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The Irish Sun
3 days ago
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- The Irish Sun
‘I've always loved my wife.. but it was bad' – Boxing legend Butterbean opens up on sex addiction in honest interview
BOXING cult icon Butterbean revealed he battled sex addiction during his glory years. The famous fighter rose to prominence during the 1990s thanks to his unique four-round matches that saw him dominating with a whopping record of 77-10-4, which included 57 knockouts. 2 Butterbean opened up about his battle with sex addiction during his glory years in boxing Credit: Focus2 Butterbean overcame his issues and remains happily married to his wife Libby Gaskin The now 58-year-old reached immense levels of fame that also saw him crossing over to Hollywood with a hilarious cameo on Jackass as well as WWE where he knocked Bart Gunn out at WrestleMania 15. However, heavyweight rivals weren't the only big challenge the American dealt with during his heyday as he also faced addiction with sexual intercourse. The Georgia native admitted he had a lot of trouble beating his demons but managed to overcome and stay happily married to his wife Libby Gaskin. Butterbean told Read More on Boxing "Now, I'm good. I'm confident in myself now. I don't have that problem. I'm a good boy now." Butterbean previously admitted that his addiction stemmed from his school years as he was bullied for being overweight and was ignored by female classmates. But now the boxer feels better than ever after also overcoming some chronic weight problems. The brawler ended up weighing more than 500lbs (35.7st) after his retirement in 2013 and found himself bed bound. Most read in Boxing Butterbean added: "When you can't walk and you can't walk into the store and get something to drink, you do get depressed. "I was in bed for almost a year, not got out of bed, just to go to the bathroom. And I ate in the bed. I mean, I didn't even leave the bed." SunSport reporter Wally Downes Jr gives his verdict on Oleksandr Usyk's stunning KO rematch win vs Daniel Dubois However, thanks to immense help from WWE Hall of Famer and fitness guru Butterbean said: "I went and moved to DDP for a while, did his yoga programme, and I'm in the best shape of my life right now. "I feel better now at 50-something than I did when I was in my 20s, which is insane. I can't explain it, but the Fountain of Youth, I dove in it and I come out so much better."
Scottish Sun
3 days ago
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- Scottish Sun
‘I've always loved my wife.. but it was bad' – Boxing legend Butterbean opens up on sex addiction in honest interview
LIFT THE LID 'I've always loved my wife.. but it was bad' – Boxing legend Butterbean opens up on sex addiction in honest interview Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) BOXING cult icon Butterbean revealed he battled sex addiction during his glory years. The famous fighter rose to prominence during the 1990s thanks to his unique four-round matches that saw him dominating with a whopping record of 77-10-4, which included 57 knockouts. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 2 Butterbean opened up about his battle with sex addiction during his glory years in boxing Credit: Focus2 Butterbean overcame his issues and remains happily married to his wife Libby Gaskin The now 58-year-old reached immense levels of fame that also saw him crossing over to Hollywood with a hilarious cameo on Jackass as well as WWE where he knocked Bart Gunn out at WrestleMania 15. However, heavyweight rivals weren't the only big challenge the American dealt with during his heyday as he also faced addiction with sexual intercourse. The Georgia native admitted he had a lot of trouble beating his demons but managed to overcome and stay happily married to his wife Libby Gaskin. Butterbean told The Mirror: "It was pretty bad. I've been married for a long time and I've always loved my wife, but that was something that I've always had trouble getting over. "Now, I'm good. I'm confident in myself now. I don't have that problem. I'm a good boy now." Butterbean previously admitted that his addiction stemmed from his school years as he was bullied for being overweight and was ignored by female classmates. But now the boxer feels better than ever after also overcoming some chronic weight problems. The brawler ended up weighing more than 500lbs (35.7st) after his retirement in 2013 and found himself bed bound. Butterbean added: "When you can't walk and you can't walk into the store and get something to drink, you do get depressed. "I was in bed for almost a year, not got out of bed, just to go to the bathroom. And I ate in the bed. I mean, I didn't even leave the bed." SunSport reporter Wally Downes Jr gives his verdict on Oleksandr Usyk's stunning KO rematch win vs Daniel Dubois However, thanks to immense help from WWE Hall of Famer and fitness guru Diamond Dallas Page as well as his famous DDPY programme, the boxing icon managed to lose 200lbs (14.3st). Butterbean said: "I went and moved to DDP for a while, did his yoga programme, and I'm in the best shape of my life right now. "I feel better now at 50-something than I did when I was in my 20s, which is insane. I can't explain it, but the Fountain of Youth, I dove in it and I come out so much better."
The Sun
3 days ago
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- The Sun
‘I've always loved my wife.. but it was bad' – Boxing legend Butterbean opens up on sex addiction in honest interview
BOXING cult icon Butterbean revealed he battled sex addiction during his glory years. The famous fighter rose to prominence during the 1990s thanks to his unique four-round matches that saw him dominating with a whopping record of 77-10-4, which included 57 knockouts. 2 2 The now 58-year-old reached immense levels of fame that also saw him crossing over to Hollywood with a hilarious cameo on Jackass as well as WWE where he knocked Bart Gunn out at WrestleMania 15. However, heavyweight rivals weren't the only big challenge the American dealt with during his heyday as he also faced addiction with sexual intercourse. The Georgia native admitted he had a lot of trouble beating his demons but managed to overcome and stay happily married to his wife Libby Gaskin. Butterbean told The Mirror: "It was pretty bad. I've been married for a long time and I've always loved my wife, but that was something that I've always had trouble getting over. "Now, I'm good. I'm confident in myself now. I don't have that problem. I'm a good boy now." Butterbean previously admitted that his addiction stemmed from his school years as he was bullied for being overweight and was ignored by female classmates. But now the boxer feels better than ever after also overcoming some chronic weight problems. The brawler ended up weighing more than 500lbs (35.7st) after his retirement in 2013 and found himself bed bound. Butterbean added: "When you can't walk and you can't walk into the store and get something to drink, you do get depressed. "I was in bed for almost a year, not got out of bed, just to go to the bathroom. And I ate in the bed. I mean, I didn't even leave the bed." However, thanks to immense help from WWE Hall of Famer and fitness guru Diamond Dallas Page as well as his famous DDPY programme, the boxing icon managed to lose 200lbs (14.3st). Butterbean said: "I went and moved to DDP for a while, did his yoga programme, and I'm in the best shape of my life right now. "I feel better now at 50-something than I did when I was in my 20s, which is insane. I can't explain it, but the Fountain of Youth, I dove in it and I come out so much better."
Fox News
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Fox News
Bam Margera says skateboarding helped with sobriety: 'I need it in my life, or else I'll die'
Not too long ago, Bam Margera was at his wits' end. The former professional skateboarder and MTV star of "Jackass" and "Viva La Bam" had struggled with drugs and alcohol throughout practically his entire adult life. He's been to rehab 13 times, each for 90 days. That's equal to over three years of drug treatment. But now, he's coming up on two years sober, and he credits his first love of skateboarding for it. "I realized I don't need to be on any medication — skateboarding is my medication. As long as I do a trick a day, it keeps my sanity sane," Margera told Fox News Digital in a recent interview. Most fans grew up watching Margera doing wild stunts on TV and in the movies. Off-screen, he'd take it to a different level. But after his co-star and best friend Ryan Dunn died in a car wreck in 2011, Margera went "down a real dark path," and his struggles reached the point where he was taken off "Jackass Forever" back in 2022. He still does not talk to the majority of his former castmates. "In 2013, when the doctors declared my legs as dry-rotted rubber bands from alcohol abuse, I kind of lost hope about skating," Margera said. "But my wife, she's a stretch coach. I stretch an hour a day, and my 45-year-old legs feel like their 22 again. So, my passion back to skating is completely there, and I do it every day. "I actually woke up eight days on life support with a tube down my throat with COVID and pneumonia, and I found out I went into five seizures 20 minutes apiece just from staying up, not eating right, drinking too much, and that was when I decided I needed to change and I needed to change now," Margera added. "When I detoxed and lost a little bit of weight, I got back on the skateboard again, and my muscle memory eventually came back. It was not easy, but now that it's back and I'm doing it every day, a lot of tricks are coming way easier." Margera admitted that even the simplest of tricks for a pro became difficult — when he was relearning his expertise, he fell and broke his wrist "for the 15th time and hyperextended my elbow with the bone sticking out." "That lack of confidence after that, I was scared to do anything… But when you start skating again every day, you start learning how to fall again, and your chances of getting injured become more slim to none." Now, Margera, 44, is a playable character in a reboot of "Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 + 4." Margera had actually missed the deadline to be in the game. But, after hanging out with Hawk one day, Hawk used his powers to get him in. "Me saying hi to him, if I would have not called him, this would not have happened. So it's a real blessing everything happened the way that it did," Margera said. "It's a real honor to be in the game. It really puts skaters on the map for people that aren't diehard skaters as there is. There's such a handful of skaters that are really killing it these days, but if I said their names, you wouldn't know them unless you were a diehard skateboard fan. To be in the game, it can get the attention of the 80-year-old grandma, 'Oh! I know that Bam Margera! He's in that Tony Hawk skateboard game!' It gives you a whole bunch of street cred that if you're in that game, you must be a real established skateboarder." For Margera, his new way of life is simple: Skateboard, or else. "I need skateboarding in my life, or else I'll die. I need skateboarding in my life in order to fulfill it," he said. "If you don't have any passion for anything, then you lose purpose. When you lose purpose, you get bored, and then boredom leads to drugs and alcohol. I can't get bored. I'm completely occupied with learning my skate tricks back." Follow Fox News Digital's sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
Daily Mirror
16-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
'I knocked out Jackass star Johnny Knoxville – he felt dizzy for six weeks'
Butterbean famously fought Johnny Knoxville in a department store boxing stunt for the first Jackass movie, leaving the MTV star with stitches and a concussion after knocking him out cold Butterbean left Johnny Knoxville"dizzy for six weeks" after knocking him out in a department store. The legendary boxer, whose real name is Eric Esch, became a cult hero thanks to his knockout power, massive size and stature and unprecedented four-round bouts. Weighing in between 300 and 400lbs during his heyday, Butterbean racked up an incredible record of 77-10-4 - with 57 knockouts - before hanging up his gloves in 2013, but many fans may only know him from his cameo in the first Jackass movie which released in 2002. The scene, entitled "Department Store Boxing" opens with Butterbean and Knoxville on their way to the setting of their bout, with the Jackass lead asking the pugilist what his fastest knockout time was. To which, the now Atlanta-born boxer replied: "Well, the California state record's like 18 seconds including the ten count," before Knoxville nervously replied: "I think you're going to break that today." Both wearing ring walk robes and kitted out with boxing gloves and shorts, surrounded by an entourage carrying signs such as "round one", Knoxville and Butterbean then entered a department store before makeshift referee Loomis Fall said: "All right you guys, touch gloves and come out fighting," before ringing a bell he was carrying around his neck. The two then immediately started exchanging blows as staff and shoppers watched the bizarre bout go down. Unsurprisingly, Butterbean dropped Knoxville, who had no professional boxing experience, in around 10 seconds with a flurry of hard hooks to the head and the body. Not done there though, the fighter told him to "get up" before allowing him to hit him with a right cross. As soon as the punch connected, Butterbean pounced back on Knoxville, knocking him out cold with a hard right hook and leaving him audibly snoring on the floor of the shop. Scenes then showed Knoxville, whose real name is Phillip John Clapp, on his way to hospital to have a cut on his head stitched up, as Butterbean was announced the winner of the unofficial bout. In an exclusive interview with Mirror Fighting via Lucky Energy, Butterbean, now 58, has recalled how the opportunity to star in Jackass came about. He said: "The funny thing, I get people come up to me all the time and go, do you remember knocking out Johnny? As if I'm the one that got knocked out and I forgot. "Yeah. I mean, they called me up and I thought it was a prank at first. I said, sure, I'll do a movie with you. I didn't realise it was a real thing. My son goes, 'You better ask what they want you to do.' "And I, so when I got there, I said, well, what do you want me to do, Johnny? He goes, we want you to knock me out. I said, 'Okay.' And later he tells me, he goes, 'I really got scared then'. He said, he don't get scared much. He said, but when you agreed to knock me out so quick, he goes, 'I got terrified.'' On the aftermath of the fight, Butterbean also added that Knoxville was unable to stand up without feeling dizzy for around six weeks. He added: "I did ask Johnny, if he wanted to done the family feud together. I asked Johnny, I go, 'Do you want to rematch?' And he said, no. "He goes, 'I had vertigo for six weeks after that.' He goes, 'I couldn't even walk towards stand up without getting sick'. We're really good friends. Me, Jeff, Jermaine, the whole, the whole group. We're really all good friends now." It comes as Butterbean has undergone a remarkable weight-loss transformation and is now plotting one last showdown in the ring before retiring for good, with Jake Paul at the top of his list of targets. Thanks to a rigorous yoga routine alongside WWE superstar 'Diamond' Dallas Page, Butterbean was able to shed 200lbs and defy doctors who told him he would never walk again after being constrained to a wheelchair as a result of weighing more than 500lbs at his heaviest. The star recently called out Paul in a promotional video to celebrate the launch of his new Butterbean's Knockout Punch flavoured drink with Lucky Energy, which the brand describes as "a tropical mix of pineapple, orange, cherry, with a heavy kick of nostalgia fruit punch." During the video, Butterbean said: "Butterbean's back for one more fight. There's only one fighter out there that wants to fight retired, bald guys. Jake Paul, I'm coming for you. I want to fight Jake Paul because he runs his damn mouth too much."
