The highs and the lows. While Bam Margera made headlines as considered one of the outrageous cohosts on MTV’s Jackass, he has admittedly struggled over the years.
“It just seems like everything at one point came crashing down,” Margera — actual identify Brandon Cole Margera — mentioned throughout an April 2016 look on Family Therapy With Dr. Jenn, revealing his struggles with substance abuse. “That’s when it wasn’t even drinking for the fun or for the social part of it. It was just drinking because [of] total depression, kinda.”
At the time, the Pennsylvania native famous that the demise of his late MTV costar, Ryan Dunn, was a contributing issue.
“[It was] just the fact of [me] just being completely lost,” Margera added. “Like, ‘Everything sucks, and the only thing that doesn’t suck is this bottle of Johnnie Walker.’”
Since then, the former skateboarder has been candid about how his challenges have affected his household, together with his spouse, Nicole Boyd, and their son, Phoenix.
“Dr. Phil, I need your help in a big, big way,” Margera wrote through Instagram in August 2021, referring to TV persona Dr. Phil McGraw. “My family is in shambles. It’s worse than it’s ever been. #dr.phil bam margera needs you to save family from falling apart for good.”
In the since-deleted put up, the Viva La Bam alum informed the speak present host he “can’t stand” his spouse, whom he married in 2013.
“[Our son is] the best and I love him to death, and Nicki knows that. And if we separate, I know she’s gonna use him as bait. I ain’t playing that f–king game, so you can have him,” Margera alleged at the time. “The only person I believe is you, [Dr. Phil]. When I watch you, I’m like, ‘That’s what I would have said! That’s what I would have said!’ The only person that I will believe on the planet is Dr. Phil.”
After finishing a number of remedy packages, Margera celebrated one yr of sobriety in May 2022.
“ONE YEAR of treatment!🤘💜,” he wrote through Instagram at the time,💜” including “F—k Year,” “Bam’s Back” and “Bam’s Free” hashtags to his put up.
However, the Gnarkill musician’s struggles made headlines one month later after it was reported that Margera fled an in-patient remedy program in Florida, the place he has since been lacking. According to a police report, obtained by TMZ, he was sad with the facility’s providers after arriving underneath a courtroom order.
“Addiction treatment is often a bumpy road. Nikki Margera and their son Phoenix hope he will turn up quickly and re-dedicate himself to sober living — for himself and for his family,” Boyd’s lawyer, David Glass, informed Us Weekly in an announcement at the time. “Nikki remains dedicated to supporting Bam in his recovery.”
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