Johnny Knoxville and Steve-O: "Jackass Gay Humor Has Been a Humanitarian Attack Against Homophobia"

Of course this picture may have been a hint.

I learned all sorts of things reading the Vanity Fair interview with Jackass 3D's Johnny Knoxville and Steve-O. Some things I had no desire to know, like the fact that Johnny's taken so much damage to his junk over the years he has to use a catheter twice/day to keep the scar tissue open. But what I was never sure of in the past was if they realized just how, well, gay some of their stunts looked. I'm glad someone broached the subject.

So listen, I’m not sure how to broach this subject. There’s a lot of half-naked men inJackass,and a lot of anal play and nipple torture and testicle touching. Is it possible that Jackass is at least a smidge gay?

Knoxville: I’m offended you just said a smidge!

It’s more than a smidge?

Knoxville: We’re over here sitting on rainbows and you say asmidge.

You’re a gay pride parade waiting to happen?

Knoxville: We’re a gay pride parade that’s happening! And in 3-D!

It’s not just homoerotic tension?

Knoxville: No, man, it’s all about release with us.

Steve-O and Johnny Knoxville

Steve-O: We always thought it was funny to force a heterosexual MTV generation to deal with all of our thongs and homoerotic humor. In many ways, all our gay humor has been a humanitarian attack against homophobia. We’ve been trying to rid the world of homophobia for years, and I think gay people really dig it too.

This was way too easy. I had all of these questions designed to lure you into admitting your subconscious desire to f**k each other. But apparently you’re not suppressing anything.

Knoxville: Suppressing?! Wait till I tell the guys you said suppressing! We’re not suppressing anything! We’re over here sitting on d**ks!

To drive the point home that they're in on the gay joke, they recently screened the film at The Eagle, to an audience of bears. There's something vaguely disturbing about all the leather clad bears in cheap 3D glasses.

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