Bam Margera issues update on his life now after not appearing in new Jackass scenes
Former Jackass star Bam Margera has spoken out to update fans on his life, after he didn't return to film any new scenes for the final film, Jackass: Best and Last.
There was a high profile falling out between Margera, Steve-O and Johnny Knoxville after he was fired from the fourth movie, Jackass Forever, for allegedly failing a drug test.
Margera responded by filing a lawsuit alleging wrongful termination, which he eventually dropped after eight months.
The star said he failed the test due to taking an Adderall prescription for his Attention Deficit Disorder.
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Knoxville and Steve-O recently told USA TODAY that they reached out to Margera about appearing in the final film, and he gave permission for them to use archive footage which was cut from the fourth film following the fallout.
However, he refused to return to film anything new, and has now updated fans about how he is faring in 2026.
In a video on YouTube, the star updated fans about his sobriety and how his copes with being 'bored'.
He confessed: "Boredom is my trigger.... I usually would look across the street, see an Irish pub, and go, 'That looks like fun' and I'd do that all day till the sun comes up."
"Now that that's not in the equation, if I'm bored, I have to do something like skateboard or paint a picture or go run around the block or anything a bit more productive than being at the Irish pub all day getting drunk," he explained.
He credited it as 'the best decision I made' because being at the gym or skating is 'way more positive' than the ay he had been living before.
He has been looking back on his life choices so far: "If I didn't start drinking, my life would probably just be pretty much what it is now, except more neat stuff from more neat skate tricks because I took 10 years off to not do any at all."
"So, I would be more advanced on a skateboard and I probably have a lot more sponsors and stuff, but I'm happy with the stuff that I have right now. So, I can't necessarily say that I regret it. I did what I did and that's what it was. Everything happens for a reason.
As for the future, he said he doesn't 'want to put too many eggs in one basket. I just want to focus on one thing.'
He aims to keep learning new tricks as a professional skateboarder, even though he thought 'you can't teach an old dog new tricks or whatever, but that's not true because I'm 46 and I just learned a brand new trick the other day!"
Margera added: "I just need the time and patience to be at a place like the skate park in Tampa, where we're at right now, to go down and learn it."
"So, I just want to skateboard....hanging out with my wife that got my legs back to being 20 again," he joked, adding that his wife is a stretch coach.
He seems to have moved on from his previous anger, where earlier this year Margera told TMZ he was left with 'PTSD' from the firing: "I have a lot of PTSD from it all. I'm just too hurt by it, and I already accepted the fact that I don't want anything to do with it anymore," he said.
Before the final film was announced, he had made it clear he didn't approve. “If there were even any brainstorming thoughts about a Jackass 5, they would not be at liberty to call it Jackass anymore. There is no more ass.
“There's no more CKY, no Dunn, no Dico, no Rake, no Ape and Phil. Bam got replaced by a guy named... Poopies, and it's just Big Brother now.”
He finished by saying: "Can't wait to not see it.”
His latest interview is a much more positive update from the star.
Topics: Bam Margera, Jackass, Celebrity, US News
Jen Thomas