Steve-O Reveals Jackass: Best and Last MVP, Shuts the Door on Wildboyz for a Good Reason | Interview
ComingSoon spoke with Jackass: Best and Last star Steve-O about the final film in the hit franchise. The stuntman and television personality also discussed some of his favorite stunts, who the real MVP was, and why we won’t see Wildboyz return. Jackass: Best and Last is available to buy or rent on Digital on August 11, 2026, from Paramount Home Entertainment and is coming to Blu-ray.
“Johnny Knoxville and the gang return for one final fling at the big screen. Featuring all-new stunts and stupidity along with the greatest hits and biggest laughs from the past, Jackass: Best and Last is a joyously raucous celebration of all the mischievous camaraderie that you’ve come to love and expect from these idiots over the past 25 years. So, grab your dumb little buddies, raise your glasses, and come experience the cinematic event that promises to be the last time you’ll ever laugh this hard in a theatre,” reads the official synopsis.
Tyler Treese: This film came together very quickly. What was most challenging about filming all this new content in a one-week span?
Steve-O: Man, I don’t think there was anything particularly challenging about filming in a one-week span. I think that it would have been nice to have more time. Given how much time we had, I think we were wildly productive.
You talked about wanting to be the MVP of Jackass: Best and Last, and that your butthole really hurts because of you trying to do that. Do you feel like you accomplished that?
Steve-O: I don’t. I don’t, and I was confounded as to how that sound bite made it into the final cut of the film. I was touched. I was honored. I was grateful. But I think that, in the final analysis, the standout MVP of the film would be Poopies, particularly for the amount of the film that was newly shot. Nobody got anywhere near Poopies for just the commitment.
… And Poopies — when we filmed Jackass Forever, which was the fourth film, Poopies was not clean and sober. He was in trouble with substances. He was a liability. He was a disaster. In between the fourth and fifth film, Poopies found recovery. I know that he’s okay with me sharing that. This isn’t breaking his anonymity.
It’s just a beautiful thing that Poopies has taken to being a man in recovery the way that he has, and everything that’s so lovable about him is intact. He’s still a disaster, but God, he’s a beautiful disaster.
You have a trio of butt-related stunts in this film: the robot prostate exam, your magic trick, and the human pretzel. What was the worst of those to perform?
Steve-O: The ping-pong ball was—oh my God—it was my nemesis. I spent a lot of time on my own tour in hotel rooms training my butthole to be able to house a ping-pong ball with the ambition of shooting it out. I was doing trick shots in hotel rooms. I was having misfires, like accidental poops. There was one aberrationally successful shot where it went vertically flying up in the air.
The one thing that I didn’t factor in was putting the ping-pong ball up my butt and then having to go through the setup and the preparation. It just didn’t work well at all to stick it up there, leave it stashed for a while, and then expect it to. My butthole really did hurt.
But I’m less concerned with the pain, and I’m more concerned with the unrealized potential of the pain. So I’ve got it kind of on my to-do list to really, on my own time, with unlimited time and resources and patience, realize the potential of that bit.
Maybe we’ll get to see your trick shots in your next solo special or something. You can film some trick shots.
There you go.
We see the legendary Poo Cocktail Supreme again in this. Is that the stunt that gets brought up the most to you?
Steve-O: I would say so, yeah. If there’s one that really has left an indelible mark on the consciousness, I’d say that is the number one. Then, falling in behind Poo Cocktail Supreme, I’d say the fish hook with the shark. Some wasabi snooters get mentioned a lot. Alligator tightrope, the goldfish, the eyebrow waxing.
This is like you’re listing off Van Gogh paintings to me. This is what I’ve grown up with and what I appreciate more than a lot of high art.
Yeah. It’s interesting, too, that people will ask me what shape my body’s in. But if you look at my body of work, I was pretty careful, for the most part, to avoid blunt-force trauma that could result in spinal cord injury.
The goldfish, super low impact. Eyebrow waxing, super low impact. Poo Cocktail Supreme, I was in a five-point harness—super low impact. I took big risks with sharks and wildlife in general, but I was fortunate. I got away with it. The fish hook and alligator tightrope, there was risk on the table, but no spinal cord injury.
So now I’m in my 50s, and when I get up out of bed in the morning, people want to know, do I have aches and pains? I’m pretty fortunate to have been able to pick my battles so that people thought I was just such a reckless maniac and really worry about the condition that I’m in. I’m actually in really good condition and super good health.
We’re seeing your smarts on Nation’s Dumbest as well currently, which is a hilarious show.
This was the last Jackass movie. Would you ever be open to a Wildboyz movie or a reunion? I assume that’s a bit easier on your bodies.
I’m too sensitive about animal rights. To film with animals is really tricky. In order to get them to produce good footage, it’s too much manipulation. It’s just really difficult. Out of respect for animals, I wouldn’t want to do any more Wildboyz.
Thanks to Steve-O for taking the time to talk about Jackass: Best and Last.
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