Johnny Knoxville Takes a Lie Detector Test | Vanity Fair

are you an insurance agent's worst nightmare no what is that that's down through okay you got me I am Johnny we brought you here today to take a lie detector test I can't believe I agreed to do this like a bunch of torture devices you have a little button you push to electrocute me why it looks like I'm gonna get electrocuted are you ready to take this lie detector test yes let's start with your life is your real name Johnny Knoxville no what's your real name Philip John Clapp you've said that you came up with your stage name because you wanted to have a snappier name correct yes what did you mean by snappier well I mean PJ claps not the does exactly roll off the tongue you know my last name's a venereal disease so you know it was even worse in high school when I had a letters jacket and I go to the mall and had clap on the back Jesus So based on your definition do you think your stage name is snappier than this person oh wow this handsome devil no I'll give uh The Rock the snappier name I'm better looking but he has the snappier name what about this person oh Old Dirty Bastard man I'm getting with the old dirty bastard oh love them in jackass forever you're shown getting your bald patch died my what oh bald patch oh yes sorry have you been dyeing your hair for a long time oh yeah I've been doing it for years sister until I let this happened have you always been a vain person oh yes you know get it from my mother is that true the first part was true do you consider yourself a silver fox no that's not true do you think you're more of a silver fox than this person well he's still piercing that ear yeah no he's a handsome devil I I'm okay but he's like a handsome devil and what about this person oh no no that's a hunk that's a hunk let's talk about some injuries okay during a stunt for jackass Presents Matt Hoffman's tribute to Evil Knievel you tour your urethra do you think that injury would have impressed him uh I don't know he was tricky he would have probably taken the stance I had no business on that bike and what am I doing and I don't think he would have been impressed I remember the one time it was an ESPN award show where we were they were given a Lifetime Achievement Award to a certain number of people Matt Hoffman was one of the people and so they they asked me and the jackass guys to give the award to Matt and Evil Knievel was there the guys were in their worst behavior that night um we walk out on stage to present the award and someone kicks Wee Man from behind and he skids across the stage on his stomach and Pontius has stripped down to nothing but his belt and he walks out on stage and he's doing a helicopter with his uh gym dog our friend Chris naraco was on stage with us and he was puking the whole time I was trying I was trying to hold it together going well you know Matt Hoffman means to me and we got cut out of this show and and they said eat someone eat said the Evil Knievel was upset the way we acted so and I don't blame him all right is it true that you didn't let your daughter watch Jackass when she was little I showed her like uh certain things like where we man was a Oompa Loompa or something like that but as far as watching a whole movie with me no that was she was 14 and I made her sit next to me and I had all of the bits in front of me and they were marked and sometimes she had to close her eyes sometimes she had to put her fingers in her ears and sometimes she had to do both so none of my I don't want any of my kids doing stunts and I've had to tell my son that a lot is it because you're afraid they'll be better than you no no I mean I'm I'm pretty lousy so it's not like you know they're gonna have to try too hard to be better than me but no I don't want my kids getting hurt you said that you had to tell your son not to do stunts yes has he obeyed that for the most part yeah he's pretty excitable but for the most part yeah so you're not hoping to have a jackass Legacy no no let's move on to your career you've had a long acting career with a lot of credits to your name is that correct I don't know you know done okay is it safe to say that your proudest acting accomplishment was your role in Coyote Ugly yes do you actually do all of your own stunts and films oh when I get on a regular Hollywood movie they don't want me to do any of my stunts except for did something with Jackie Chan and but I would he let me do like everyone except for one I didn't even go the director I just go Jackie can I do this when he's like yep I love Jackie Chan but on jackass yeah there's no there's no stunt doubles are you an insurance agent's worst nightmare no what is that that's down through okay you got me I am have you ever been denied coverage yes um at the end of the jackass TV show I think we lost all our insurance so that wasn't great I think we got we were uninsurable at that point so was being hospitalized after the bull stunts your most expensive injury hmm I I honestly don't know um trying to thank all of them and how many times I'd have to go back to different doctors I I don't know the answer to that one my concussions are probably my worst injuries I did have a blowout fracture of my left eye once where it popped out and I had to had to go back in that happened a couple times once in the bathroom and then another time when I was walking around with Pontius I with the injury I had the blowout fracture I wasn't supposed to sneeze for like six weeks or something and I'm like I have allergies but I was walking around with Pontius and he said something funny for whatever reason I went I grabbed my nose went like the word is like drunk so no no it doesn't come out that far it just it's like a little past Marty Feldman what's the most painful injury you've endured you know like the the concussions are are bad and the breaks or you know not so fun but the worst pain that I felt I think is like the pep when I got it doesn't sound like it would be the pepper spray I hated that it's like someone lit a fire in your eyes and put it out with kerosene for 20 30 minutes I didn't like that um so but I'm sure there's more painful things but that was very that was up there your co-host on prank panel is this person were you a fan of his Antics before you worked together yeah you know Eric's great yeah we're lucky to get him on that show a poor guy he had a tough first week he tried to quit the show no he didn't try he quit three times last time I had to bag him again okay I won't do anything I won't prank you anymore I really hadn't started going at him that hard yet but I think you know on his show no one goes after him and I think he's used to being the hammer and not the nail so it was different for him I mean I don't think he liked it was Eric your favorite guest Cameo on jackass now that is that is unfair yes he was you're lying who is your favorite guest Cameo on jackass I love them all let's talk about pop culture is it true you were once offered a spot as a cast member on Saturday Night Live but you turned it down well they're going to offer me about five minutes each week to do something like a video peace at that time jackass was the deal was finally getting done right within it took a couple years and so I had to choose between me going on my own on Saturday Night Live was a very competitive show or kind of bet on myself and my friends and crazy move at the time but I just bet on me and my friends it's a tough one you're very popular in the WWE community do you still have beef with this man this is not a man this is a boy just a boy it's a punk who's better to work with the WWE wrestlers or your jackass cast I love uh working with the WWE especially when it's smashing Sami Zayn's face but I also love doing jackass hopefully they can coexist together is it true that you were cast as a Ken doll in a Tom Petty music video yes and I was so excited because that's one of the first things I'd gotten think Phil Juan who directed and I shot it it was so fun Tom Petty was great with everyone and then it comes out on MTV and a girl I'd wait was waiting times with she goes oh I saw the video she goes the background no one was in focus and I was like what and I watched it it was no one was in Focus that was so heartbroken ah good times do you think you should have been asked to audition for the new Barbie movie no no so you wouldn't have played a better Ken than this person no are you kidding woof hashtag wolf look at that guy you've said that you possess a lot of prick skills yes are you a bigger prick than this person no this guy's the biggest prick I've ever met he is a real pain in the neck were you surprised when the Prosthetics were nominated for an Oscar no because I thought the guys did an amazing job I thought we should have won but we kind of hamstrung ourselves because Irvin gets his gym dog stuck in a Coke machine in the first five minutes and so all the academy members Academy members that were probably going wow that's really good makeup like this is trash and I'm turning it off right now oh well that's Show Business final question did you at any time during this test lie and we didn't catch you yes quite a bit that is true foreign

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Length: 12min 48sec (768 seconds)

Published: Fri Jul 07 2023