I think ‘acrimonious’ is the word," Steve-O tells EW.
It was maybe two days later, the phone rang, and it was Knoxville.
I was terrified to answer it, but I did.

Steve-O’s new book — ‘A Hard Kick in the Nuts: What I’ve Learned From a Lifetime of Terrible Decisions’.
I was expecting to hear him say, ‘How dare you?!'"
Knoxville had read the entire manuscript in one sitting and called Steve-O immediately.
It blew me away.

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He has no issue with that, and I appreciate that so much."
I’m in a really messed up situation.
I’m Steve-O in my 40s,’ " he says.
“It actually counts as a joke.
It gets a laugh.
Middle age really is a f—ing hard kick in the nuts.”
And Steve-O promises that it does not hold back “however unflattering the situation,” he adds.
“I think I’m balls-deep in middle age.
I don’t think I’m approaching it.
I feel good about who I am because I’m not creating wreckage anymore.
But I’m still every bit the attention whore that I’ve always been.”
“I really let it ride, the stories of what brought me into recovery for sex addiction.
but I just go ahead and do it.
I acknowledge how awful it sounds, and I move forward.
But just because he’s getting older and wiser doesn’t mean he’s done making terrible decisions.
“I have a very distinct to-do list,” he says.
If it’s XXX-rated, who cares?
I just go for it, and I raise the bar for crazy.
I know that I’m going to have a huge penis tattooed on my forehead.
That’s just some of the stuff.”
I’m going to do it."
Sounds like the perfect content for his next book.