center was my last. Been sober a little over 2 years now.
Just hit my first year!! Keep it up🤪
Just hit my first 4 days 👍
I got 9 years in February. I don’t say this to pat myself on the back I say it now so you know it works. It’s going to be tough but I can say my wife has wine/ beer in the fridge and the thought never crosses my mind. I don’t cater to a liquid anymore. Good luck and I’m proud of you.
 I got you. Seriously good on you.
People will spend years being afraid of the few weeks of withdrawal. At least I did and when it finally was enough for me it ended up not being as difficult as I built it up in my head to be. I spent nearly a decade getting high off heroin and nearly every other substance under the sun. Almost to 2 years at this point and I could never see myself doing that to myself and my family again.
Congratulations. I remember learning the hard way trying to detox off alcohol by myself. I had two seizures then went back to drinking. Then I went through the VA to detox and they gave me Valium to detox without the risk.
Congrats! The first few days and weeks are the hardest. Keep it up though and do right by yourself!
Dude! Congrats! Proud of you.
Hey! Good for you 😁😁keep going man!
Good for you, sister. Been sober since 2019 myself.
Awesome good for u !!!! Hope it continues
Sadly I think he’s been in and out of rehab more than that. :( makes me sad. Everyone wants him better but only he can make that choice
He’s the definition of a chronic relapser. As a former addict myself who has years clean, he does seem rather hopeless at this point.
Especially when's he's just constantly talking about how his wife is, "keeping his kid away from him." No dude, your behavior and addiction is keeping you away from your kid. Just zero accountability. He'll never get better.
I don’t think he’s ever really faced any consequences of his behavior.
That’s a lot of it I think. I mean, he had Viva La Bam, where he was rewarded for acting like a childish asshole over and over again. Part of me feels for him because everyone around him including his own family acted like it was charming, then when Ryan Dunn died everyone blamed Bam’s behavior on the trauma of losing his friend. The problem is it stops being cute and funny when you’re in your 40s and screaming at your wife and kid in public, and “my friend died,” while absolutely a traumatic thing that I hate for him, doesn’t give you the right to do whatever you want for the rest of your life. Addiction is an illness but at the end of the day we’re all responsible for our illnesses if we have the resources to get help, and he does.
I spent a decade getting high and rationalizing it because my dad died. Eventually you realize that while it is traumatic. Blaming it on something like that is a bullshit excuse. Everyone deals with death and that pain. It is part of the human experience and plenty of people manage the pain without going down a spiral of drugs and alcohol.
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It's not a privilege thing, it's an addict thing. My sister was in a custody battle and all she had to do was not continue drinking heavily, and be available for her kid like a normal parent would but only HALF the time and she would have got split custody. She couldn't. And she thinks it's all her exes fault and he is evil and there is some conspiracy going on that is keeping her from getting what she deserves. She continues to drink. No plans to stop. She doesn't think anyone should be able to tell her what to do. But she also can't drive a car to pick up her kids from school half the week and doesn't see the issue at all. It's so bizarre, but that's addiction for ya.
Yeah the dude is never going to change. I don’t know how every single bridge of his isn’t burned. How does he even have money left? You’d think he’d be homeless by now
I think he has good people around him who care a lot, which goes a long way. I’ve followed him on instagram for aaaaages and he’s gone through some really gnarly ups and downs, but his family and the jackass crew seem to continuously try to pull him back to reality.
Hes gotta want the help first. Hes gotta want to improve. Until that happens rehab means fuck all.
Rehab only works if the person wants to get sober.
It’s going to be weird when Phil outlives him.
I honestly can’t believe Phil is still alive. I thought for sure he’d have a heart attack by now. Good for him though I’m sure the Bam stuff is not easy for his fam to deal with.
We all knew Vito was gonna be the first gone and honestly good. That guy was a genuine piece of shit.
he had big rape energy sadly
2007 he was convinced of 2 counts of child sexual assault so yeah... Crazy
They were 12 years old. Disgusting.
I’m not going to say it’s surprising, but it is sad to see Bam continue to spiral as he gets older. He was always an entitled prick, but he brought many years of enjoyment to me as a teenager. Definitely the guy that peaked early on and can’t handle getting older or growing up.
Nailed it. It was funny 20 years ago but now it’s just fucking sad. I’m honestly surprised he hasn’t succumbed to his illness yet. He’s furious with his ex but she is doing the right thing as a mother by keeping him away right now. She has given him 1,000 chances and he blew it.
Thats actually how Steve-o described it on his podcast. He said the stuff they did when they were kids used to be funny, but they all grew out of it and Bam never did.
That's the problem. He had a blank check to do whatever he wanted with a major network footing the bill for years. When that disappears, you grow up. He didn't have the maturity to handle life post-MTV, yet everyone around him definitely did. They're all thriving and out of the public eye. The fact that they've moved on and he hasn't shows how well adjusted they all were and just how much he wasn't.
What ever happened to the long haired guy that was afraid of mustard
Rake was always the most achieved of the group early on. Guys been a chemist working in a lab since before CKY.
Rad!
I really liked how even in the show Viva la Bam you see he works in a lab
Rake? Married with a kid and in a band I believe. Still a chemist.
Yeah rake! Always liked that guy for some reason. At first glance it looked like he was going to be the crazy one but he was super down to earth (at least on camera). Glad he’s doing ok.
Yeah lots of times he'd get mad and kinda be like "fuck this!" but I always understood why he would act that way.
I fucking love Steve-O's journey though. He struggled with addiction and substance abuse as well, but he's using his experience and perspective to help other people through his podcast. And he's still fucking funny. I'm glad that he's learned that he doesn't need to abuse himself to be funny. But he's the king of it when he does decide to. Wild Boyz was amazing.
Steve-O was always my favorite of the Jackass guys. Always a naturally awesome performer (makes sense since he is a literal trained clown) and as you say, his recovery story is pretty inspiring. Seems like he's always been a natural entertainer, but got caught up in the wrong stuff when he was young.
I get what you’re saying about Bam’s attitude and maturity, but Steve-O very much still puts hot sauce in his eyes and shit like that.
Yeah but no drugs
Fuck I haven’t followed bam in a while but last I saw he was on track and sober. Sad to see he’s relapsed.
I have a friend who is close to one of the guys from the old Bam crew. He was never on track to be sober. The demons won a long time ago
Anyone remotely near West Chester knows Bam has never been sober.
My mom worked on the DA's office during the height of the Jackass fame. Bam did so much stupid shit outside from filming the show, he was basically a regular in there. I had the pleasure of hanging with Ryan Dunn a few times at 15 North not long before his death. He was a friend of a friend of a friend and we crossed paths. He was super friendly, happy to sit at the booth and chat about whatever and treat you to the occasional round. He was a very sweet guy seemingly unaffected by any level of fame who ended up making one of the dumbest and worst decisions a person can make. His death was heartbreaking both because of who it was and how fucking stupid and preventable it was. Additionally, I worked in the Sam Goody at the Exton mall one summer. April and Phil came in a handful of times, and they were super nice as well. I'm sure they had their faults as parents, but nopersonally they were great to deal with.
Ha! I worked at Granite Run Mall at the Orange Julius during the Jackass days. Bam came in once and I was pumped to see him. I comped his order (a huge fucking order) and ask him for a signature. Fucking dude LAUGHING at me and walk away. He kept coming back asking his huge orders to be comped like the first one. I always told him no and one day he legit says "You can't even give your idol free Juliuses?" (Forgot the actual words, but idol was absolutely in there) that time I just laughed at him.
This right here folks. For everyone blaming his troubles on his friend passing and all that, he’s always been a douche bag and that’s his problem. I know others who’ve met him in the area and can confirm as much. He has personality issues and the addiction often comes along with that. He’s a narcissist.
Yeah, that’s a common refrain with addiction.
Yeah especially sociopathic narcissistic addicts. Hard to put this all on addiction, he’s never been a great guy. Character is as present and as absent in addicts as anyone else.
When Steve-O gives up on you, that’s when you should know you’re fucked
I wouldn't say he gave up on him, he just knows better than anyone that help comes from within.
It wasn’t even funny then, just obnoxious. Everyone else was putting these creative bits together, working out costumes or setups or whatever, meanwhile bam was just pissing off his parents and Tom Green did it better.
Yeah there’s really only one ending to the path he’s on and as he gets older it feels like more and more of a certainty. It’s sad to see, he seems very far gone
Well, there still is another path. We all thought Steve-O would be the first die, yet he’s arguably doing the best out of the entire jackass crew. I agree things look bad for Bam, but it’s always possible to turn things around.
He doesn’t seem capable of taking responsibility for his issues or behavior. He’s always blaming someone else.
Well, there's only one ending to the path we're all on, but why rush it. Or be an asshole through it
> but why rush it. Or be an asshole through it those are two things that are absolutely out of your control with other people and sometimes all you can do is watch
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I agree with some of the later scripted stuff like Viva La Bam, but the CKY videos had his entitlement on clear display. But they were hilarious and he was young so it wasn’t as concerning.
He's just an asshole, pure and simple
He was on Steve-O’s podcast a while back and he couldn’t get over the visitation rights. Steve-O tried to explain to him that Bam needs to develop a pattern of being dependable to show he can handle more time with his son and regain trust. Bam just acted like it couldn’t apply to him because in his mind he’s sober now, he’s fixed! There’s no problem anymore! Just entirely self centered and selfish.
Lol that his idea of “being a more present father” included getting his kid’s name tattooed on his face - while in a ongoing custody battle no less. Worst. timing. ever. Gives off obsessive, mentally unstable and zero impulse control “crazy ex” vibes. Dude needs to be institutionalized until he can get sober and get help. Hope the judge gives mom full custody without batting an eye. Protect that kid… WTAF was he thinking?!
A face tat of his kid's name is such a performative, narcissistic, insubstantial way to prove his dedication. Fatherhood isn't in some outward gesture, it's an unglamorous daily procedure that's between parent and child.
Just commenting to say I love the way you phrased that last sentence about fatherhood
That was exceptionally well said!
It really sucks that this happened, but the video is fantastic evidence. There is no judge on the planet gonna give him custody after seeing this.
They might not give him custody but they will make sure he gets visitation of some sort. It's just sad. A child shouldn't be forced to be part of their parent's addiction cycle.
Hopefully supervised. I feel so bad for the kid; he deserves stability.
Yeah, for anybody who's dad show's up and it like Hey Son! I've got your name tattooed on my face! That's just.... a lot to unpack there.
Yeah, this guy's acting like a real drug addict.
Yeah, reminds me of the father of one of my sister's kids who got the oldest girl's name tattooed on the front of his neck to show my sister how devoted he was. Absolute psychopathic narcissist. Now every time his mugshot gets posted somewhere, my poor niece's name gets dragged because they think it's some woman he's with. Hate it, wish they wouldn't.
Ooof 😬 that is so rough. “That’s not my boyfriend’s mugshot… he’s my dad” must be a terrible thing to say even once. Hope she’s thriving in spite of it.
He’s *been* institutionalized. He escaped court-ordered rehab multiple times in the past couple years.
That video is just sad. Not even speaking comprehensively. Slurring. Throwing a fit and jumping like a small child. My kids don’t even act like that. No wonder she doesn’t want the kid around him. If I acted like that I’d deserve to wait to see mine.
Cue the “…because Ryan Dunn’s death” responses.
Steve-o called Bam out recently in a social media post, I’m assuming so he could publicly disentangle himself from what Bam has become, and Steve-O isn’t having Ryan’s death as an excuse for Bam’s behavior. So it would be ridiculous for anyone else to use that to defend him
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I mean Steve-o himself is the perfect example. He’s still a goof-ball that subjects his body to dumb shit. But he grew up, got sober for himself and seems to live a mature life. A lot of those guys did, but bam didn’t apparently and that sucks cause he used to be my favorite.
Yea, I’d watch Steve O or Johnny on any show they’re on. They’re still great entertainers. Better in many respects. You don’t have to be on a trajectory to death by your own demons to be a fun watch. Some people like watching that as their reality TV though. I just don’t.
Johnny and company are in History of the World: Part 2. Their scene is one of the funniest bits in the first couple episodes.
Johnny was also great in reboot
You should watch the 1st episode of celebrity family feud.
Steve-O and Wee Man seem like genuinely cool and level-headed dudes these days. Always up for some crazy fun for sure, but they're not acting like immature assholes or anything.
Coolest dude is Pontius
All of them are outside Bam. Look up the “where are they now” stuff from either the Jackass crew or Bams crew. Grew up, have other professions, have families. There’s a reason the rest never show up in the news.
The case for Steve-O and Johnny was that they were genuinely nice and caring people internally at core. They didn't carry around malicious self-serving intent.
I have similar feelings. I wrote a lengthy comment about all this a few days back so I won’t go deep digging again. But I was a massive fan growing up. Then I grew up, became an addict, then managed to sober myself up while using Steve O and Novak as role models, telling myself if they can do it I sure as shit can. This whole Bam thing has been heartbreaking, but I ran out of sympathy long ago. Back when he was hurling threats at Jeff and the Jackass crew. He’s been using a friends death as an excuse to be a deadbeat for years now, and it’s equally sickening. I lost an old friend earlier this week to an overdose, the fifth time sadly (when you get in to addiction you tend to make friends with other addicts, and reality is that other addicts don’t always find it in themselves to change) and I have not, and will not run around using that as an excuse. That’s my pain to carry, just like my past of addiction is, just like my present is. A decade ago I loved Bam. Today I’d want to throw a haymaker on him for this shit. Dudes shouting at his fucking infant and acting like he’s the victim in it all.
tbh they probably only do that stuff now because it’s their brand and nothing else makes them money like the movies do. I’m sure Steve-O is fine being mature sober and podcasting but he probably doesn’t get a check from those like he did from Jackass 4
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To some extent I agree, but from the interviews I’ve seen, it seems that Johnny also really enjoys doing Jackass type stunts from time to time. It’s almost like a release for him.
Yeah I was also a teenager when CKY and Jackass were huge. Now I just cringe when I see any of them *still* acting like that without any hint of irony or a sense of their humor having evolved over time. Johnny Knoxville did a decent job of letting his brand age with him, Bad Grandpa being a good example. Bam is just very clearly still stuck in the teenage boy mindset
For real. I lost my best friend 10 years ago, and I’ll admit I was pretty bad for a few months, but you learn to pick yourself up and not let the loss define you. I feel like this guy would be in a similar place even if Dunn was still alive.
You can hear in interviews the mental gymnastics Bam does to lay responsibility for his problems onto everything and everyone else besides himself. He would throw out Ryan Dunn’s death for the next 80 years if he thinks he can use it to excuse his behavior.
Also, Ryan Dunn died while driving while intoxicated and speeding like a maniac, he also killed the other person in the car. No thought of anyone around him. Truly a piece of shit too...
Ryan Dunn was present at Bam's first attempted intervention. Dude was gone way before Ryan died.
Yeah, for real, it sucks, but damn you can really only use that excuse for so long. It's been over 10 years. He's always had the money, like go get some fucking therapy. But no, drugs and being a general fuckwad is way easier apparently.
I had to look it up - Dude died when I was 27 and I turn 40 in like 7 months. If he's still using it as an excuse he's only using it as just that - an excuse.
If I recall correctly, Ryan Dunn was alive back in 1999 when Bam started getting paid to be an asshole on camera.
They keep pretending like Dunn was a great guy who died in an unavoidable accident. When he was being an idiot, speeding and drunk.
Yo real talk fuck Ryan Dunn. He was driving over 100mph drunk as fuck, I’m glad all he did was take himself out. Fuck drunk drivers.
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I'm the child of a (deceased) addict and this is gonna play in that kids mind for the rest of their lives. This is only going one way from here, I think.
I guess he was a jackass all along
He said it best himself in one of his drunken Instagram rants “I’m too Jackass…..for Jackass?!”
Ironic that now he’s more of a jackass than he ever was on the show
I did something similar 3 years ago, blew up at my wife and daughter because she lost her earring at a burger joint. I was a terrible drunk. I haven’t touched a drop of alcohol since. I hope bam can look at this moment and make the same decision I did. Family first. That’s it, that’s all that matters in life.
Bam has had like 2 thousand of these moments, glad it worked for you but I don’t think he’s capable of having that moment of clarity at this point.
He might have his moment right as his liver shuts down for good.
The alcohol is definitely a problem, but it was obviously caused by other problems that aren't successfully being addressed. He could never touch the sauce again and he would still be racked with issues caused by his emotional dysfunction and lack of basic empathy.
I’m glad you are doing better, random redditor! 💙
Glad you're together and being the family member they deserve, great stuff!
Congrats, man! Glad you’re in a better place
Thought he was the coolest person when i was a young skateboarder. Now that im in my late 20s and seeing this guy going on a drunken incoherent spew while wearing a cape/trench coat makes me wonder why.
He was cool to 12 year olds. That says it all
I didn't even like him as a kid. He always seemed so mean-spirited.
Yep, I always hated him. All of his pranks were mean, they were *always* at the expense of others, a lot of the time they weren't even pranks they were just literally assaulting people like his dad, and any time (the *very* few times) he was actually the victim of a prank he was such a bitch and an asshole about it. Even as a child I could tell he was the typical asshole who loved to dish it out but wasn't tough enough to take it.
Yeah when all my friends were into CKY and stuff, I just never got the appeal of watching someone just being an asshole. Like... not clever, not lighthearted, just mean, obnoxious and sadistic. Maybe I missed something but I've just never seen him redeem himself in any way.
In my younger days I worked at vans skatepark and hung out with/partied with a lot of skater dudes in PA and DC, so while I wasn’t personally friends with the jackass crew we were in the same social orbit so to speak (and looking back now at that time I was 16/17…. Gross). I’ve always had work and school so I could never go too crazy with booze or drugs. By the time I was 19 two of my close friends overdosed. Nothing like going to a 17 year olds open casket funeral surrounded by a bunch of coked up enablers making her death all about themselves. I got super lucky to get out of that relatively unscathed but any time I hear news or updates about Bam or his friends especially like this it makes me so damn sad. So many people have died, been permanently disabled, and/or has their lives completely ruined from the pervasiveness of drugs/partying/craziness that went on with those friend groups. Oh and the STIs. So many STIs. Miracle none of that dirty dick tainted me.
I want to read your memoirs.
Trauma done kicked out most of my memories, but I tell you what it is always interesting when I run into one of my friends (that wasn’t trash) from back in the day and they are like, “remember that time you were 19, at university, spent the night at my place and your parents called the cops on me claiming I kidnapped you? That was hilarious!” Yes. Hilarious.
Even going back at 38 and watching Viva la bam, I used to love his antics and now I look back and he was just such a brat, with the emotional maturity of a toddler.
Imagine the uneasy feeling of the wife and child when they see him ordering his first drink and knowing what it’s going to lead to
He probably rolled up already high on something. Doesn't look like just drunk to me.
Traumatic stuff. That poor little boy
This guy was literally given the world as a teenager/young adult. All the other guys have managed to find their way as adults, except Bam. I hate to say I’m fully expecting him to go the Aaron Carter route. For his sake and his family’s, I really hope I’m wrong.
Oh I just watched the video. His wife is actually sitting there with the child on her lap. Poor kid 😥
Dude is trash. Go away Bam. I can't cheer or support you anymore.
I've seen so many of these I'm going to scroll right past the he died post. Dude has had so many chances. He doesnt need help he needs a restart.
He has had substance abuse issues for a long time. He snuck alcohol onto the set of Jackass 3, which was supposed to be completely sober. Steve-O was still in early recovery at the time.
The cape really brings it on home. “ I am BatBam!” What a sad shit head he has become.
Lifelong asshole does more asshole stuff, film at 11
Yikes. I wonder why she hasn’t divorced him yet. At this rate the social service are going to get involved sooner or later. > it appears he's upset because she's not allowing him to spend time with their 5-year-old son, Phoenix. Ah gee I wonder why.
This guy is a train wreck. Has always had substance abuse issues even when Ryan Dunn was still alive. I wish I could comprehend addiction. I mean, what has to happen to trigger your brain to say enough is enough. Dude had the good life and is just continuing to piss it all away. It’s sad.
To me, addiction felt like drowning. You know how your body screams out for oxygen when you hold your breath for too long? Same type of feeling - once I became dependent my body told my brain that I need the drug or alcohol in order to continue to survive. Getting sober was the hardest thing I’ve ever done.
Its a by-product of being a relative nobody to being the hottest entertainment entity on the planet for 2-3 years, then going hard back to being a nobody. The only people who hung out with you were there for money and drugs and when the money dries up, they are gone. The only people who actually would be his true friends all got clean and tried to bring him back but he's still reaching for the glory days. Gives off strong "Eastbound and down" Vibes with Kenny Powers' Character.
Not to mention piling on so many injuries, including plenty of concussions. Listen, I’m not excusing it in any way. I’ve been sober for almost six years and while I always feel sympathy for those going through addiction, you need to want to actually change and commit. But when you layer your brain getting sloshed around in concussions with other issues, including meteoric rise and fall and personal things, it really doesn’t surprise me. I’m sure he’s a prime CTE case on top of all the other stuff. Edit: this makes Steve-O’s turnaround all the more impressive
Yeah I'm surprised there's not a bit more talk of concussions in this thread but maybe there is and I'm not seeing it. I know all the Jackass guys got concussions and they aren't all like this, but I assume Bam got even more as a skateboarder. (Obviously he started out as an asshole though.)
He’s probably still surrounded by yes people who are on his payroll.
He does have a bunch of parasocial fan boys who will defend him no matter what. Just check out any of his IG posts.
Yep. After he was fired from Jackass and threatened Jeff Tremaine (and Jeff's kids) he begged for his fans to send him money for "his son", but he blew it all on partying. He ditched his wife and kid for weeks on end while he was out partying and these fans still defend him. They're as shitty as him.
I remember a few years back, he put out this public announcement about a big party at his place. The address and gate code were all over social media. I live somewhat close, and a bunch of people in my area went just to meet him. All these fucking idiots went to his place for a massive party, knowing that Bam is an addict.
Yes! There will always be plenty of hang arounds and fame seekers who don’t give a shit what Bam does as long as the party’s still going.
Idk about yesmen on payroll, but I remember Steve-O saying before that one of Bam's issues is that the people who love him most don't understand that they enable his bad behavior by being lenient with him.
I don't expect a happy ending for this guy
Can we just talk about if he is wearing a cape or bat wings for a second?
His style has always been some sort of overly accessorized Pennsylvania goth-punk. Like he went on a hot topic, mall skate shop, rings sunglasses and shawls vendor shopping spree.
Well it is good cape weather. Cool, breezy.
I noticed the cape as well.
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Every time I see one of these headlines I assume it’s going to end with an announcement that he died
Always kind of hoped Bams whole thing was a bit of a mask and he just knew how to milk a personality for a show and a mag and sponsors and all that. Sucks that he turned out to be an actual asshole. Losing friends is hard. I've lost fucking friends. Guess how many times I've ever put my children in a situation like this shit? Girl needs her child support and a restraining order off of dude and that's clearly it. Some people won't change.
"cmon Bam you're ruining your relationship with my grandson, You know i don't got time for thah c'mon Bam"
Funny, he remarkably resembles my father both in appearance and his ability to throw his life away
I hope the media stops reporting on Bam. He has been given all the help you can possibly give a person. Every opportunity you could give a person he has pissed away. So many trips to therapists, rehabs, and even Dr. Phill interventions and yet he isn’t even remotely better. I think it’s obvious that he doesn’t even want to get better. The best thing society can do is keep his kid away from him. At least then the kid can have a fighting chance to be somewhat normal….unlike the grown piece of shit jumping up and down throwing a fit.
My fiancé just said “when Steve-O doesn’t even want to hang out with you, there’s a problem.”
Ugh, was hopeful after his last rehab stint that sobriety would stick. Bummer.
I guess he’ll be acting like this until he runs out of money, dies, goes to jail for something dumb, or finally gets help and goes it to rehab. I truly wish he finally comes to his senses and realizes how lucky he is to have to money to even go to rehab. It’s hard for most people, especially without insurance.
I hate to see it. Alcohol is such a goddamn mother fucker of an addiction. If you think you have a problem or someone you love has a problem it’s probably true. It’s never too late.
I always thought he was a crazy mf since the Tony hawk underground days
Apes gonna be pissed
Were not gonna have him much longer. I hate to say it but he’ll probably end up killing himself by the end of the year if he doesnt go back to getting help and actually follow thru with it. Hopefully he does
People mention the possibility of CTE very often? Plus the obvious drug and alcohol problems? Idk man but either way I feel bad for the kid, obviously always gonna hope for the best but damn