Steve-O called out for 'spineless response' to comedian fired from Jackass for choking out Wee Man

Jackass: Best and Last may have been a pretty emotional and heartfelt end to the franchise, but the movie has spawned some pretty feisty off camera beef between some of its stars.

Steve-O and Jason ‘Wee Man’ Acuña were called out by Rachel Wolfson, the first woman to star in a Jackass film when she became part of the new generation to join the crew in Jackass Forever.

Rachel accuses the pair of Jackass originals of ‘hating women’ in an explosive series of posts on X, sparked by Wee Man expressing his disappointment at the new cast not ‘stepping up’ in Best and Last.

Amongst her series of tweets however Rachel brought attention to an incident in which another female comedian, Natalie Palamides, was fired from the film Jackass Forever after getting into a scrap with Wee Man.

This led to Palamides posting footage of the incident, saying she’d been told ‘anything goes’ on the set of Jackass but later claiming in the comments that she was fired the next day.

Steve-O had actually been confronted about this incident last year and by the most surprising source possible: John C Reilly.

John C Reilly called out Steve-O and the Jackass crew and admitted he had ‘beef’ with Wee-Man over Natalie’s firing

The celebrity comedian explained in an appearance on Steve-O's Wild Ride that Natalie and him knew each other from clowning, stating that she was a ‘fearless’ clown and good friend.

He recounted how Natalie and Rachel had been sat around on the film, not joining in with a stunt in which the guys were kicked in the genitals (for pretty obvious reasons).

He said that Wee Man came over and started criticising them, making rude comments about how they were being paid to ‘sit around’.

Reilly claimed that Natalie had been told not to take any nonsense on set and so decided to fire back at Acuña. Eventually this led to the pair wrestling and her taking him to the ground, eventually wrapping him up in a choke and leading him to ‘tap out’ to get her to stop.

The comedy legend said: “I think he was really emasculated by like getting taken out by this girl.

“She was fired like by the next day… he was so embarrassed by [the incident].”

Steve-O’s response to this story, however, has not gone down well with fans.

Steve-O was called ‘spineless’ for his response to Natalie’s firing on the podcast

Immediately after Reilly finishes, the longtime Jackass star says: “I’m not sure that story is entirely accurate but man did I enjoy it.”

The comedy legend immediately presses him after this though, questioning if Steve-O was there, which he wasn’t, and asking if he is calling the actor a ‘liar’, saying: “Natalie is a good friend of mine, there’s no reason for her to lie to me.”

One of Steve-O’s co-hosts actually sides with Reilly, Vincent Imperati, who says that it must have been at a ‘test shoot’ for the film because he’s actually heard ‘something close to that’.

The Jackass star eventually says: “Candidly… I was just trying to create some plausible deniability so I could have my buddy’s back.”

Reilly finishes the segment by saying: “Good, well I’ve got my buddy Natalie’s back.”

In the comments on YouTube, Steve-O received some serious backlash for denying the story despite having no knowledge of it. One said: “LOL John was not buying Steve-O’s BS. John's a real one.”

The Instagram post from Natalie, sharing the footage which confirmed Reilly’s story, went viral on the Jackass Reddit, with one popular comment saying: “Steve-O’s spineless reaction to Reilly’s story reinforces my decision to stop listening to the podcast.”

Others however came to his defence, with one comment saying: “I have no time for Steve-O but I don’t think his response was bad. They’re probably one of the most lied about crews of all time.

“I’d be sceptical too.”

The wildest stunts from Jackass

Paper Cuts - Jackass: The Movie

While on paper (get the pun?) it's perhaps the most basic stunt, this one should be in the Jackass Hall of Fame for being the most painful.

Ryan Dunn gave Johnny Knoxville and Steve-O paper cuts via an envelope in the most sensitive places, such as between the toes, between the fingers, the corner of the mouth, and worst of all, on the tip of Steve-O’s tongue.

Despite these guys regularly seeing all sorts of disgusting bodily fluids, this stunt sent the camera crew into a frenzy of puking.

Butt X-Ray - Jackass: The Movie

In the 2002 movie, Ryan Dunn placed a toy car, which was in a lubed-up condom, into his own rectum.

He then went to a proctologist under the guise of a frat party accident, and after Dunn’s nether regions got a quick scan, the reactions of the medical staff were secretly recorded for the amusement of the Jackass audience.

Having a toy car up your arse is apparently so embarrassing that the doctor told Dunn to go straight to the hospital and not tell anyone about it.

Lamborghini Tooth Pull - Jackass 3D

Now, this one is bad.

As the title of the stunt suggests, for the 2010 movie Ehren McGhehey allowed his 'crooked' tooth to be yanked out on a piece of string that was attached to a Lamborghini, which of course set off at significant speed.

Speaking to GQ a decade after the horrifying stunt, McGhehey said that the stunt 'broke my face all the way up to my eyeball'.

"It took nine months to heal."

Poo Cocktail Supreme - Jackass 3D

Possibly one of the most disgusting Jackass stunts to ever exist, the Poo Cocktail Supreme saw Steve-O get strapped into a portaloo that was attached to a bungee system, and then get flung around as the contents of the toilet engulfed him.

Yep, he was literally covered head-to-toe in sh*t, resulting in the crew physically vomiting when he stepped out.

Steve-O later revealed to journalist Graham Bensinger that due to health and safety, they used dog poo instead of human... as if that makes things any better?!

The Toro Totter - Jackass Number Two

In the 2006 movie, Knoxville joined his Jackass co-stars Chris Pontius, Ryan Dunn and Bam Margera on a teeter-totter, which was in an enclosure with an angry bull.

Despite animal rights group PETA slamming the production for repeatedly using animals as a form of entertainment, this is undoubtedly one of the most outrageous stunts the Jackass guys were involved in.

Knoxville was the only one left after the bull managed to charge the others away, with him getting absolutely thrashed against the frame of the teeter-totter before making a lucky escape.