Professional Idiot

Desperate to become famous--and willing to die trying--one of the stars of Jackass found that, as his stunts got crazier and his fame grew, so did his drug addiction, in this no-holds-barred memoir that recounts his glory days, his battle with drugs and his path of recovery and redemption.

Stephen "Steve-O" Glover has made a career of doing crazy, dangerous, unhealthy, ill-advised stunts for the amusement, delight and occasional disgust of audiences around the world. Besides being one of the breakout stars ofJackass' three-season run on MTV, Steve-O starred alongside fellow Jackass alum Chris Pontius in the extreme travel showWildboyz, which ran on MTV for four seasons and his own Dr. Steve-O series on the USA Network. In 2009, the newly sober Steve-O lasted six weeks on the ABC reality series,Dancing With the Stars, despite the fact that he couldn't dance to save his life. He figured prominently in the first twoJackass feature films, both of which debuted at #1 at the box office, and will be a main player again in the third installment,Jackass 3D, which hits theatres in October 2010. He's also been a frequent guest on theTonight Show with Jay Leno, the Howard Stern Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live, andLoveline. Professional Idiot is his first book.