Jackass star Steve-O spoken to by police after leaping off London’s Tower Bridge

Jul 07, 2023 at 5:57 PM
Jackass star Steve-O spoken to by police after leaping off London’s Tower Bridge

Jackass star Steve-O was spoken to by cops after leaping off Tower Bridge in London as a part of a stunt to advertise his TV present.

Footage confirmed the 49-year-old depend to a few earlier than leaping off the facet of the London landmark on Thursday whereas holding a Union Jack umbrella and sporting a T-shirt emblazoned with the phrases “I love London”.

After popping out of the River Thames the star was swiftly detained by City of London Police on Thursday.

Chief Inspector Rob Bell mentioned: “Officers were called to Tower Bridge at 4.28pm to reports of a person in the water close to Tower Bridge.”

After being “spoken to by officers” Steve-O, whose actual title is Stephen Glover, was let go in accordance with TMZ.

In one other incident, the star illegally climbed on high of a double-decker London bus, earlier than being photographed leaping on the roof while holding a Union Jack.

Posting the photographs on Instagram, Steve-O wrote: “I requested for knowledgeable photographer in London to shoot me illegally climbing onto the roof of a giant, pink double-decker bus.

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“The bus driver was really cool about the surprise, too – I promised him we would obscure anything identifiable about him or his individual bus! What a day I had yesterday.”

The stunts coincide with the discharge of Steve-O’s third comedy particular.

Away from the Jackass franchise – which sees the solid participate in a wide range of daredevil stunts – the star has taken half in quite a few public stunts.

In 2015 he was arrested and confronted prison fees after climbing a crane 30m (100ft) excessive, in a protest in opposition to SeaWorld.

Emergency crews had been known as to a building website in Hollywood after the star inflated a killer whale balloon with “SeaWorld Sucks” written on it after reaching the highest.