Steve-O Went on Record About Bam Margera and Jackass. Here Is What the Signal Shows.

To understand where things stand between Bam Margera and the Jackass franchise in the autumn of 2026, one must return to June. Specifically, to a podcast recording that has received less attention than it perhaps deserves.

On or around June 25, 2026, Steve-O appeared on the TMZ Podcast and, according to the headline filed by TMZ that day, "sounds off on Bam's Return to 'Jackass.'" This correspondent has not independently reviewed the full audio of that appearance, but the existence of Steve-O's public commentary on this specific topic is documented by TMZ's own reporting. A Jackass cast member went on record. That is the baseline fact.

What follows is a summary of the concrete evidentiary record, as it exists across sourced reporting, presented in the order it became available to the public:

1. TMZ reported on June 25, 2026, that Steve-O appeared on their podcast and addressed the question of Bam Margera's potential return to the Jackass franchise. The specific substance of those remarks has not been reproduced in full by sources reviewed by this publication.
2. Approximately two months after the Steve-O podcast appearance, on September 1, 2026, Bam Margera himself stated publicly that he would not film new stunts for any new Jackass movie. That statement, as reported at the time, came from Margera directly.
3. Margera's position within the Jackass orbit had already shifted considerably by that point: he was confirmed as the host of Fishtank Season 5 as of March 10, 2026, marking the first season in which Sam Hyde would not serve as full-time host.

The sequence matters. Steve-O commented on the possibility of Bam's return in June. Bam subsequently closed that door himself in September. Whether those two events are connected, whether Steve-O's remarks reflected inside knowledge or speculation, is not established by the available record.

And yet. A sitting Jackass cast member publicly weighing in on a former cast member's potential return, on a major media platform, is not a routine occurrence. The TMZ Podcast appearance preceded Bam's own September statement by roughly ten weeks. History will note the gap.

What Steve-O actually said about all of this remains, for the moment, a matter for anyone who pulls up that episode. This publication will update its file accordingly.