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The checkered life of Jackass and Dancing with the Stars celeb Steve-O has been documented in an MTV film that will air in early May.
Steve-O: Demise and Rise will look first-hand at the unlikely star's struggle with drugs and alcohol addiction, serving as a valuable message for anyone who might be considering emulating the Jackass lifestyle.
In an interview with the New York Daily News, the documentary's executive producer, Tim Healy, said the self-shot film is "a really good example of what happens when you allow your life to get out of control. It's a very visual, strong depiction of what happens when you make the wrong choices. But there's an underlying message of hope - that people really do have the ability to change."
The film premieres on May 3 at 10 on MTV, and includes explicit scenes of Steve-O snorting cocaine, huffing nitrous oxide and vandalizing a neighbor's apartment.
The home movies are interspersed with interviews with Steve-O's friends, including Jackass co-star Johnny Knoxville, Dr. Drew Pinsky, the addiction medicine specialist who helped with his intervention, and Steve-O's father and sister.
Steve-O has been documenting his life on film since he was 14, and Healy said that he "didn't cut anything because it was too graphic or too disturbing. Everything is integral to the story." In the film's final act, Steve-O is seen on Dancing with the Stars, which marked his first foray into the public eye since getting sober. He recently celebrated one year of sobriety, but says in the documentary that his is a cautionary tale:
It's important that this whole television show not be perceived as some kind of 'I'm better, look at me because I'm cured now thing. I'm never going to be cured. I could end up loaded tomorrow ... this isn't something you get better from. I'm just here to say that things got really bad for me, to the point where I'm willing to do whatever it takes to stay sober on a daily basis.
For more info: New York Daily News
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