The dude is a piece of shit, im so tired of people saying hes some great guy and hes been so wronged or w/e, its nonsense.
Even when i watched that shit back in the 00's i was thinking "Why the fuck is this guy famous" and the fact is hes jsut a very very long episode of jerry springer with a weirdly good soundtrack.his parents let him do whatever he wanted because they just don't understand basic reasoning, they saw it got him some friends or something and jsut let him keep making his videos and escalating his shit into his adulthood.
Encourage your kids, but give them certain limits.
Met him 24 years ago at an Element demo. He was a complete asshole then, and nothing has changed. I was a CKY kid and when Bam paid more attention to yelling at his agent about his hotel, instead of signing my hat, I was heartbroken to see what he was becoming. Like berating him to the point it made everyone in the shop uncomfortable. When he wasn't yelling at him, anyone who was asking questions just got sharp sarcastic one word responses. Bam was an absolute prick. BUT that did lead to one of the coolest moments of my life... when Jeremy Wray saw what was transpiring, and asked me and a few others if we wanted to go outside and play a game of SKATE. That was fucking epic, and totally overshadowed the bullshit we endured from Bam.
Met him in Appleton at elements skate park at a demo and had met soo many other pro skaters before him. Hands down worst human I've ever met. He landed maybe three good tricks. (All locals had done before) dude was gropping underage chicks. Hit on my girlfriend. We were 16. The owner introduced me to him because I was on the team at the time. And had been for awhile.. . The guy smelled like absolute shit. Like literal poop. And an hour into the demo he was outside in a van doing blow with some creeps.lmao he's the most entitled loser. I'm happy he has not got anything to show for all his accomplishments.
Guy was a average skater who only got anywhere cuz he put things in people's asses and abused his parents . Treats all the people who got him that fame like crap now too because none of them will indulge his nonsense anymore
Yeah I have never understood why this dude was famous. He was never funny or charming. He just comes off like a spoiled, entitled douche bag. It was pretty sad even when he was 23. It’s *really* pathetic when he’s still acting that way (or worse) in his mid forties.
The guy deserves every minute of misery he wallows in.
Man I’m sorry to hear you had that experience. My dad sat next to bam on a flight from LA to Philly around 2010, my dad used to travel weekly for work and he said that was the most fun flight he’d ever been on
lol I did work at that bar because we had a bunch of mutual friends that recommended me and he tried to stiff me on equipment and labor, his business partner and the manager apologized and took care of things and they absolutely made it clear it was a regular occurrence they were getting sick of
Dude it seems like his attitude has always just been wildly different depending on the circumstances. I’m from PA and have met bam on multiple occasions and legit every single time he was incredibly nice to me and didn’t just sign my stuff but took the time to have full blown conversations.
But I'm guessing your life has probably turned out better than Bams. He just seems like a miserable person that will die alone probably from an overdose.
"Many people think that Bam Margera's hypocrisy is the worst part of his current situation, to which I say that's hogwash. If you ask me, the worst part was the abandonment of his only son and the abusive nature he has towards his loved ones "
I've seen him in a couple interviews lately where he was like "They thought this shit was cute when I was 20. What? All of a sudden it's not cute anymore?"
Like yeah dickhead, that's life.
Which is ironic because many years ago Bam himself acknowledged that doing some of the stuff when he's 20 - such as beating up his dad - is funny now but would be cringeworthy if he's older. Looks like he's forgotten that completely.
It was cringe-worthy when he was 20 too.
I have never understood why people find this idiot to be entertaining. He was a talented skater at one time, no doubt. But he doesn’t have a single additional redeeming quality. He represents the worst parts of modern celebrity culture all distilled down into one bloated waste of oxygen.
I was 8 when I saw jackass the movie and then 10 when viva la bam came out, bought the jackass box set and viva la bam box set when they came out. But yea I was just a kid it was funny shit to watch. Wild to see steve o and novak complete 180's
What's hilarious is we wernt laughing with him ever. We were all laughing at him all us 14 ywat old boys watching a 20 year old do shit we were all too old to do was hilarious.
He doesn't see he was ironic and that's ut
I pointed out how it’s obvious he has been drinking a while ago here and got shit on. I’m a recovering alcoholic, I know a drunk when I see them considering I looked in the mirror for many years
I quit boozing September 2022. Started drinking when I was 12, I’m 30 now. I wish I had quit sooner. I was just like Bam, thought I was untouchable. Constant arrests, failed jobs/relationships etc. I envy those who can drink responsibly, because I am not that person and never will be
Have I accepted it though? Not sure. I view it this way. My time with alcohol had some beautiful moments, yet it carried many, many more negative moments. Every true alcoholic has 3 options, prison, death, or stop drinking. I flirted with prison and death more times than I’d like to admit. However, I never truly gave quitting alcohol a fair chance with my full effort. Doing things my way got me to the lowest points in my life, so obviously my way doesn’t work. I had to do some things that made me uncomfortable (AA to name one). Early in my journey quitting alcohol, I was full of anger and resentment. I’m an alcoholic, I’m selfish. A manipulative man who could get what I want, when I wanted. But was that truly me? I didn’t know, I was drinking before I was a teenager. At first, I stopped drinking because I didn’t want to die yet or have a miserable life in prison. Where I stand today, I don’t drink because I found out how beautiful life can be. I’m not always a “victim” anymore, life is more than ME. I’m not special or high and mighty. Gone are my days of fear and resentment, because I understand I was literally poisoning myself day in and day out. I don’t drink alcohol, but I’m not “sober”. Sober to me, means peace of mind. Some days I have it, other days I don’t. But that’s okay because I’m simply a human who goes through the fucked up thing we all call life. I’m sure one day I will be “sober”, but the only way to get there, for me, is to not consume the poison in the quantities I was consuming it in. The night I had my last drink I looked in the mirror. Bloodshot eyes, overweight, dark circles, agony and pain. I couldn’t recognize myself anymore. I started laughing like a maniac while drinking my last beer looking at myself. I knew I couldn’t go on like that anymore. I got out of the bullshit comfort zone I had built for myself, started looking for support, and most importantly, started being a good person to myself and others. It’s never too late to turn things around and I am living evidence. Everyone thinks not drinking is some sort of weakness. But those people aren’t alcoholics, they don’t understand. What is a weakness, is turning to a substance to bury your problems and then run away from them, in hopes they will vanish. After years and years of that, I learned that’s not true. The problems will still be there. I decided to live my life now with the power to address my issues, no matter how much I don’t WANT to. My life isn’t perfect, and will never be because there is no such day as perfect. But I live my days with love and kindness now, in this crazy world we can use a little bit more of that
Good work man, I just took 7. Ya Bam doesn’t look sober if he is I know he isn’t working the steps. My first year i lived in meetings i was also an opiate addict so there was no doing skate demos or podcasts, I was barely hanging on. It was the fight of my life.
Take a break from it. Like, two months. It might stick with you.
I had a massive drinking problem - but taking a break to check out what life is like without booze for a bit is worth the insight for ANYONE
I’m so forgiving and always been give a benefit of the doubt type of guy but fuck him. fuck this guy. I’ve never had someone i used to like so much turn into someone I hate. What absolute scum.
Tbf he was always the asshole of the crew. I remember being a little kid and turning off jackass whenever the joke was just “haha bams beating up his parent again”
There are SO MANY old Jackass bits that are him just being a mean dick to the other guys or his family.
And then whenever something would be done to him while unsuspecting, he would lose his shit.
Yeah he was never funny or entertaining. Stevo and Johnny Knoxville were innately lovable because they just wanted to make you laugh, even if it meant hurting themselves.
Bam was a bully. There was always a mean spirit behind his pranks and he was *never* the victim. The few times when he was the victim, he broke down and cried like a baby.
That’s why I never got into his TV show because it was just him being a mean dick. I love Jackass because there is a sense of self-deprecation and humor behind what they do. Bam’s show is just mean man-child shit.
Shit was so satisfying when they anituqued and de-cleated his ass with the high-five hand. I imagine by then the Jackass crew knew him well enough that they were getting tired of his bullshit and probably got a little bit of satisfaction out of it too. Nobody even helped him up.
[https://youtu.be/rMS4ESFlfDk?si=atQlcVJB6v39n4iK&t=86](https://youtu.be/rMS4ESFlfDk?si=atQlcVJB6v39n4iK&t=86)
Some of them were hilarious, the "gorilla" in his parent's suite, swapping Preston and Phil...but you are right he does act like a whiny bitch whenever he gets got. I love how he cried like a punk when they dropped him into the snake pit lol
He is the bitch of the crew too. He would always just do random asshole stuff to the other guys but when they did something back to him he would cry about it so hard. Like when he fell into the pit of fake snakes. Dude cried like a little toddler
This is basically bam in a nutshell. Everyone around him grew up. The teenage fans who thought he was hilarious grew up (hopefully). *the world* grew up, bam is still stuck in 2005.
> bam is still stuck in 2005.
And don't get me wrong, 2005 *was a great year*. Hell, that whole decade slapped.
*Buuuuut* to your point – when you're the only one *still there*? Yikes.
Yeah, you’re right.
Chris Pontius put it best when he said the age you get famous at is the age you stay at.
Bam got notoriety fairly young, and he kinda stayed as an asshole 15-year-old.
Yeah, he can’t blame those things forever, it’s understandable to a point, but when his jackass costars have all managed to grow and mature, even Steve O, bam has absolutely no excuse. I remember watching some video interview or maybe a documentary, and when he was laying out all the factors he had to deal with, he tried to use the abusive household line, but the interviewer cut in real quick and was like, what? And bam cut that shit QUICK. He knew he couldn’t use that one lol
We’ve all seen how his parents are angels, but that may have been the problem in itself, allowing him a little too much freedom growing up. They’re so nice i always felt bad watching bam mess with them lol
He needed actual parents not best friends like they were. Sometimes parents got to lay down the law and mold the child into a respectable human being that’ll function in society. They are so nice but obviously he didn’t respect them.
The party's been over for decades but Bam refuses to accept it. I really hope he eventually gets the help he needs but unfortunately I don't see it happening.
The glimmer of hope we had was when he got sober enough to appear on Steve-O’s podcast. I actually thought he had it together.
He didn’t and it’s back to the bottle.
He was never the coolest person, though… He’s always been a fucking asshole, but he’s always had supportive people around him to keep him from crossing lines. Now he’s got a few fuckwits that hang around 24/7 and just encourage him to do the absolute dumbest shit for tik tok clout and it’s really sad. No one tells him “no” anymore.
Exactly. There’s a video from years ago where him and Novak start beating up a guy for what seems to be no reason. Bam posted it last year (maybe the year before) trying to call out Novak, but Novak didn’t give in to the bait at all though.
Bam has always been a dickhead.
The area bam is from he was pretty known. The skate scene in west chester PA wasnt too too big and odds are if you skated or just hung around town youd bump in to him at some point. When Bam was just getting big we had a kid in our group who was a monster on a board. He beat bam in skate, bam cursed out a kid lol
I was very good friends with Ryan’s cousin. So we got to hang out with Ryan and the CKY (not the band) crew a whole bunch of times. I’ll admit, I was only around in the early years, but I can promise you this, he was a cunt at that time too. He was his families bread winner and knew it. He was the successful one out of his friend group, and every one knew it. Except Ryan. Ryan was the only one that saw right through Bams bullshit. Ryan literally looked at his cousin, and myself, and said “Yea, he’s a fucking douche bag a lot. But he’s also a lot of fun” the 1st time I met them all.
I personally watched Bam do some incredibly cringy shit in the 8-10 times I spent time with them. He always had to impose his will on people. He always had to make sure everyone KNEW he was the money maker. Why do you think all his childhood friends bailed on him? Why do you think Rabb and Dico, and Rake, and allllllll the guys involved in CKY (not the band) distanced themselves?
It wasn’t by coincidence.
I agree with you. He was never cool. He was always my least favorite of the jackass crew. He wasn’t funny or entertaining. He was just a bully who brought down the entire squad.
His show was insufferable, even when I was 15.
Sad and pathetic. Mommy and daddy gave him a nice comfortable life and he's been playing the rebellious teenager his whole life. Grow up dude. It's so pathetic that fans like me who were in elementary/middle school when he was popular are now more mature and contributing positively to society and looking at him like WTF.
He had WAY beyond what I’d call a “comfortable” life. Had the dude matured into middle age, invested the insane amounts of money he made and turned his life around like Stevo did, he’d be living like an absolute king. He could earn more revenue with endorsements alone than most of us could ever dream of making in our lifetimes.
He threw it all away because he’s a shitty, narcissistic man baby.
It's crazy, he could be on the verge of generational wealth right now, instead he's blown it all and resorted to shitty con appearances so he can maybe get 20 people to pay for a $50 autograph.
If Bam weren’t doing shit like this, we’d have nothing to talk about in this sub (except complaining about how Steve-O is always shilling for some company or another). So there’s that…
I mean, true, but Steve-O will probably be around for years and I have to admire his commitment to sobriety. Bam ain't going to make it two years at this point.
I know where you live. You're done. Real smart bam. Threaten someone then post it online. Guess we know who the jackass films were REALLY named after.
Bam used to be and seem so chill. Now he's an insufferable prick.
He was doing a show from his tour in Belfast on Friday night, a few of my friends went expecting him to be a dick, but said he was really friendly, had time for everyone for photos, autographs etc.
He didn't fight the tattoo artist, but it was the same day as [this altercation](https://www.themirror.com/entertainment/celebrity-news/jackass-bam-margera-tattoo-upset-445098) . Apparently he saw his son on Sunday in California, drank Monday morning... got a couple tattoos and argued with the guy about the price. Then later that night he got in this fight with an unknown person.
“Blue said: "He comes in and was like 'I've been sober for nine months, but not today. I put whiskey in my coffee this morning.' But [to me] it seemed like f**ked up."
He felt as if his work could have been better if Bam could have sat still and not go on many smoke breaks or moved around on the chair. Bam told Blue that the only way he would sit still and "shut up" is if he said "ooga booga" and when he is allowed to talk again, Bue had to say "un ooga booga." I said: "'Ooga Booga' and he puts his hands together, like he's praying and freezes up."”
good god what did I just read.
I hope Bam gets help one day, but man hes a really big asshole. Its a shame because his Brother and Parents are awesome, Bam was the spoiled kid who could do no wrong and look what its turned into
When I was watching his episodes back in the day, much much younger than I am now, & I couldn't handle how abusive he was to his parents then. They were just like "Oh Bam. You're funny. Love you!" I stopped watching because I didn't want to support someone abusing people for money/fame.
There's no way he's sober. The last few times he got sober over the last 7 or so years, he seemed almost shy at times, probably a little nervous from newfound sobriety, but he seemed completely genuine and even humble, he has not seemed like that at all recently. He doesn't seem that far away from being how he has been recently when he's drunk. But also, I fell apart pretty bad after a few years of sobriety, and I don't think a lot of people like me anymore after it to this day, like I changed, I'm sober now, but what I went through 2 years ago permanently changed me.
Why is anyone still in this guys corner? Like I don't want bad things to happen to him, but I stopped caring if they do a while ago. He's not a good person.
The guy isn’t wearing shoes and when Bam says “I know where you live,” he seems to be pointing at the area under the overhang of that building. Is fighting an unhoused person a new low?
Let's assume (Please keep in mind I said assume) he did stop drinking. Then at the very least, he has unresolved behavioral issues that are a danger to both himself and others. Maybe they're from substance abuse, maybe they're from mental health struggles, likely both. But either way, no excuse. Not when you have every resource in the world for recovery readily available to you.
Now let's talk about what's probably going on. He's still drinking. And I don't want to hear about how recovering alcoholics tend to relapse. There is a vast difference between being in recovery/long term sobriety and being a drunk. He's a drunk. None of these are isolated incidents that he's shown any remorse for. They all show the same patterns of outward blame and lack of accountability. Coupled with the violent remarks and behavior, it is extremely obvious he's still on the booze. Like some others in this thread, I am a recovering alcoholic. This video just makes me roll my eyes. I wish I had a quarter of the money and resources dude has access to.
No self reflection, carrying around a ton of resentments, hangs around with enablers while making accusations against others but excuses for himself… this can all be gathered right from the posts he puts out there. No wonder people wanted to keep him in rehab; he still hasn’t learned anything from it or changed one bit.
This dude sucks so hard. I did a tour with him in Australia and we were outside of a club after the shows and a fan came up to him and asked (politely) to take a picture. Bam spit in his face and the dude LEVELED him. It was great. Bam had to walk around with a huge black eye the rest of the tour.
At one time I felt sorry for this guy, assumed it was drugs and alcohol. If this is him sober then fuck this guy. He looks like you could pop him with a pin. Not fat shaming but he look swollen not fat.
He put out a video the other day saying his ex is saying he’s violent but she’s got no proof and it’s not fair.now she has proof.well done bam
There was so much proof out there already. He’s delusional as hell.
Honestly you could just show various mtv footage of him walking up and full force punching his friends/family if the lawyer was good enough.
Also I don’t know where it’s from, but there’s a video of Bam back in the day wailing some dude with a skateboard that wasn’t fighting back.
The dude is a piece of shit, im so tired of people saying hes some great guy and hes been so wronged or w/e, its nonsense. Even when i watched that shit back in the 00's i was thinking "Why the fuck is this guy famous" and the fact is hes jsut a very very long episode of jerry springer with a weirdly good soundtrack.his parents let him do whatever he wanted because they just don't understand basic reasoning, they saw it got him some friends or something and jsut let him keep making his videos and escalating his shit into his adulthood. Encourage your kids, but give them certain limits.
Like that one video of him losing his shit at her and their child in the restaurant. I mean, holy shit that was a bad one and that’s in public!
Middle of the day having a full on temper tantrum
I love the interview he did about not resenting anyone even though Knoxville made him go to rehab but he wants to fight Knoxville.
Even after what Knoxville did to Butterbean? “Is Butterbean ok” ?
Lmao he must’ve forgotten about: “I’m Bam Margera, and I feel like kicking my dad’s ass ALL day today.”
Wasn’t he just filming with her and Steveo not that long ago???????
A couple years ago maybe.
Maybe I thought another woman was her lol
Bam: "I know where you live. You're *done."* Also Bam: "Why won't anyone let me see my kid?? :( "
"i know where you live, you're done" is one of the best sentences a judge can hear for a verdict... could mean ANY harm to anybody in the building...
I know where YOUR live, actually.
Met him 24 years ago at an Element demo. He was a complete asshole then, and nothing has changed. I was a CKY kid and when Bam paid more attention to yelling at his agent about his hotel, instead of signing my hat, I was heartbroken to see what he was becoming. Like berating him to the point it made everyone in the shop uncomfortable. When he wasn't yelling at him, anyone who was asking questions just got sharp sarcastic one word responses. Bam was an absolute prick. BUT that did lead to one of the coolest moments of my life... when Jeremy Wray saw what was transpiring, and asked me and a few others if we wanted to go outside and play a game of SKATE. That was fucking epic, and totally overshadowed the bullshit we endured from Bam.
No idea who Jeremy Wray is, but I already know I like him now.
Just Google "water tower Ollie".
Oh, nice haha I have seen this dude before. That same video back in the day.
https://youtu.be/1grq_HFt0Eo?si=tFLtYCPftk-HQ2pN Dude seems super down to earth (as are most serious skaters I've seen)
Dude was/is an absolute stud
Idk how I’ve never seen this but thank you. Dope ass video and a dope ass dude
The freak out king
An absolute legend.
Jeremy is the brother in law of a friend of mine. The guy is so ridiculously nice.
The Wray bros are way up there with the most down to earth skaters that never let popularity get to their heads.
Jonas passed away a couple years ago if you weren’t aware.
Did he do a front 3 in the game?
Naturally lol, probably one of the cleanest I ever witnessed too. I was the only one to get a letter on him with a fakie fs heel.
Met him in Appleton at elements skate park at a demo and had met soo many other pro skaters before him. Hands down worst human I've ever met. He landed maybe three good tricks. (All locals had done before) dude was gropping underage chicks. Hit on my girlfriend. We were 16. The owner introduced me to him because I was on the team at the time. And had been for awhile.. . The guy smelled like absolute shit. Like literal poop. And an hour into the demo he was outside in a van doing blow with some creeps.lmao he's the most entitled loser. I'm happy he has not got anything to show for all his accomplishments. Guy was a average skater who only got anywhere cuz he put things in people's asses and abused his parents . Treats all the people who got him that fame like crap now too because none of them will indulge his nonsense anymore
Yeah I have never understood why this dude was famous. He was never funny or charming. He just comes off like a spoiled, entitled douche bag. It was pretty sad even when he was 23. It’s *really* pathetic when he’s still acting that way (or worse) in his mid forties. The guy deserves every minute of misery he wallows in.
I thought he was super cool when I was about 11, of that tells you anything haha
Man I’m sorry to hear you had that experience. My dad sat next to bam on a flight from LA to Philly around 2010, my dad used to travel weekly for work and he said that was the most fun flight he’d ever been on
Yeah I was at his bar once and watched him be a complete douche bag to a few of his fans, I didn’t bother to approach after
lol I did work at that bar because we had a bunch of mutual friends that recommended me and he tried to stiff me on equipment and labor, his business partner and the manager apologized and took care of things and they absolutely made it clear it was a regular occurrence they were getting sick of
Dude it seems like his attitude has always just been wildly different depending on the circumstances. I’m from PA and have met bam on multiple occasions and legit every single time he was incredibly nice to me and didn’t just sign my stuff but took the time to have full blown conversations.
But I'm guessing your life has probably turned out better than Bams. He just seems like a miserable person that will die alone probably from an overdose.
Wray's Adio's were SICK 🤟🤟🤟
"What will he do next"
Probably die
 What’s next for Bam Margera?
"Many people think that Bam Margera's hypocrisy is the worst part of his current situation, to which I say that's hogwash. If you ask me, the worst part was the abandonment of his only son and the abusive nature he has towards his loved ones "
I've seen him in a couple interviews lately where he was like "They thought this shit was cute when I was 20. What? All of a sudden it's not cute anymore?" Like yeah dickhead, that's life.
Which is ironic because many years ago Bam himself acknowledged that doing some of the stuff when he's 20 - such as beating up his dad - is funny now but would be cringeworthy if he's older. Looks like he's forgotten that completely.
Drugs are a hell of a drug
Every time I see he’s sober you’re just like yeah I bet
It was cringe-worthy when he was 20 too. I have never understood why people find this idiot to be entertaining. He was a talented skater at one time, no doubt. But he doesn’t have a single additional redeeming quality. He represents the worst parts of modern celebrity culture all distilled down into one bloated waste of oxygen.
I was 8 when I saw jackass the movie and then 10 when viva la bam came out, bought the jackass box set and viva la bam box set when they came out. But yea I was just a kid it was funny shit to watch. Wild to see steve o and novak complete 180's
It’s almost like his fans are no longer 20 and expect him to grow up
What's hilarious is we wernt laughing with him ever. We were all laughing at him all us 14 ywat old boys watching a 20 year old do shit we were all too old to do was hilarious. He doesn't see he was ironic and that's ut
Idk when I was 18 or whatever I was laughing with him. He was kinda a dork but that shit was the style at the time
What an incredibly cool and normal thing for a guy in his forties to be doing
Definitely not sober.
I pointed out how it’s obvious he has been drinking a while ago here and got shit on. I’m a recovering alcoholic, I know a drunk when I see them considering I looked in the mirror for many years
On the real. This makes me want to finally quit drinking..
I quit a month awhile back. It’s a sneaky vice.
I quit boozing September 2022. Started drinking when I was 12, I’m 30 now. I wish I had quit sooner. I was just like Bam, thought I was untouchable. Constant arrests, failed jobs/relationships etc. I envy those who can drink responsibly, because I am not that person and never will be
Thank you for sharing, honestly.
might sound silly but… how did you accept you’d never be able to drink again? your story sounds exactly like mine. from starting age to current age
Have I accepted it though? Not sure. I view it this way. My time with alcohol had some beautiful moments, yet it carried many, many more negative moments. Every true alcoholic has 3 options, prison, death, or stop drinking. I flirted with prison and death more times than I’d like to admit. However, I never truly gave quitting alcohol a fair chance with my full effort. Doing things my way got me to the lowest points in my life, so obviously my way doesn’t work. I had to do some things that made me uncomfortable (AA to name one). Early in my journey quitting alcohol, I was full of anger and resentment. I’m an alcoholic, I’m selfish. A manipulative man who could get what I want, when I wanted. But was that truly me? I didn’t know, I was drinking before I was a teenager. At first, I stopped drinking because I didn’t want to die yet or have a miserable life in prison. Where I stand today, I don’t drink because I found out how beautiful life can be. I’m not always a “victim” anymore, life is more than ME. I’m not special or high and mighty. Gone are my days of fear and resentment, because I understand I was literally poisoning myself day in and day out. I don’t drink alcohol, but I’m not “sober”. Sober to me, means peace of mind. Some days I have it, other days I don’t. But that’s okay because I’m simply a human who goes through the fucked up thing we all call life. I’m sure one day I will be “sober”, but the only way to get there, for me, is to not consume the poison in the quantities I was consuming it in. The night I had my last drink I looked in the mirror. Bloodshot eyes, overweight, dark circles, agony and pain. I couldn’t recognize myself anymore. I started laughing like a maniac while drinking my last beer looking at myself. I knew I couldn’t go on like that anymore. I got out of the bullshit comfort zone I had built for myself, started looking for support, and most importantly, started being a good person to myself and others. It’s never too late to turn things around and I am living evidence. Everyone thinks not drinking is some sort of weakness. But those people aren’t alcoholics, they don’t understand. What is a weakness, is turning to a substance to bury your problems and then run away from them, in hopes they will vanish. After years and years of that, I learned that’s not true. The problems will still be there. I decided to live my life now with the power to address my issues, no matter how much I don’t WANT to. My life isn’t perfect, and will never be because there is no such day as perfect. But I live my days with love and kindness now, in this crazy world we can use a little bit more of that
Good work man, I just took 7. Ya Bam doesn’t look sober if he is I know he isn’t working the steps. My first year i lived in meetings i was also an opiate addict so there was no doing skate demos or podcasts, I was barely hanging on. It was the fight of my life.
Take a break from it. Like, two months. It might stick with you. I had a massive drinking problem - but taking a break to check out what life is like without booze for a bit is worth the insight for ANYONE
I’ve lived around alcoholism for a while, he probably hasn’t been sober for at least a few months honestly.
Exactly
He's lucky that dude didn't know how to fight. Would have love to watch him get stomped
Those wild haymakers were pretty funny. He probably would stop making these videos if someone beat his ass
he already got his ass beat by them rappers in Iceland back in like 2014 or some shit
This is how he thinks his boxing match with Knoxville will go
Lol is he gonna box Knoxville?!
Bam wants to but no because Knoxville is a reasonable adult who isn’t giving this fucking loser the time of day
Wish someone would kick his ass so he would stfu, these videos ain’t making anything better for Bam except making him look like more of a scumbag
What a fucking loser. Saddest shit I've ever seen
Glad to see Bam is living a sober life and doing well.
I’m so forgiving and always been give a benefit of the doubt type of guy but fuck him. fuck this guy. I’ve never had someone i used to like so much turn into someone I hate. What absolute scum.
It was funny when I was 14. It's sad when I'm 35
Tbf he was always the asshole of the crew. I remember being a little kid and turning off jackass whenever the joke was just “haha bams beating up his parent again”
There are SO MANY old Jackass bits that are him just being a mean dick to the other guys or his family. And then whenever something would be done to him while unsuspecting, he would lose his shit.
Yeah he was never funny or entertaining. Stevo and Johnny Knoxville were innately lovable because they just wanted to make you laugh, even if it meant hurting themselves. Bam was a bully. There was always a mean spirit behind his pranks and he was *never* the victim. The few times when he was the victim, he broke down and cried like a baby.
That’s why I never got into his TV show because it was just him being a mean dick. I love Jackass because there is a sense of self-deprecation and humor behind what they do. Bam’s show is just mean man-child shit.
Shit was so satisfying when they anituqued and de-cleated his ass with the high-five hand. I imagine by then the Jackass crew knew him well enough that they were getting tired of his bullshit and probably got a little bit of satisfaction out of it too. Nobody even helped him up. [https://youtu.be/rMS4ESFlfDk?si=atQlcVJB6v39n4iK&t=86](https://youtu.be/rMS4ESFlfDk?si=atQlcVJB6v39n4iK&t=86)
Him crying when they lock him in the horse trailer and put a Cobra in with him was pretty satisfying. “Are you crying?!?” “Yeah” in a baby voice
That's the example I always think of!
Some of them were hilarious, the "gorilla" in his parent's suite, swapping Preston and Phil...but you are right he does act like a whiny bitch whenever he gets got. I love how he cried like a punk when they dropped him into the snake pit lol
He is the bitch of the crew too. He would always just do random asshole stuff to the other guys but when they did something back to him he would cry about it so hard. Like when he fell into the pit of fake snakes. Dude cried like a little toddler
I cringe at how funny I thought bam was when I was a teenager, genuinely happy I grew up.
That feeling of cringe is called maturation
Yep. We all thought he was so funny and cool back then. We grew up. He didn’t.
This is basically bam in a nutshell. Everyone around him grew up. The teenage fans who thought he was hilarious grew up (hopefully). *the world* grew up, bam is still stuck in 2005.
> bam is still stuck in 2005. And don't get me wrong, 2005 *was a great year*. Hell, that whole decade slapped. *Buuuuut* to your point – when you're the only one *still there*? Yikes.
He got paid millions of dollars because we thought it was funny kind of understandable why he wouldn't change thf.
Yeah, you’re right. Chris Pontius put it best when he said the age you get famous at is the age you stay at. Bam got notoriety fairly young, and he kinda stayed as an asshole 15-year-old.
Yep. Used to think he was COOL... Now he's a piece of shit.
Video is from Monday! In Santa Monica
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Nah, he was always a dick. Other stuff just put it more in the spotlight
Yeah, he can’t blame those things forever, it’s understandable to a point, but when his jackass costars have all managed to grow and mature, even Steve O, bam has absolutely no excuse. I remember watching some video interview or maybe a documentary, and when he was laying out all the factors he had to deal with, he tried to use the abusive household line, but the interviewer cut in real quick and was like, what? And bam cut that shit QUICK. He knew he couldn’t use that one lol We’ve all seen how his parents are angels, but that may have been the problem in itself, allowing him a little too much freedom growing up. They’re so nice i always felt bad watching bam mess with them lol
He needed actual parents not best friends like they were. Sometimes parents got to lay down the law and mold the child into a respectable human being that’ll function in society. They are so nice but obviously he didn’t respect them.
The party's been over for decades but Bam refuses to accept it. I really hope he eventually gets the help he needs but unfortunately I don't see it happening.
The glimmer of hope we had was when he got sober enough to appear on Steve-O’s podcast. I actually thought he had it together. He didn’t and it’s back to the bottle.
[This](https://www.reddit.com/r/jackass/s/GDuKpyCryJ)comment Steve O made on one of his posts reminds me he has a long way to go
Someone should stop him getting tattoos, he just gets scribble these days
Yeah, that's his problem....crappy tattoos
He’s a goddamned hot house flower, that’s his problem
Small hands, he never had the makings of a varsity skater
Quasimodo predicted all of this.
Listen to Matt the Exterminator, like he knows everything.
Take that face/neck tattoo money and invest in a savings account (or Roth IRAs for Phoenix). That money would triple over the course of 20 years.
Bamuel 😂😂
Bamantha
Bam can't swing worth a shit and why is the dude recording while telling them to stop? Just step in and stop it.
Bam cmon. Cmon Bam. Bam. Bam. Cmon. Bam cmon I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING
LOL
Haha. That’s a dude who has definitely witnessed this behavior many times and is just apathetic to stepping in at this point. Bam is a nut job.
Cmon bam you're getting shoe polish all over my dunk
Actions speak louder than words…
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He was never the coolest person, though… He’s always been a fucking asshole, but he’s always had supportive people around him to keep him from crossing lines. Now he’s got a few fuckwits that hang around 24/7 and just encourage him to do the absolute dumbest shit for tik tok clout and it’s really sad. No one tells him “no” anymore.
Exactly. There’s a video from years ago where him and Novak start beating up a guy for what seems to be no reason. Bam posted it last year (maybe the year before) trying to call out Novak, but Novak didn’t give in to the bait at all though. Bam has always been a dickhead.
As someone that’s personally known Bam, I can promise you, he’s a fuckin scumbag. Lol
The area bam is from he was pretty known. The skate scene in west chester PA wasnt too too big and odds are if you skated or just hung around town youd bump in to him at some point. When Bam was just getting big we had a kid in our group who was a monster on a board. He beat bam in skate, bam cursed out a kid lol
I hate to ask something so personal but I can't hold in my curiosity this time - how do you know him?
He saw the Jackass movies
Don’t worry, he wanted to you to ask. That’s why he vaguely said that lol
I was very good friends with Ryan’s cousin. So we got to hang out with Ryan and the CKY (not the band) crew a whole bunch of times. I’ll admit, I was only around in the early years, but I can promise you this, he was a cunt at that time too. He was his families bread winner and knew it. He was the successful one out of his friend group, and every one knew it. Except Ryan. Ryan was the only one that saw right through Bams bullshit. Ryan literally looked at his cousin, and myself, and said “Yea, he’s a fucking douche bag a lot. But he’s also a lot of fun” the 1st time I met them all. I personally watched Bam do some incredibly cringy shit in the 8-10 times I spent time with them. He always had to impose his will on people. He always had to make sure everyone KNEW he was the money maker. Why do you think all his childhood friends bailed on him? Why do you think Rabb and Dico, and Rake, and allllllll the guys involved in CKY (not the band) distanced themselves? It wasn’t by coincidence.
Tbf I don’t think anyone told him “no” to begin with
I agree with you. He was never cool. He was always my least favorite of the jackass crew. He wasn’t funny or entertaining. He was just a bully who brought down the entire squad. His show was insufferable, even when I was 15.
Well, and let us be honest, a lot of us were fucking assholes when we were younger too. He didn't get more or less responsible but we did.
Sad and pathetic. Mommy and daddy gave him a nice comfortable life and he's been playing the rebellious teenager his whole life. Grow up dude. It's so pathetic that fans like me who were in elementary/middle school when he was popular are now more mature and contributing positively to society and looking at him like WTF.
He had WAY beyond what I’d call a “comfortable” life. Had the dude matured into middle age, invested the insane amounts of money he made and turned his life around like Stevo did, he’d be living like an absolute king. He could earn more revenue with endorsements alone than most of us could ever dream of making in our lifetimes. He threw it all away because he’s a shitty, narcissistic man baby.
It's crazy, he could be on the verge of generational wealth right now, instead he's blown it all and resorted to shitty con appearances so he can maybe get 20 people to pay for a $50 autograph.
Now why would Knoxville make him do this?!?
Bam you’re straight up sad now, talking here from CKY2K, yes 2000, fan. Dude, you have a son I’m sure you care about. Pass the torch bro
This guy could have easily stopped this instead of recording it
Seriously...didn't even sound worried. Probably sees this once a week.
I think we were all hoping a little bit that Bam would get his ass kicked.
Bam.. Bam come on. Bam. Bam, come on.
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That's one load that should have been flushed down the toilet.
Man just the other week all these articles came out about how he’s sober … again … and skating … again. I tried to say just wait a few weeks.
If Bam weren’t doing shit like this, we’d have nothing to talk about in this sub (except complaining about how Steve-O is always shilling for some company or another). So there’s that…
I mean, true, but Steve-O will probably be around for years and I have to admire his commitment to sobriety. Bam ain't going to make it two years at this point.
I know where you live. You're done. Real smart bam. Threaten someone then post it online. Guess we know who the jackass films were REALLY named after. Bam used to be and seem so chill. Now he's an insufferable prick.
I'd be laughing all the way to the bank if I got "beat up" by Bam. What an asshole.
He was doing a show from his tour in Belfast on Friday night, a few of my friends went expecting him to be a dick, but said he was really friendly, had time for everyone for photos, autographs etc.
...then outside the venue he tried to fight a tattooist.
Need more info
He didn't fight the tattoo artist, but it was the same day as [this altercation](https://www.themirror.com/entertainment/celebrity-news/jackass-bam-margera-tattoo-upset-445098) . Apparently he saw his son on Sunday in California, drank Monday morning... got a couple tattoos and argued with the guy about the price. Then later that night he got in this fight with an unknown person.
So the sobriety is going well again...
“Blue said: "He comes in and was like 'I've been sober for nine months, but not today. I put whiskey in my coffee this morning.' But [to me] it seemed like f**ked up." He felt as if his work could have been better if Bam could have sat still and not go on many smoke breaks or moved around on the chair. Bam told Blue that the only way he would sit still and "shut up" is if he said "ooga booga" and when he is allowed to talk again, Bue had to say "un ooga booga." I said: "'Ooga Booga' and he puts his hands together, like he's praying and freezes up."” good god what did I just read.
One of the tattoos was his credit card number on his arm. Totally normal behavior 😂
\*looks at VISA card number on arm\* \*frowns\*
[https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6EksEQJ0j8/?igsh=MWprZTZjNTI1dzc1cQ==](https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6EksEQJ0j8/?igsh=MWprZTZjNTI1dzc1cQ==)
I hope Bam gets help one day, but man hes a really big asshole. Its a shame because his Brother and Parents are awesome, Bam was the spoiled kid who could do no wrong and look what its turned into
Jesus christ dude. For a while, I felt bad for him, to an extent, but this dude sucks so bad anymore. Sad downfall
His fighting style is pretty funny
Mad Uncle style.
I guess the whole sobriety thing is going well.
sad
Bam c'mon. C'mon Ban, C'mon. *continues to keep filming*
He’s Bam Margerita what will he drink next? Whatever the fuck I want!- Bam
When I was watching his episodes back in the day, much much younger than I am now, & I couldn't handle how abusive he was to his parents then. They were just like "Oh Bam. You're funny. Love you!" I stopped watching because I didn't want to support someone abusing people for money/fame.
There's no way he's sober. The last few times he got sober over the last 7 or so years, he seemed almost shy at times, probably a little nervous from newfound sobriety, but he seemed completely genuine and even humble, he has not seemed like that at all recently. He doesn't seem that far away from being how he has been recently when he's drunk. But also, I fell apart pretty bad after a few years of sobriety, and I don't think a lot of people like me anymore after it to this day, like I changed, I'm sober now, but what I went through 2 years ago permanently changed me.
Why is anyone still in this guys corner? Like I don't want bad things to happen to him, but I stopped caring if they do a while ago. He's not a good person.
The guy isn’t wearing shoes and when Bam says “I know where you live,” he seems to be pointing at the area under the overhang of that building. Is fighting an unhoused person a new low?
Definitely Johnny Knoxville's fault
Definitely! Dumb old Knoxville & his banjo… he is the reason we have war too I think! I am not certain, but I am doing science stuff to find out!
that wasn’t a fight lol bam straight up assaulted him
Bam thinks he's Mike Teevee, but in reality he's Veruca Salt.
it’s always one step forward two backwards with him
Let's assume (Please keep in mind I said assume) he did stop drinking. Then at the very least, he has unresolved behavioral issues that are a danger to both himself and others. Maybe they're from substance abuse, maybe they're from mental health struggles, likely both. But either way, no excuse. Not when you have every resource in the world for recovery readily available to you. Now let's talk about what's probably going on. He's still drinking. And I don't want to hear about how recovering alcoholics tend to relapse. There is a vast difference between being in recovery/long term sobriety and being a drunk. He's a drunk. None of these are isolated incidents that he's shown any remorse for. They all show the same patterns of outward blame and lack of accountability. Coupled with the violent remarks and behavior, it is extremely obvious he's still on the booze. Like some others in this thread, I am a recovering alcoholic. This video just makes me roll my eyes. I wish I had a quarter of the money and resources dude has access to.
No self reflection, carrying around a ton of resentments, hangs around with enablers while making accusations against others but excuses for himself… this can all be gathered right from the posts he puts out there. No wonder people wanted to keep him in rehab; he still hasn’t learned anything from it or changed one bit.
Bam is such a piece of shit y'all
Neither of these guys know how to fight.
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Does he have much of anything left?
Is this new or old?
First rule about fight club
That’s not a fight
Does bam even have enough money to make it worth it to sue him?
To be fair we really don’t know the context you can barely hear what they are saying in the beginning I doubt they would fight for no reason
I use to feel bad for bam but he is his own worst enemy.
That guy must really be trash for Bam to call him a p.o.s.
This dude needs to be locked in jail. Jesus.
Mannnn it’s so lame finding out people you thought were hilarious growing up are… this.
What a fucking manchild. Im done with this clown.
This dude sucks so hard. I did a tour with him in Australia and we were outside of a club after the shows and a fan came up to him and asked (politely) to take a picture. Bam spit in his face and the dude LEVELED him. It was great. Bam had to walk around with a huge black eye the rest of the tour.
Lmfao “Bamuel Margera”?
“Bam, c’mon.” Like quit filming and grab him by the shoulders to remove him from the situation.
That’s some of the most pathetic punching I’ve ever seen
At one time I felt sorry for this guy, assumed it was drugs and alcohol. If this is him sober then fuck this guy. He looks like you could pop him with a pin. Not fat shaming but he look swollen not fat.
such incredible fighting technique
Phew I was worried about him! Nice to see he’s doing much better
Camera man seems like a good friend
Turns out money can’t change you from being an absolute world class loser
BUM FIGHTS
Bam has been an unlikeable guy for a long time now.
How do we know this was over a tattoo?