The Jackass guys have been submitting their bodies to an absurd amount of punishment for over 20 years now, so it should be no surprise that the number of injuries they’ve gone through surpasses that of an NFL roster.
Funnily enough, since first debuting on MTV in October 2000, the main cast of Jackass can now look back at a career that would actually rival and beat most professional athletes, at least in terms of longevity. While Jackass Forever may sound like the title of a swan song affair, the truth is that with such extensive medical records and a Madden X-Factor for painful stunts, it’s hard to say whether the gang will be calling it quits or continue winging it for years to come.
See, according to Nova Legal Funding, all those stunts would have racked up some astounding medical bills for the Jackass cast, with star of the show Johnny Knoxville leading the pack on a staggering estimate of $8,663,000 that includes everything from alligator bites, broken ribs, 16 concussions, several broken bones, and one “eye out of socket.” Although many might think Steve-O would be second ($5.82m) with injuries that include fractured vertebrae and skull, skin grafting, and, again, many broken bones, it’s actually “Danger Ehren” McGhehey who takes the silver ($7.38), perhaps due to his injuries requiring even more surgical interventions.
Rounding up the top six spots are Dave England ($1.65m), Jason “Wee Man” Acuña ($165k), and Preston Lacy ($75k), which really says a lot about how the top players dominate most of the stats, even in Jackass. Whichever company is in charge of providing health insurance for the Jackass cast must definitely be charging some hefty premiums, because these are possibly some of the highest net risk individuals in the world.
While a company dedicated to providing pre-settlement loans so that people who have suffered personal injuries can afford legal fees may not being the best source, the fact of the matter is that considering the United States has the highest healthcare costs in the world, these numbers are not that wild. Maybe an even more interesting experiment would be to analyze how much these injuries would have cost in other countries.
Those wanting to see the world of pain guaranteed by Jackass Forever will have to wait until February 2022, with the latest of these delays not being linked to Bam Margera’s pending lawsuit against Jackass, according to Steve-O. Jackass is no Shang-Chi, so it’s safe to say potentially gross slapstick comedy films with limited reach also have to consider how the pandemic impacts its box office earnings.
Jackass Forever is scheduled to be released in theaters on February 4, 2022.
Source: NME; fundmylawsuit.com