Steve-O Not Going Through With Breast Implant Stunt After Trans Stranger's "Profound Impact"
Steve-O Not Going Through With Breast Implant Stunt After Trans Stranger's "Profound Impact" https://t.co/HhPbVkW1nj
- Deadline (@DEADLINE) September 14, 2024
After a sobering conversation with a transgender person, Steve-O has decided not to go through with getting breast implants. He admitted he “missed the mark” on his idea to temporarily get breast implants to perform a series of pranks for his upcoming Super Dummy Tour, following a chance encounter with a stranger on the day of his scheduled procedure.
“On the day that the scheduled surgery was supposed to happen, I was checking out at the supermarket,” he recalled. “And the person ringing up my groceries was evidently transgender, and it struck me as a sign from the universe. 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.”
Steve-O noted, “I knew what my motivation was, I knew what my intention was, and it wasn’t to be hurtful to anybody. I was just trying to get laughs. I had done a bunch of workshop shows to test out material, and I had a number of trans people come to me after the shows to voice support for [the stunt]. And I think some people would’ve been okay with it, and some people wouldn’t have. It would’ve been a mixed bag.”
He explained he “didn’t really have any dedicated meetings or conversations” while planning the stunt, “because I didn’t really feel that I had to. But I just feel like the universe put this encounter before me, and ultimately I decided that the universe had intervened.”
When the stranger opened Steve-O’s eyes to the oppression trans people face, he said, “I thought about it in a way that I hadn’t before, where you know, wow, maybe it’s not all fun and games. 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 added, “I think it’s a very valuable trait to be able to admit when you’ve got things wrong.”
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