Jackass star ‘Poopies’ suffered horror injuries in near-fatal shark attack while filming stunt
Sean 'Poopies' McInerney isn't afraid to admit that he absolutely sh*t himself when a shark took a chunk out of him when filming a high-stakes stunt.
The Jackass star, 39, miraculously lived to tell the tale after one of his most daring feats went horribly wrong while he was filming in the Bahamas back in 2021.
He almost died while attempting to bring the phrase 'jump the shark' to life in celebration of Shark Week when he missed the landing and fell right into the snapping jaws of a Caribbean reef shark.
Although Jackass is known for pushing the boundaries and taking things too far, even Steve-O admitted he was seriously concerned by what he witnessed that day.
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The lads teamed up to film a special for the Discovery Channel’s Shark Week a few years back when Poopies, a keen surfer, nearly lost his hand. He still hasn't been able to regain full use of it, either.
The California-born star recounted the terrifying experience which saw him plunge into shark-infested waters during an appearance on Steve-O's Wild Ride! podcast in April 2022.
Poopies declared that he would never attempt to jump over a sea full of ocean predators ever again unless he had some kind of protective suit on, as he explained: "I am not f**ing with sharks anymore.
"Like, I f**ing tested my boundaries and luckily, I still have my hand." Very lucky indeed.
Steve-O then began to narrate what he saw when his pal 'get badly bitten by a shark'. Brace yourself folks, as he described as being one of 'the gnarliest f**king things' he has ever witnessed.
And coming from Steve-O, that's saying a lot.
"It's so gnarly," he told Poopies. "It looks like your hand has been burned, like Freddy Krueger burned. And let's put it into perspective how f**king obvious it was that it was going to happen."
The comedian, 52, told listeners that the Jackass gang were left terrified after they got up close and personal to the sharks involved in the stunt.
"There was something about these sharks....Caribbean reef sharks," Steve-O said. "It doesn't sound like a scary shark, but when we threw a piece of meat in the water, it was the gnarliest thing.
"These sharks were climbing all over each other, biting everything. These were the most aggressive sharks I've seen in my life. It was f**ked up."
Poopies also pointed out that he noticed the sharks were 'hungry as f**k', and noted that it was also dusk at the time when the stunt was being shot - which is apparently 'when sharks are the most active' and 'dangerous'.
Steve-O continued: "We're throwing hunks of meat where Poopies is going to land. What the f**k did you think was going to happen?
"Every time something landed in that water, it's meat, eat it. It's food. So we're throwing it, we're throwing it and then the next thing that lands on that water is Poopies. He's food, he gets bitten."
Poopies explained that in an ideal world, he would have 'at least cleared' the sharks and would have landed in an unoccupied bit of water. Sadly, he tumbled right on top of them instead.
Recalling what he witnessed from the safety of the boat, Steve-O said: "We saw the commotion and then we saw his hand come up out of the water.
"It's just gushing blood. Because all of his tendons were completely severed, his hand was flopped all the way down. His hand was flat to his wrist.
"I just went straight to the top deck of the boat, put my face in my hands and was just like, 'Jesus'. I couldn't deal with it. I added no value to the situation, they had the medics."
Poopies said he reckons that he 'would have gotten mauled to death' if the on-site medic didn't swoop in and rescue him, before revealing what it felt like to get savaged by a shark.
Recalling his ordeal, he said: "I felt the gums of the mouth...it bit my hand and I felt the top of the of its mouth, the roof of it mouth with my fingers. It was all like slimy and s**t.
"It felt like someone grabbed you with a f**king robot hand. It was so powerful and so muscular."
If you want to see a snap showing the damage that the shark did to Poopies hand, take a look at the post Steve-O previously uploaded here - but beware, as it's seriously grisly viewing.
Olivia Burke