Jackass stuntman Poopies lands gruesome injuries in shark attack that nearly ended his life

Sean 'Poopies' McInerney isn't afraid to admit that he absolutely lost the plot himself when a shark took a chunk out of him while filming a high-stakes stunt.

In a crazy outcome, the Jackass star, 39, somehow lived to tell the tale after one of his most daring feats went horribly wrong during filming in the Bahamas.

While we all love to celebrate a bit of Shark Week, he almost died during the 2021 incident while attempting to bring the phrase 'jump the shark' to life 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.

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**king with sharks anymore.

"Like, I f**king 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 it 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.

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.