{"id":535952,"date":"2023-01-06T05:17:09","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T02:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/jackass-star-bam-margera-reveals-he-was-near-death-after-gnarly-covid-case-seizures\/"},"modified":"2023-01-06T05:17:09","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T02:17:09","slug":"jackass-star-bam-margera-reveals-he-was-near-death-after-gnarly-covid-case-seizures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/jackass-star-bam-margera-reveals-he-was-near-death-after-gnarly-covid-case-seizures\/","title":{"rendered":"#&#8217;Jackass&#8217; star Bam Margera reveals he was near death after &#8216;gnarly&#8217; COVID case, seizures"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2d20960bfee\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2d20960bfee\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/jackass-star-bam-margera-reveals-he-was-near-death-after-gnarly-covid-case-seizures\/#%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98Jackass_star_Bam_Margera_reveals_he_was_near_death_after_%E2%80%98gnarly_COVID_case_seizures%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;&#8216;Jackass&#8217; star Bam Margera reveals he was near death after &#8216;gnarly&#8217; COVID case, seizures&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98Jackass_star_Bam_Margera_reveals_he_was_near_death_after_%E2%80%98gnarly_COVID_case_seizures%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;&#8216;Jackass&#8217; star Bam Margera reveals he was near death after &#8216;gnarly&#8217; COVID case, seizures&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Bam Margera, the troubled former star of \u201cJackass,\u201d claims he almost didn\u2019t make it to the new year \u2014 saying he was \u201cbasically \u2026 pronounced dead\u201d last month.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>earing on Thursday\u2019s episode of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=f3fJP04AbO8\">\u201cSteve-O\u2019s Wild Ride!\u201d podcast<\/a>, the 43<strong>\u2013<\/strong>year-old skateboarder told his former daredevil co-star, Steve-O, 48, about his most recent hospitalization. <\/p>\n<p>Margera explained a \u201cgnarly\u201d case of COVID-19 sent him to the hospital, where his \u201cbody shut down\u201d as he had four seizures that each lasted 10 to 20 minutes. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the fourth one, I bit my tongue so hard, it was nearly falling off,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was swollen and puffy and wouldn\u2019t fit in my mouth, and I was drinking infected blood, which gave me pneumonia as well, so when the shaman took me to the hospital I went on my fifth seizure, I couldn\u2019t breathe without a tube down my throat.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/bam-margera-dead-880.jpg?w=682\" alt=\"Bam Margera attends the &quot;Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa&quot; New York Special Screening at Sunshine Landmark on October 21, 2013.\" class=\"wp-image-25258822\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/bam-margera-dead-880.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1023 1023w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/bam-margera-dead-880.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682 682w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/bam-margera-dead-880.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/bam-margera-dead-880.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\"\/><figcaption>Bam Margera attends the \u201cJackass Presents: Bad Grandpa\u201d New York special screening at Sunshine Landmark on Oct. 21, 2013.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He remembered waking up five days later. \u201cWe tried to take the tube out, and you weren\u2019t breathing on your own,\u201d he recalled the hospital staff telling him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDude, when they took that tube out, I felt like I sucked on Darth Vader\u2019s d\u2013k,\u201d Margera added with a laugh. <\/p>\n<p>The Post reached out to a rep for Margera for comment. He previously<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CmArutgrFIQ\/\"> <\/a><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/12\/12\/bam-margera-celebrates-hospital-release-after-pneumonia-battle\">addressed his medical scare<\/a> in a Dec. 10 Instagram <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CmArutgrFIQ\/\">post<\/a>, telling fans he was out of the San Diego hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Margera has had a turbulent few years. He bailed on a court-appointed rehab stint for his high-profile substance abuse issues in June, sending authorities on a hunt to find him. <\/p>\n<p>After multiple escapes from rehab \u2014 and a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/09\/07\/bam-margera-spotted-at-bar-after-leaving-rehab\/\">sighting at a Sarasota, Fl., ba<\/a>r \u2014 Margera <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/09\/18\/bam-margera-back-in-rehab-after-multiple-escapes\/\">returned to rehab<\/a> in September. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/bam-margera-dead-882.jpg?w=682\" alt=\"'Jackass' star Bam Margera said he was pronounced dead\" class=\"wp-image-25258825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/bam-margera-dead-882.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1023 1023w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/bam-margera-dead-882.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682 682w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/bam-margera-dead-882.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/bam-margera-dead-882.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\"\/><figcaption>Margera appeared in 2010\u2019s \u201cJackass 3D,\u201d but not in the 2022 movie \u201cJackass Forever.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Paramount\/Courtesy Everett Col<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In February 2021 \u2014 days after\u00a0announcing he was seeking treatment\u00a0for\u00a0mental health issues \u2014 Margera reported being fired from \u201cJackass Forever\u201d\u00a0because he tested positive for Adderall \u2014 a drug he claimed the team \u201cknew full well\u201d he had been taking for a decade to treat attention deficit disorder.<\/p>\n<p>He filed a lawsuit in August of that year, claiming he was forced to sign a \u201cwellness agreement\u201d during a 2019 rehab stint in order to star in the 2022 movie.<\/p>\n<p>He\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/04\/15\/bam-margera-settles-suit-against-johnny-knoxville-jackass\/?_gl=1*kl3f4e*_ga*NDExMjAyNzg5LjE2NDYwNzEyMzM.*_ga_0DZ7LHF5PZ*MTY3Mjk2NzU2MS4yNjcuMS4xNjcyOTY4MDQ5LjAuMC4w&amp;_ga=2.9432245.1866512193.1672678353-411202789.1646071233\">settled his heated wrongful termination lawsuit<\/a>\u00a0against Johnny Knoxville and the \u201cJackass\u201d team in April 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Margera filed court documents to dismiss the case and reportedly negotiated a private settlement with producers Knoxville, Spike Jonze and\u00a0Jeffrey Tremaine as well as Paramount Pictures, MTV, Dickhouse Entertainment and Gorilla Flicks.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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