Apr 22, 2009, 11:40 GMT
Steve-O used to be a "cocaine-addicted clown".
04/01/2009 - Steve-O -The 'Jackass' star - who was ordered to attend rehab for two years after pleading guilty to cocaine possession last year - admits his life spiralled out of control when he was a student at the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Clown College. © Chris Hatcher / PR Photos
The 'Jackass' star - who was ordered to attend rehab for two years after pleading guilty to cocaine possession last year - admits his life spiralled out of control when he was a student at the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Clown College.
Speaking about working at a flea-market circus, Steve-O said: "I was a cocaine-addicted clown. I performed two shows on Friday, three shows on Saturday and three shows on Sunday, and typically I would do cocaine through all of it without sleeping."
Steve-O - real name Stephen Glover - makes the admission in new MTV documentary 'Steve-O: Rise and Demise'.
The show follows the 34-year-old's life in the limelight - it finishes as he makes his debut on the latest series of US reality TV show 'Dancing with the Stars' - as well as his descent into drug addiction and decision to sober up.
The programme includes "extreme substance abuse, terrorising his next door neighbour, his ill-fated attempt at being a gangsta-rapper and several infamous public displays of self-destructive behaviour".
Last year, Steve-O checked into a mental institution after he began suffering mood swings and depressing after kicking drugs.
He said at the time: "My brain is f***ed up from using so much cocaine, ketamine, PCP, nitrous oxide, and all sorts of other drugs."
'Steve-O: Rise and Demise' airs on MTV on May 3 at 10pm.
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