Steve-O begged friend Bam Margera to “choose recovery” amid his years-long battle with drug and alcohol addiction.
After Margera went on a social media rant while allegedly under the influence, Steve-O warned his “Jackass” co-star that he is walking a fine line.
“Bam, last night you had your five year old son with you on stage at my show, and you were blessed with the chance to spend another day or two with him — then as soon as you left my show, you stayed up all night getting loaded enough to think it was a good idea to post more vile nonsense like this,” Steve-O — who has been sober for nearly 15 years — claimed in a now-deleted comment, referring to Margera’s son, Phoenix
He continued, “You say you want to have a relationship with your son, but your actions guarantee the exact opposite will happen. I brought you on tour with me in hopes that I could get you to see what’s possible for you if you choose recovery.”
While the “Wild Ride” host said he has tried “everything” to help his friend, he knows no one can “force” Margera, 43, “to get honest and do the work of recovery.”
Margera has apparently been an opening act on at least nine stops of Steve-O’s current “The Bucket List Tour,” and both performers have recently posted several images of them together on each of their Instagram accounts, showing the two chummy and seemingly at ease.
I hope you understand how awful that is,” Steve-O continued in his deleted rant. “You say you want to have a relationship with your son, but your actions guarantee the exact opposite will happen. I brought you on tour with me in hopes that I could get you to see what’s possible for you if you choose recovery.”Watch video here