Comedian and stunt performer Steve-O has revealed he cancelled his planned breast augmentation surgery prank after a conversation with a transgender person at the supermarket. He was originally planning to get the procedure done as part of a series of hidden camera pranks, but the encounter changed his perspective.
"On the day the scheduled surgery was supposed to happen, I was checking out at the supermarket, and the person ringing up my groceries was evidently transgender, and it struck me as a sign from the universe,"
said."So I asked the transgender person if I could run something by them, and I had a conversation with this person that had a profound impact on me."X5 Podcast that he had plans to undergo breast augmentation surgery as a joke."I came up with the idea a few years ago to get a boob job and just film a bunch of legitimately funny hidden camera pranks with me in disguise," he explained,"and then revealing who I actually am."The 50-year-old stunt performer and comedian had booked the breast augmentation appointment and was ready to go.
"In the spirit of 'gone too far,' getting a boob job—nuclear move," he continued."I'm just kind of looking at it like a numbers game," he said on theNow, Steve-O has revealed that while he spent much time publicizing his intent for the stunt, he didn't consider every possible angle."I didn't really have any dedicated meetings or conversations with trans people because I didn't really feel that I had to," he explained to Consequence of Sound.
Steve-O regretted over-publicizing the planned stunt, which is now not happening."It was difficult for me. Looking back on it, I'm extremely grateful that it didn't happen. I'm really glad that I didn't go through with it. But that didn't make it any easier, because I was so vocal about my plans to do that, and I've never been the kind of artist to say I was going to do something and then not do it. That was what I had trouble with, was not honoring my word.
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