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April 11, 2024 – “My father was an alcoholic and I get to play softball half the movie,” Knoxville told UPI in a recent Zoom interview. “Baseball was the only thing I was ever good at.” Writer-director Lije Sarki, 46, has been sober for 10 years.
In addition to his family, Knoxville’s partner in the Jackass franchise, Steve-O, is also an advocate for sobriety. Knoxville said he witnessed Steve-O’s struggle firsthand.
“I lived a lot of that with him,” Knoxville said. “He did all the work, understandably, but I got everything in my head.”
Knoxville added he is proud of Steve-O’s focus and success. Lije said he also learned to laugh about the pain that comes with recovery, because he’s been through it long enough to learn that the angst passes.
Sarki said he recalled people in recovery sharing “heart wrenching” personal stories, only to provoke an unexpected reaction.
“There’s a guy across the room laughing about it, mainly because he had that happen to him 10 years ago and he knows it’s all going to be fine,” Sarki said.
