'Jackass' star Steve-O explains why he changed his mind over getting breast implants for prank series

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“On the day that the scheduled surgery was supposed to happen, I was checking out at the supermarket,” he tells Consequence. “And the person ringing up my groceries was evidently transgender, and it struck me as a sign from the universe. So I asked the transgender person if I could run something by them, and I had a conversation with this person that had a profound impact on me.”

It was this part of the plan that the person Steve-O spoke with found troubling – as the act of deliberately tricking men into thinking he’s a woman was planned so he could get footage of being “beaten up at the motorcycle rally”, which he previously explained in July is part of doing a “funny endurance” stunt.

“Just having that mentality was very flawed, because ultimately it would be an exercise in celebrating violence against trans people,” he reveals. “At least, it would be interpreted that way by some, and when it was put to me that way, I thought, wow, maybe I missed the mark on that one.”

He added that “looking back on it, I’m extremely grateful that it didn’t happen.”