Jackass's Steve-O Thanks Johnny Knoxville

Jackass weirdo Steve-O has taken to his blog to reveal that he is currently in the psychiatric ward on a Los Angeles hospital after being forced by close friends including Johnny Knoxville to seek help for his problems.

In his blog, entitled You Should All Know I’m In The Looney Bin, Steve-O confides about being bi-polar. He also admits to damaging his brain by abusing drugs.

The 33-year-old writes: "'Before the day when Johnny Knoxville, Jeff Tremaine, Big Regg, Swizz, Rick Kosick, Dimitry Elyaschevich, Cordell Mansfield, and Trip Taylor came to my home and, physically, forced me into the hospital, I had thought of 'bipolar' as a 'good' thing.

“I rationally deduced that, with our time in this life being so limited, it was productive to stick to nothing but extremely high 'highs', and extremely low 'lows.'

"I figured that, since I am an extraordinarily 'tough' individual, I could handle it.

"After four days in a psychiatric ward... I am no longer '5150-status' (which was the three-day 'hold' on me, resulting from suicidal behaviour). I am now '5250-status' (which means that the 'hold' has been extended to 14 days, for the exact same reasons).

"I'm not getting out of this 'insane asylum' any time in the immediate future, so, I'm going to learn as much from the experience as possible.

“So far, I've figured out that I did a great deal of damage to my brain by abusing drugs and, now that they've all worn off, I'm facing the consequences."

The stunt-man was allegedly placed on suicide watch last week after emailing worrying messages to friends.

See the video below, filmed just last week, to witness Steve-O's volatile behaviour.