Steve-O used to be the baddest bad boy of Jackass. Now he’s maybe the nicest guy. He’s two years clean and sober, and he’s making small talk with the press. He’s still the most extreme in Jackass 3D, but he does it with a clear head, drinking Sweat cocktails, retaliating Rocky boxing punches and lamenting, “Why do I have to be Steve-O?”
CraveOnline: Did you start vomiting before you even got the sweat cocktail into your mouth?
Steve-O: Yeah, that sounds about right. I’ve got a really powerful imagination.
CraveOnline: Did you get any of it down?
Steve-O: I think I got, it got there. Maybe, I don't know. It was so sick.
CraveOnline: Jackass is always gay friendly. Is sharing another man’s sweat the next level?
Steve-O: Gay friendly, and I’m glad you say that. I feel like so much of the work that we’ve done has been a deliberate attack on homophobia. We’ve been trying to rid the world of homophobia for 10 years now. Is drinking another man’s sweat a part of that? I don't know. I think that one in particular was just an opportunity to vomit on the most expensive camera on the planet.
CraveOnline: Did you have to test the tee ball before you lined your crotch up to it?
Steve-O: I’m pretty sure I got that right away.
CraveOnline: You’re in really good shape. What do you do to keep fit?
Steve-O: I don't know. We have dogs.
CraveOnline: Could it be you vomited out all the toxins from your system?
Steve-O: No, I’ve really just been a much healthier guy in everything. Just a lot of cleaner living.
Q: Is it harder to do Jackass stunts sober?
Steve-O: It wasn’t any easier. It was more difficult in some ways but I was also so eager to prove that I still had this in me and sobriety. I wanted to prove that sobriety hasn’t made me boring. So while I was dreading it more than ever, I was also more eager to participate. That’s really what you want to see. You want to see a guy doing something he doesn’t want to do and it to be really important to him to do it.
