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?
For years now Steve-O has called me “the Captain†and is complimentary about the lengths I have gone to to do whatever it is we do in our films. As you know Steve-O is no slouch either when it comes to being alligator bait, shark bait, or if you are traveling with him from London to Russia and back, masturbate (that last reference is for another story).
Well anyway, the small amount of courage I have been able to muster up for my bull stompins’ and rocket ridins’ does not even rate compared to what he has done in this last year. As of March 9th 2009, he has been sober for one full year and I find that amazing.
Let me put it into perspective; standing in front of a bull who wants to stomp you to death only takes 30 seconds of your time. Steve-O has had the bull of addiction trying to stomp him to death for the past 375 days now. Every waking second he is facing that beast and Steve-O is kicking its damn ass. Unbelievable. Steve-O you are braver than I could ever hope to be. If I am the Captain, you are the god-damned Colonel and I salute you buddy.
This very informative news update is brought to you by Johnny Knoxville, from his official website blog.
Just got back from Oklahoma where I was shooting “Mat Hoffman’s tribute to Evel Knievel.†Had a ball, too, even though I almost lost my own balls in the process. Don’t want to give too much away because the tribute airs Feb 23rd on MTV, but let’s just say before letting Travis Pastrana teach me how to do a backflip on a motorcycle I should have had him teach me to ride one first. Heh-heh…bad for me, good for our viewing audience at home. Have to go now. Have to empty the piss bag on my leg that I have to wear for the next two weeks until my torn urethra heals. Ouch, and see you on the 23rd. By the way, lots of great stuff in the Evel Knievel tribute besides my trip to the hospital—lots!
—Johnny Knoxville
Damn that is gross … Johnny, you friggin’ jackass!
Johnny Knoxville thinks that Jackass is actually Punk’d. Over the weekend, while Luke Wilson was hanging out at the Polaroid Beach House, Knoxville hired a plane to hover overhead with a banner reading: “Luke Wilson’s phone number 3105000082″.
Apparently, that’s really his cell phone number, and Luke had to change it. The number is now out of service.
It’s kinda funny, but why Luke Wilson? Does Johnny have something against Luke, or was it random bad luck for him? Either way, I bet at least a couple lucky ladies got some phone time before the Luke realized.
Just got back from Oklahoma where I was shooting “Mat Hoffman’s tribute to Evel Knievel.†Had a ball, too, even though I almost lost my own balls in the process. Don’t want to give too much away because the tribute airs Feb 23rd on MTV, but let’s just say before letting Travis Pastrana teach me how to do a backflip on a motorcycle I should have had him teach me to ride one first. Heh-heh…bad for me, good for our viewing audience at home. Have to go now. Have to empty the piss bag on my leg that I have to wear for the next two weeks until my torn urethra heals. Ouch, and see you on the 23rd. By the way, lots of great stuff in the Evel Knievel tribute besides my trip to the hospital—lots!
