For the upcoming comedy movie Jackass 4, we have...drama. It’s no secret that Bam Margera, normally a staple in the Jackass franchise, has been kicked off the finale for breach of contract. Speculation is that it’s due to his substance abuse issues.
I was clinging on to hope that somehow Bam could work out his issues and still sneak in to the final cut. It’s safe to say that’s an impossibility now with Bam unable to come within 100 yards of the director, Jeff Tremaine, who recently filed a restraining order against him. Even for a cast that is comfortable with glueing pubes to each other’s faces, throwing snakes on one another, and shoving toy cars up their ass, there is a line. Bam allegedly threatening Tremaine and his children through texts is a million steps passed that line.
“Look at your children and grab your pocket book and write a check, if you are greedy, and cheap, look at your children again. If you don’t sign the paper, look at you children. Sign your stupid fucking contract before your not safe anywhere.”
Seems like he struggles with grammar as much as he does with drugs. But holy shit man. Threatening someone’s children is upper echelon scumbag. Bam’s lucky that the only outcome from this is a restraining order. By all accounts Jeff Tremaine seems like a pretty good dude too. When Bam went to Instagram to bash Trumaine and Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O came to their defense saying that both of them organized the intervention that saved his life. Here’s the Instagram post of Bam declaring Jackass’ betrayal:
It’s sad to see Bam reduced to your Aunt on Facebook who doesn’t understand that you shouldn’t talk about your family’s issues on a public forum. The guy clearly has problems. But it’s hard to feel sympathy for anyone who threatens kids.
I’m not sure why I’m so surprised by his behavior. I guess it’s because he held a special place in a whole generation’s heart. But his show was based on him being an asshole, he was an asshole in the movie Grind, and he’s being even more of an asshole now.
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