Fame can be addictive. From his early days videotaping crazy skateboard stunts
to starring in the blockbuster Jackass franchise, there was little that Stephen
.Steve-O. Glover wouldn.t do for attention. Whether it was stapling his nutsack
to his leg, diving into a pool full of elephant crap, or routinely risking death
invading the private lives of sharks, lions, tigers, and bears, almost nothing
was out of bounds.

As the stunts got crazier, his life kept pace. He developed a crippling addiction
to drugs and alcohol, and an obsession with his own celebrity that proved nearly
as dangerous.

Steve-O has been a man in search of a spotlight practically since birth. Growing
up all over the world, thanks to his father.s career as a corporate executive,
he was the kid who.d drink handfuls of salt in order to make friends. After he
stole a video camera from his dad as a teenager, his future path was more or
less sealed. Footage of himself skateboarding soon gave way to footage of himself
setting his hair on fire or doing back flips off apartment buildings into shallow
pools. After detours to several hospitals, a couple of jails, and Ringling Bros.
and Barnum & Bailey Clown College, he landed, quite naturally, on MTV.s Jackass,
in 2000.

He took to fame like it was the very thing missing from his life, but it was
never enough. He filled the void with booze and drugs, and soon began treating
his entire life like it was one big.and supremely risky.stunt.

In 2008, Steve-O holed up in his West Hollywood apartment, where he drank,
snorted, smoked, huffed, and swallowed drugs around the clock.and began
broadcasting his downward spiral on the Internet. Finally, his Jackass comrade,
Johnny Knoxville, and seven other friends staged an intervention and forced him
into a psychiatric ward against his will, ultimately saving his life. Today he
has been clean and sober for more than three years.

Professional Idiot recounts the lunacy, the debauchery, the stunts, the drug
addiction and the path to recovery and redemption with the same bravado and
humor that have endeared Steve-O to so many. Hilarious, harrowing, and
inspiring all at once, Professional Idiot will entertain those who.ve been
with him on his many wild rides, as well as surprise and intrigue those who
know him only as the guy willing to do anything.no matter how painful.for
a laugh.

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