Jackass air stunt for first time in 25 years which got crew member arrested and was too extreme for TV

Jackass is coming to an end after almost three decades, with Johnny Knoxville repeatedly stating in their new film Best and Last that this time is genuinely the last ever.

The new film has continued the Jackass tradition of being equal parts controversial and gross, with one particular newly filmed stunt causing walkouts after the group played Laxative Twister.

Best and Last is not all new stunts though, with Knoxville, Steve-O, and co releasing some of the craziest stunts that never made it to air.

One example of this is the Jackass stunt that started it all where Knoxville shot himself in the chest, but another one included in the film may have been even more dangerous when you take all the context into account.

This stunt, which MTV refused to put in the TV show, was aired for the first time in Best and Last and led to Knoxville having guns pointed at him and got a crew member arrested.

Knoxville pretended to be an escaped convict, and unsurprisingly people called the police

Knoxville in the unaired Jackass prank (MTV)

The prank was quite a simple one, it saw Knoxville walk into a random store whilst wearing an orange jump suit and handcuffs with dirt all over his face.

Asking for a hacksaw, the stunt man and celebrity scared off everyone in the story pretty quickly, leading them to call the cops.

Check out the full scene here, when it leaked online a few years ago:

It was a fairly Looney-Tunes esque scene when police did arrive, training guns on him but forgetting to take their car out of drive – leading it to slam into a nearby lamppost.

Whilst MTV were not allowed to air the footage, they were still banned from filming in West Hollywood for a decade according to Best and Last.

Knoxville has admitted he regretted the prank

In an appearance on Steve-O’s Wild Ride podcast in 2024, Knoxville admitted it was one of the rare stunts that he actually regrets.

He said: “It got a huge reaction, and four or five carloads of cops show up, and they all have their guns out.”

Knoxville stated that Spike Jonze, the series producer, and director Jeff Tremaine weren’t sure what to do and had considered running away.

He continued: “One of our producers got arrested, Veena Mehta got arrested, and I regretted that because I was on the set. I was the one who should have got arrested, but I really didn't know how things worked.”

Jackass: Best and Last is available to watch in cinemas now.