Bam Margera Returns in Jackass 5 with Archival Footage Amid Feud

It was not too long ago revealed that Johnny Knoxville can be reuniting the workforce for a brand new addition to his long-running franchise titled Jackass 5, as a result of be launched on June 26. Nonetheless, what was most stunning was who was returning to seem within the film, and that’s Bam Margera.

As reported in Selection, Margera will probably be showing in Jackass 5, however not in new footage, and as an alternative in never-before-seen archival footage. His look may sign that issues between Knoxville and Margera have cooled after a protracted feud between the 2. Margera was an authentic solid member however was kicked from Jackass Eternally, launched in 2022, as a result of violating a “wellness settlement.”

The settlement required common drug and alcohol exams, which was filed in a lawsuit by Margera and later dropped, stating he was coerced into signing the settlement throughout his stint in rehab in 2019, and was fired as a result of testing optimistic for Adderall, which Margera claims was taken by prescription for a decade.

For the reason that fallout, Margera has suffered from quite a lot of well being points and has been out and in of rehab. Knoxville spoke later about his co-star and stated, “I really like Bam, I need him to get effectively and keep effectively. I solely need him to get higher. That’s step one. He has to take that step and preserve that step.”

Final yr, Margera had said he had little interest in a Jackass reunion after publicly bashing his Jackass co-stars and his time on the collection:

“What they did to me, making me go to remedy and paying for it, after which not placing me in a film, and, you realize, I needed to go to courtroom over it. You couldn’t provide me sufficient cash to need to do one other ‘Jackass’ with them. The injury has been finished.”

Margera was extensively identified for his time as a part of MTV’s Jackass tv collection and the next three motion pictures. He endured a whole lot of loopy stunts all through his time in Jackass, together with being branded, being positioned in snake pits, shot with rubber bullets, and that includes his dad and mom in loopy pranks.

Jackass 5 was introduced by Knoxville and the workforce on Instagram, stating the franchise would return on June 26, that includes new stunts and archival footage from earlier tasks that had been scrapped.