(TMX) – “Jackass” star Steve-O confirmed this week he is going to undergo breast augmentation for a laugh.
During an appearance on the “X5 Podcast” on Wednesday, the 50-year-old prankster said he’s been thinking about getting a pair of fake breasts for years.
“I came up with the idea a few years ago to get a boob job and just film a bunch of legitimately funny hidden camera pranks with me in disguise, in various disguises, and then revealing who I actually am, and just funny endurance stunts and whatever,” he said.
“I’ve been so particularly in love with that idea because the comedy, the opportunity for comedy, I believe is absolutely there, and it’s like the quintessential Steve-O — that level of commitment,” he said.
The augmentation will only be temporary, however. Steve-O said he would only have them for “max two months” before having them removed again.
“I spoke with the doctors, and I said to them candidly, ‘The one thing I’m really freaked out about and bummed out about and would back out of this over is if I’m just gonna be a mess afterwards,’” Steve-O said.
He confirmed he plans to get D-cup-size implants.
“You know, it’s going under the muscle, and the doctors are completely unfazed, like, ‘Two months, it comes out, absolutely no issue,’” he said.
Despite doing it all for a laugh, Steve-O said he is working with “the absolute best [doctor] in the world at giving men gorgeous boobs
I would not be surprised if this was a “ha ha it’s just a prank, bro” that leads to him coming out as transgender. I can’t say I know a lot of transgender people, but of the two that I know in a professional work environment, that first step was always “I’m wearing these clothes and this wig as a joke” to test the waters and get over anxiety before coming out totally. Of course, they don’t have Jackass money.
Maybe it’s just as a joke, but maybe not.