"Stephen ""Steve-O"" Glover is a comedian, entrepreneur, and a longtime star of the legendary Jackass franchise. He regularly performs stand-up for packed theaters throughout the country and owns a veritable empire of small businesses. Steve-O also hosts the weekly podcast Steve-O's Wild Ride! He lives in Los Angeles. David Peisner is a freelance journalist based in Decatur, Georgia. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, New York, Bloomberg Businessweek, Fast Company, Esquire, BuzzFeed, and Playboy. He is also the author of Homey Don't Play That!: The Story of In Living Color and the Black Comedy Revolution."
Praise for Professional Idiot A disarmingly direct memoir of mistakes and course corrections studded with some useful advice. --Kirkus Reviews A great book to read before you get on the roller coaster to hell, if you plan on surviving to tell about it like Steve-O did. --Nikki Sixx, author of The Heroin Diaries Dude, this book is wildly engrossing. I finished it in almost three hours, and I literally hate books. Just when I thought I couldn't have seen more of Steve's private parts, he managed to bare even more stuff that most people would deny 'til their dying day. The results are riveting, hilarious, and shockingly educational. --Whitney Cummings I read this book all in one sitting. I am first of all blown away by Steve-O's continued sobriety and also his honesty and complete transparency in writing this wonderful book. Eternally proud of my brother. --Johnny Knoxville It's mind-blowing to me how utterly far gone Steve-O was, and how he looks back on it in this book with such intelligence, humor, and searing honesty. What a truly unbelievable life. --Johnny Knoxville The way Steve-O has turned his life around is just incredible. It's all in this book! --Dana White, President of the Ultimate Fighting Championship This is the perfect book for people who hate reading. --Tommy Lee, author of Tommyland Thoughtful and revealing, but on-brand....The new book is filled with profound observations and frank revelations. If the first [book] goes to the bone, this one goes to the marrow. --CBS Saturday Morning While one might not expect to find wisdom in a hilarious tale about belly-flopping into a urine-filled kiddie pool, Glover is a veritable expert at learning 'some valuable shit from [a] lifetime of terrible decisions.' Dick jokes aside, this is full of heart and hard-won insight. --Publishers Weekly