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The Viall Files

E291 Steve-O - Gripped By Fear

The Viall Files

Nick Viall

Society & Culture, Relationships, After Shows, Tv & Film

424.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2021

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

On today's episode of The Viall Files we are joined by the legendary Steve-O. You know him from MTV’s Jack Ass, his stand up comedy, or just from being the guy that makes your jaw drop with his stunts.  If you are only familiar with Steve-O from Jack Ass, this episode may have you getting to know him in a whole new way as he and Nick have an extremely insightful conversation about his sobriety and how that has changed his relationships - both romantic and in life. They also tackle societal norms, failures, attention seeking issues, dealing with addictions you can’t just quit, mortality, and the importance of betting on yourself.  Get ready for some drop the mic moments as Steve-O drops some serious knowledge.  

Make sure to check out Steve-O’s Wild Ride podcast, and go to his website steveo.com to see his special Gnarly or get his book Professional Idiot: A Memoir

“ I treated people the way I most feared being treated.”

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0:00.0

What's going on everybody? Welcome to another episode of The Valfiles. I'm your host Nick and we got a fantastic episode for you today.

0:22.0

The legendary Steve O is with us. You know him. You love him from Jackass and his comedy and a bunch of crazy things he's done and just really fascinating guy.

0:33.0

He's been through a bunch of different experiences. We get to talk about it with him. So I want to spoil any of it and we'll just kind of let you listen to the.

0:43.0

To the episode before we get to the episode, thank your questions to ask Nick at cast media.com cast with a K for all your ask Nick episodes.

0:53.0

Be sure to tune in on Monday for all your relationship stories and Q&A if you're tuning in to listen to Steve O be sure to check out those if you like hearing about other people's problems and trying to find a solution for them.

1:09.0

If nothing else, don't forget again subscribe, rate, review, post on social. It's great. We love you. Let's get to Steve O.

1:20.0

Thanks for coming on Steve O. Yeah, for sure. The first time I was once 15 feet away from you. Okay. Back in 2001. 2001, all right.

1:30.0

It was my first spring break in Panama City and you were on a on a chair jumping on another chair and broke the chair and everyone's like and there's this big crowd around you.

1:42.0

And it was it was a thing that happened on stage or was it no it was like everyone was just like, oh, that's Steve O and some Jackass and I'm like,

1:51.0

it was really new at that time. Yeah, it was really new and it was just a crowd on the beach and you just like happened to be there.

2:00.0

Oh, okay. It was on a white plastic shades long. Yeah, I was diving off of a wall. Yeah, I know. Yeah. And they didn't get the shot and it was like super rad and I was like way pissed.

2:12.0

I was like 10 feet away. I was in the car cheering. That's cool. Yeah, Jackass came out in year 2000. So spring break 2001. It was just right. It just popped off.

2:26.0

Were you on every did you go to multiple spring break destinations? I would. I would become a prolific spring breaker. I was a regular in King Cune and Panama City.

2:39.0

I did at Capoco at one point. Where else was there? I mean, I think those are the big ones, Panama City and King Cune.

2:50.0

And I ended up getting banned from Panama City. I got arrested on an airplane flying in Panama City. And then you got banned.

3:00.0

Well, they have separate deal. Separate deal. I got banned from the I believe it's the largest nightclub in America. It's called Club La Vila.

3:11.0

And this was where it all began for me because I had a rave promoter from Cleveland reach out. He somehow got my number.

3:25.0

He reached out in January of 2001 saying, Hey, I'm throwing this party. And I want to fly you in. I'll fly you out the next day. I'll pay 700 bucks to come to this party.

3:36.0

And I told the guy, don't just pay me seven. I was like 700 bucks. I will chew and swallow glass. I will light myself on fire. Don't just give me 700 bucks.

3:50.0

And you were almost offended. I was so I went there and it was like this thing. I was supposed to fly home the next morning.

4:01.0

But I was like, just I did every drug in the sun. I think I actually did meth that night and Coke and ecstasy and like to say it was crazy.

4:13.0

I was like, 100 and you think the guy's kitchen table the next day and he's like, Hey, you're flight lead. You're flight departs in an hour. Do you want to even try?

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