Professional Idiot
A Memoir
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Stephen Steve-O Glover
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Stu Stone
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full cast
About this listen
Fame can be addictive. From his early days videotaping crazy skateboard stunts to starring in the blockbuster Jackass franchise, there was little that Stephen “Steve-O” Glover wouldn’t do for attention. Whether it was stapling his nutsack to his leg, diving into a pool full of elephant crap, or routinely risking death invading the private lives of sharks, lions, tigers, and bears, almost nothing was out of bounds.
As the stunts got crazier, his life kept pace. He developed a crippling addiction to drugs and alcohol, and an obsession with his own celebrity that proved nearly as dangerous.
Steve-O has been a man in search of a spotlight practically since birth. Growing up all over the world, thanks to his father’s career as a corporate executive, he was the kid who’d drink handfuls of salt in order to make friends. After he stole a video camera from his dad as a teenager, his future path was more or less sealed. Footage of himself skateboarding soon gave way to footage of himself setting his hair on fire or doing back flips off apartment buildings into shallow pools. After detours to several hospitals, a couple of jails, and Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College, he landed, quite naturally, on MTV’s Jackass, in 2000.
He took to fame like it was the very thing missing from his life, but it was never enough. He filled the void with booze and drugs, and soon began treating his entire life like it was one big—and supremely risky—stunt.
In 2008, Steve-O holed up in his West Hollywood apartment, where he drank, snorted, smoked, huffed, and swallowed drugs around the clock—and began broadcasting his downward spiral on the Internet. Finally, his Jackass comrade, Johnny Knoxville, and seven other friends staged an intervention and forced him into a psychiatric ward against his will, ultimately saving his life. Today he has been clean and sober for more than three years.
Professional Idiot recounts the lunacy, the debauchery, the stunts, the drug addiction and the path to recovery and redemption with the same bravado and humor that have endeared Steve-O to so many. Hilarious, harrowing, and inspiring all at once, Professional Idiot will entertain those who’ve been with him on his many wild rides, as well as surprise and intrigue those who know him only as the guy willing to do anything—no matter how painful—for a laugh.
©2011 Ballbag, Inc. f/s/o Stephen Glover. (P)2011 HyperionWhat listeners say about Professional Idiot
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- Anonymous User
- 31-08-2020
Great book
This is a great book. The only downside is Steve-O doesn't read the whole thing.
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- Anonymous User
- 22-07-2023
Great story telling
Loved hearing Steve’s story in all it’s chaotic glory. He is an inspiration, not just for sober living, but for anyone who is seeking a lifestyle change through changing old habits.
It’s was well read by various narrators.
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- Anonymous User
- 14-07-2018
Absolute gold
Bloody good story, great how he is so honest with him self the audience and is an all round great book.
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- Anonymous User
- 03-02-2021
what a life
this is a great book. Steve-O had a crazy life
good listen recommend this to anyone who loved jackass
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- Tim
- 10-09-2019
brilliant
I didn't know what to expect when I started this. probably the best book I've ever read. he's so honest.
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- Anonymous User
- 25-12-2019
one of tbe best comebacks ive ever herd of
awsome story loved it inspiratiinal but sad and depressing at timrs but if you want it bad enough you'll do anything
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- Anonymous User
- 01-03-2018
Professional idiot
great story! and the additional narrators are great. very pleased with this purchase. Yeah dude!
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- Ellyn B.
- 28-06-2018
So much love for this
Hope this is not his last book! Steve-o is a one of kind dude and the stories he recounts are the same.
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- Theres
- 17-12-2019
What a candid insight!
Thoroughly enjoyed listening to this book. It was well narrated, incredibly open and transparent without being heavy on self deprecation or grandiosity. A tough balance for a story like this one.
I was personally never a fan of Steve-O or the whole show (and still not) but I do enjoy a good memoir and this certainly delivered.
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- Anonymous User
- 14-12-2019
awsome
very inspiring, great story of rehabilitation. a new light to see Stevo in. very good
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