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lapstick superstar Johnny Knoxville was relaxing in his hotel after his latest on-set mishap when some dried blood in his nostril caused him to blow hard and his eyeball popped out.
Luckily, he hadn't been eating hot and sour soup or taking a bubble bath, and he was able to reach beneath, scoop it up and push it back into the socket.
It was the latest in a litany of injuries that would make the blood drain from the toughest trick professional's face -- but it was far from the most stomach-churning.
"I have, like, 15 doctors for different parts of my body and they all have a special talk with me. I don't know what to tell 'em," Knoxville shrugs in an interview with AFP.
The star -- who rose to fame mesmerizing fans with his shocking stunts in MTV's 2000-2002 reality prank series "Jackass" -- was at Las Vegas CinemaCon to promote his new movie "Action Point."
He recalls a day's shooting for the comedy abo
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Johnny Knoxville's 3 Kids: All About Madison, Rocko and Arlo
Johnny Knoxville might be the king of dangerous stunts on the big screen, but when he’s not filming movies like Jackass, he’s just dad to his kids Madison, Rocko and Arlo.
The stuntman became a father in 1996 when he welcomed his first daughter, Madison, with his then-wife Melanie Lynn Clapp. Over a decade later, in 2009, Knoxville and his second wife, Naomi Nelson, added son Rocko to the family. Their daughter Arlo followed two years later.
Through growing his family, Knoxville learned to love parenting. "I don't know if there's a greater thing,” he told PEOPLE in April 2024. “It's a responsibility and it's hard, but it's great. I love being a parent."
Part of that responsibility is making sure his kids stay safe at all times. Appearing on the podcast First Class Fatherhood in 2022, Knoxville talked about how he’s always “very concerned” about his children’s wellbeing.
“I’m like a helicopter parent a
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Jackass (franchise)
American reality comedy film and television series
Jackass is an American reality slapstick comedy television series and franchise created by Jeff Tremaine, Spike Jonze, and Johnny Knoxville. It originally aired as a TV series of three short seasons on MTV between October 2000 and August 2001, with reruns extending into 2002. The series featured a compilation of pain and embarrassment inducing stunt performances and pranks on each other and the public, with the regular cast entailing Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Chris Pontius, Ryan Dunn, Steve-O, Dave England, Ehren McGhehey, Jason "Wee Man" Acuña, and Preston Lacy.
After MTV ended Jackass broadcasts in 2002, it grew into a media franchise, which includes the spin-offs Wildboyz and Viva La Bam; five feature films released by Paramount Pictures, four of which with expanded compilation films; a video game and a mobile game; boxed DVD sets of unreleased footage of the original TV show, a short-live