Ever since news broke yesterday that “Jackass” star Ryan Dunn passed away after being involved in a fatal car crash with another passenger his co-stars have been writing about their sadness on their Twitter accounts. But Roger Ebert instead decided to slam him for his drink driving.
First of all a recap on the latest stories about Ryan drinking before the accident, TMZ reports that before Ryan got behind the wheel of his car he downed 3 beers and 3 shots at a bar in Philadelphia after hanging out with some friends. Although a person who was in the bar that night said he was “wasted and had a lot to drink.” The autopsy is already underway on Ryan’s body which will determine if alcohol did indeed play a factor in the Jackass stars death although there is no word on when the toxicology results will be released.
Ebert has obviously been reading the news since the crash because he immediately took to his Twitter account to say “Friends don’t let jackasses drink and drive”. It hadn’t even been a day since Ryan died. This didn’t settle too well with Ryan’s co-star Bam Margera who fired back early this morning with “I just lost my best friend, I have been crying hysterical for a full day and piece of shit roger ebert has the gall to put in his 2 cents About a jackass drunk driving and his is one, fuck you! Millions of people are crying right now, shut your fat fucking mouth!”
While I agree with Ebert about drink driving I think his opinion was given way to soon to the death and just comes across as douchey and insensitive. As for what the other Jackass stars have said since the death here you go:
Johnny Knoxville wrote “Today I lost my brother Ryan Dunn. My heart goes out to his family and his beloved Angie. RIP Ryan , I love you buddy.”
Jason Weeman wrote: “RYAN DUNN– a super awesome memory was at the J RODY walston & the business show!!! I MISS YOU BUD!! You were always a happy kick-ass dude!!”
Steve-O wrote: “I don’t know what to say, except I love Ryan Dunn and I’m really going to miss him.”
It’s all very sad. What’s your opinion on Roger Ebert‘s tweets – is he right or is it too soon?
“Jackass” star Ryan Dunn has passed away after he was involved in a car accident at around 3 am this morning. According to several reports his Porsche went over a guardrail in West Goshen Township, Pennsylvania Bam Margera‘s mother confirmed the sad news to TMZ.
Ryan, who was just 34-years-old, was in the car with an unidentified person and they were both killed in the accident after the car went over the guardrail and then crashed into a tree before catching on fire. At first it was unclear as to who was driving the car but it has now been confirmed that the Jackass star was the driver
Police say that Ryan was identified by his tattoos and they are still trying to identify who the passenger was, they also say that speed may have been the cause of the accident. However there is the possibility that drink may have been a factor in the accident because a couple of hours earlier Ryan posted the following photo on his Twitter account that showed him and two friends drinking at a bar, it’s unclear what exactly he was drinking:
Ryan has starred in all of the Jackass movies and he became most famous for the scene that showed him shoving a toy car into his rectum in the first movie. MTV have released a statement on their Twitter account that said “We’re deeply saddened by the passing of a member of the MTV family, Ryan Dunn. Our hearts and thoughts are with his friends and family.”
May he rest in peace. I’m sure more and more info will come out over the next few days.
West Chester, PA police are reporting that “Jackass” star Bam Margera has been hospitalized after he was attacked by a woman wielding a bat outside his bar early this morning.
According to reports, there was a fight at Bam’s bar (called The Note) in West Chester. At some point a woman cracked him in the back of the head with a baseball bat, and Bam was taken to Chester County Hospital. The unidentified woman was arrested and charged with assault.
During a CNBC interview on Monday, President Obama called hip-hop artist Kanye West a “jackass” over his behavior at the MTV Video Music Awards.
Kayne West interrupts the president.
Obama’s colorful remark was actually made in an off-the-record portion of the interview that was tweeted — and then deleted — by ABC News reporter Terry Moran.
“Pres. Obama just called Kanye West a ‘jackass’ for his outburst at VMAs when Taylor Swift won. Now THAT’S presidential,” Moran wrote.
Politico’s Michael Calderone has ABC’s statement apologizing for Moran’s journalistic breach.
President or not, he’s calling it like he sees it — Obama keeps things real.
I just wrote the following few paragraphs to try to show off my storytelling and writing ability, in hopes that a book agent will be impressed enough to consider pitching a book deal for me. Compared to the box of video tapes I handed over to be turned into this Sunday’s MTV documentary about me, the thousands of e-mails that I have archived over the years are a much scarier, and plentiful, source of material. I’ve definitely got a book in me, and I’m pretty sure I can write it, too:
In April of 2002, while we were in the middle of shooting the first jackass movie, I got pulled over by a cop in Beverly Hills. The tag on my license plate was expired, my Florida driver’s license was suspended, and I had no insurance. The cop was really cool, he told me that I was breaking enough laws that it was a criminal matter he needed to arrest me for, but he got permission from the police station to release me on the spot after giving me an official piece of paper with a court date on it. My car wasn’t so lucky, the cop told me he had no choice but to have it towed, which he did after calling me a taxi.
As I rolled away in that cab, I said goodbye to my Clown College-issued clown shoes, costume, and make-up, my juggling torches and stilts, and everything else that was in that car- because I’d decided that the tow yard could keep it. I didn’t bother showing up to court, either, which wound up meaning that I had a warrant out for my arrest for six straight years, from 2002-2008. That’s right, when I was waving all that marijuana around in front of those cops in 2005, I had a warrant out for my arrest. I thought it was funny, too. While I was very drunk one night, a bunch of cops stopped me to ask if they could get a photo with me, and I bluntly told them that I had a warrant out for my arrest. They asked me what my real name is and I asked, “If I tell you that, won’t you have to arrest me?”. They said, “Fuck no! What’s your name?” I told them, then one of them looked me up and said, “Yup, you’re hot for 10 G’s!”. They, literally, appraised my warrant, told me to enjoy the rest of my evening, and left me drunk in the streets. For years, I couldn’t help but to try my ass off to get arrested, and it just wouldn’t work.
For the years between 2002-2008, it made total sense to not own a car, because I wasn’t ever sober. Sure, sometimes work (especially Wildboyz) kept me from being really loaded, but anytime I wasn’t working, I was loaded. For my first year of sobriety, it made sense to not own a car as well, because it would have been too tempting to drive the hell out of dodge and get loaded. Not owning a car finally stopped making sense, though, so I got a California driver’s license today, then went and bought a car and insurance. Check it out, it’s my new Nissan Versa!
