The highs and the lows. Whereas Bam Margera made headlines as one of many outrageous cohosts on MTV’s Jackass, he has admittedly struggled over time.
“It simply looks like every part at one level got here crashing down,” Margera — actual title Brandon Cole Margera — mentioned throughout an April 2016 look on Household Remedy With Dr. Jenn, revealing his struggles with substance abuse. “That’s when it wasn’t even consuming for the enjoyable or for the social a part of it. It was simply consuming as a result of [of] complete despair, kinda.”
On the time, the Pennsylvania native famous that the dying of his late MTV costar, Ryan Dunn, was a contributing issue.
“[It was] simply the very fact of [me] simply being fully misplaced,” Margera added. “Like, ‘All the things sucks, and the one factor that doesn’t suck is that this bottle of Johnnie Walker.’”
Since then, the previous skateboarder has been candid about how his challenges have affected his household, together with his spouse, Nicole Boyd, and their son, Phoenix.
“Dr. Phil, I want your assist in an enormous, massive means,” Margera wrote through Instagram in August 2021, referring to TV persona Dr. Phil McGraw. “My household is in shambles. It’s worse than it’s ever been. #dr.phil bam margera wants you to save lots of household from falling aside for good.”
Within the since-deleted put up, the Viva La Bam alum informed the speak present host he “can’t stand” his spouse, whom he married in 2013.
“[Our son is] one of the best and I like him to dying, and Nicki is aware of that. And if we separate, I do know she’s gonna use him as bait. I ain’t enjoying that f–king sport, so you may have him,” Margera alleged on the time. “The one individual I consider is you, [Dr. Phil]. After I watch you, I’m like, ‘That’s what I might have mentioned! That’s what I might have mentioned!’ The one individual that I’ll consider on the planet is Dr. Phil.”
After finishing a number of remedy packages, Margera celebrated one yr of sobriety in Could 2022.
“ONE YEAR of remedy!🤘💜,” he wrote through Instagram on the time,💜” including “F—ok 12 months,” “Bam’s Again” and “Bam’s Free” hashtags to his put up.
Nonetheless, the Gnarkill musician’s struggles made headlines one month later after it was reported that Margera fled an in-patient remedy program in Florida, the place he has since been lacking. In keeping with a police report, obtained by TMZ, he was sad with the ability’s companies after arriving beneath a courtroom order.
“Habit remedy is commonly a bumpy street. Nikki Margera and their son Phoenix hope he’ll flip up shortly and re-dedicate himself to sober dwelling — for himself and for his household,” Boyd’s lawyer, David Glass, informed Us Weekly in a press release on the time. “Nikki stays devoted to supporting Bam in his restoration.”
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