The Sad Truth Behind Why You Don’t See Johnny Knoxville Anymore

The Sad Truth Behind Why You Don't See Johnny Knoxville Anymore

It was in the year 2000 when Johnny Knoxville was working for the skateboarding magazine known as Big Brother Magazine. When he informed the then editor that he wanted to test self-defence equipment on himself, little did he know he would create a small cult following that would last decades. Since then, the term ‘Jackass’ has been synonymous with Johnny Knoxville and his crew of ‘stuntmen.’

But since the last Jackass movie, no one has really heard from Johnny Knoxville or the rest of that cast for the matter.

And unfortunately, the sad truth behind why we haven’t seen Johnny Knoxville is in large part due to the death of Ryan Dunn.

It was in 2011 when Ryan Dunn and production assistant Zachary Hartwell passed away in a fiery car crash after their Porsche smashed into a tree at high speed.

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The car then burst into flames and a toxicology report revealed that Dunn was twice over Pennsylvania state’s maximum alcohol limit.

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The death stunned both Johnny and the rest of the Jackass family. In a statement, he said: ‘you’ll have to excuse me, I’m just very sad because I lost my brother and my world got about 134 percent less funny.’

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‘I don’t know what to say right now so I will close with I love you, Ryan. I have a lot of emotions swirling, but I want you to know I love you so very much.’

The Sad Truth Behind Why You Don't See Johnny Knoxville Anymore

But in 2013, Johnny Knoxville returned back to movie screens with Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa. The movie ended up being a huge success as it earned over 151 million dollars and cost about 15 million dollars to make.

The Sad Truth Behind Why You Don't See Johnny Knoxville Anymore

Since then, he has voiced Leonardo in the 2014 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and he’s also the owner and producer at Hello Junior which is a production company that has close ties with Paramount Pictures.

The Sad Truth Behind Why You Don't See Johnny Knoxville Anymore

He said: ‘I am over the damn moon about continuing an amazing partnership with Paramount Pictures. I have many more movies to make and bones to break. I am glad I will be doing it for Paramount.’

The Sad Truth Behind Why You Don't See Johnny Knoxville Anymore

Despite not making a ton of public appearances anymore it seems like Johnny Knoxville is back in the acting gig as he is set to be voicing new characters and producing new movies.

The Sad Truth Behind Why You Don't See Johnny Knoxville Anymore

The Sad Truth Behind Why You Don’t See Johnny Knoxville Anymore

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