Steve-O Reveals Why He Determined Not To Get A ‘Boob Job’ The Day Of His Surgical procedure – The Boston Courier

Steve-O calls it “a sign from the universe,” however it may be seen as willful ignorance.

Final week, the “Jackass” star revealed throughout an interview with the New York-based information web site Consequence that he had deliberate to get breast augmentation as a joke however determined the day of his surgical procedure to not undergo with it after talking with somebody who’s transgender.

“On the day the scheduled surgery was supposed to happen, I was checking out at the supermarket, and the person ringing up my groceries was evidently transgender, and it struck me as a sign from the universe,” Steve-O informed the information outlet. “So I asked the transgender person if I could run something by them, and I had a conversation with this person that had a profound impact on me.”

In July, the comic informed the “X5 Podcast” that he had plans to endure breast augmentation surgical procedure as a joke.

“I came up with the idea a few years ago to get a boob job and just film a bunch of legitimately funny hidden camera pranks with me in disguise,” he defined on the time. “And then revealing who I actually am.”

Steve-O described to Consequence one of many pranks he had deliberate. It included him eradicating all his physique hair, “ambushing” off his tattoos and dropping “literally 20 pounds to get really slender and petite.” He additionally stated he deliberate to put on a “pink bikini top and Daisy Duke shorts and a motorcycle helmet” in order that his face can be hidden. He additionally deliberate to journey round in a pink Vespa.

“And the plan I had was to film with hidden cameras as I rode up to big gangs of motorcycle riders, who would presumably be checking me out. And I would walk up to pull off my helmet and say, ‘Yeah, dude,’ and get this crazy reaction, which, predictably, would be contentious,” he informed the outlet.

Steve-O informed Consequence that when he shared this concept with the trans cashier, that they had a number of notes.

Steve-O stated that the cashier thought “my feeling that it was the ultimate statement of body autonomy, me saying my body, my choice. … That part was okay,” Steve-O recalled. “But the part where I deliberately went out to trick people into thinking that I was a woman and then fooling them, and then kind of celebrating the idea of hate towards [trans people] — that was a thing.”

It additionally appears that the cashier additionally felt the necessity to educate Steve-O on how their actuality was very totally different from his.

Steve-O famous that the cashier “described how they weren’t allowed to use the bathroom at their place of work, that there were like maybe 28 states in the country that would arrest them for having an ID that said female on it. That there were politicians making concerted efforts to lock them up in internment camps. It was really pretty heartbreaking, the level of oppression that was described.”

The “Wildboyz” alum stated the dialog was a sobering actuality examine.

“I thought about it in a way that I hadn’t before, where you know, wow, maybe it’s not all fun and games,” he informed Consequence. “Especially the pranks. Like, I would’ve considered it to be better footage if I was to be beaten up at the motorcycle rally. And just having that mentality was very flawed, because ultimately it would be an exercise in celebrating violence against trans people. At least, it would be interpreted that way by some, and when it was put to me that way, I thought, wow, maybe I missed the mark on that one.”

Steve-O stated that he’s lengthy been vocal about doing this gag and even talked about it throughout reside reveals during which a “number of trans people” got here as much as him afterward “to voice support.”

However he stated he couldn’t assist however ask that cashier on the day of his surgical procedure.

“I just feel like the universe put this encounter before me, and ultimately, I decided that the universe had intervened,” he stated.

Though it looks like the cashier gave Steve-O some sage recommendation, it also needs to be famous that asking somebody who belongs to a marginalized group to “educate” you about their plight isn’t the perfect transfer, both.

“This work takes a lot of energy. It’s exhausting and it takes a toll on your body, mentally and physically,” Ashley McGirt, a Black licensed psychological well being therapist, informed HuffPost in 2020 when requested the way it feels when an individual exterior of your neighborhood asks you to coach them.

“I feel like too often in the workplace, individuals feel like they have to take that on,” McGirt stated. “We feel like, well, it’s my duty to show up in that space. But honestly, your duty is to show up and do your job and be productive in that space.”

McGirt added: “YouTube is free. … If we could teach ourselves our own history, you can take a little bit of time to do the work.”

It’s unclear if Steve-O has executed any further analysis on why his concept was so offensive, however he at the very least gave the impression to be keen to take some accountability for being ignorant.

“I think it’s a very valuable trait to be able to admit when you’ve got things wrong,” he informed Consequence.