Jackass star Steve-O has mentioned his former co-star Bam Margera, saying he “would love to listen to one thing encouraging” on Margera’s well being.

In 2021 Margera entered a one-year drug and alcohol rehabilitation program. He beforehand instructed Steve-O that his descent into alcoholism was partly attributable to his obsession with HIM frontman Ville Valo.

Earlier this 12 months the stunt performer mentioned that he was “mainly pronounced lifeless” after growing seizures and contracting a blood an infection, and was arrested for home violence in March after a lady claimed that he kicked her.

Chatting with NME for a brand new interview, Steve-O was requested about his co-star and mentioned his hopes that Margera can get the assistance he wants, and his personal journey to sobriety.

“I might love to listen to one thing encouraging, that he’s determined to cease blaming all of his issues on different individuals,” he mentioned of Margera, including: “I owe all the things to my sobriety, and I actually made an effort to encourage Bam to decide on sobriety.

“It’s a disgrace you can’t make individuals need to get higher. He’s not going to get higher as a result of I would like him to get higher, and I can’t make him need to get higher. If he ever does select restoration then, man, I’m right here for him.”

Elsewhere, Margera was arrested again in March after allegedly inflicting a scene at an LA restaurant whereas intoxicated.

As TMZ reviews Burbank police have been referred to as at 3.45pm on Wednesday (March 29) to a disturbance at a Thai restaurant the place Margera’s estranged spouse Nikki Boyd and their five-year-old son Phoenix have been consuming.

As police arrived Margera was allegedly in a “dispute” with a lady whereas drunk, though it’s unclear whether or not the particular person concerned was his estranged spouse.

Boyd filed for authorized separation from Margera final month after the pair quietly broke up in 2021. They’ve been married since 2013.

She is requesting authorized and bodily custody of their son, spousal assist, and for Margera to cowl her authorized charges.