'Jackass' Star Poopies Almost Lost His Hand for a Risky Stunt

Sean "Poopies" McInerney used to be extremely joyful to aim his first 'Jackass' stunt for a Shark Week particular in 2021, however a stunning turn of occasions almost noticed him lose a hand.

"Boys, you want to play with sharks?" Johnny Knoxville requested his Jackass group in 2021. What's the worst that may happen, right? Well, we all know the worst outcome. And despite the fact that loss of life by way of shark assault didn't plague any of the brave and rambunctious Jackass guys, newbie Sean "Poopies" McInerney was once left with a few combat wounds.

After a 12-year hiatus, the Jackass crew reunited for 2022's jackass forever — which is the fourth Jackass film. Earning a celebratory Rotten Tomatoes score of 86 p.c, it turned into transparent that this cruel, merciless international was once in determined need of a bit of frivolous, nostalgic Jackass amusing.

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We're blessed that the ones hilarious dudes experience putting themselves through hell for our viewing excitement. In fact, the film used to be such a success that a Jackass TV sequence reboot is lately in the works over at Paramount Plus, according to Variety.

The Paramount Pictures 2022 movie features legends Steve-O, Wee Man, Chris Pontius, and Johnny Knoxville, as well as prolonged cast participants like Poopies. It's transparent that jackass endlessly solidified the YouTuber, surfer, and stuntman's stardom, however now not ahead of almost about dropping a hand.

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Why is he called Poopies?

Before we will continue seriously relating to him as "Poopies," let's talk about the origins of his ridiculous nickname.

"I got my nickname in junior high," Poopies advised Stab Magazine. "I was at my friend's house and we were watching Jackass. My friend had a gorilla mask and gloves and I shouldn’t have even said it but at the time, but I said ‘I gotta take a s--t.’ So my friend was like ‘OK, go to the busiest intersection in Carlsbad and put the mask on.”

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We love the leap from announcing you have to release your bowels to being dared to do so in public while wearing a gorilla mask. And because he was always meant to be a Jackass crew member, Poopies did just that while his friends laughed their butts off from behind bushes.

"I felt like I robbed a bank or something," he said. "Four cop automobiles pulled up, yelling ‘get on the floor!’"

The poor guy then relayed that during his high school years he "never had a girlfriend, never went to promenade, by no means did the rest with a chick because [his] name was once Poopies."

Poopies first appeared in 2021's 'Jackass Shark Week.'

"No one's ever gotten bit on Shark Week prior to, right?" Johnny Knoxville says in a video posted on Poopies' YouTube channel. The camera man tells Johnny that the TV event has been on for more than 30 years, prompting Johnny to laugh and say, "We have been there for 30 minutes and somebody gets bit." That person was Poopies.

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Though Poopies has been watching Jackass since he was 12, he embarked on his first stunt with his heroes while filming Discovery Channel's Shark Week special, Jackass Shark Week.

Given Poopies' experience with water sports, the stunt he attempted was "leaping the shark" via wakeboard. The plan was simple: Wakeboard up a ramp and over a giant pit of Caribbean reef sharks. It didn't go so smoothly.

"One and carried out. I had one cross on the ramp. I informed my motive force to go like 10 miles an hour, so we do not move too speedy, but I feel we went a little too sluggish," Poopies says in said YouTube video.

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Up the ramp he went, but Poopies didn't make it past the shark pit. Instead, he landed directly into it, offering himself up as a tasty snack to the feared ocean predators. Cue the Jaws music.

"I assumed I was going to die." He continued telling the story, clearly triggered — tears welling in his eyes — mentioning that there were 10 sharks surrounding him. Luckily (a funny word to use, but you get it), only his left hand was bit, barely dangling from his wrist. He called the attack "the scariest thing" to happen in his life.

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Sweet Poopies made sure to mention how grateful he was for the medic who "sacrificed his existence," jumping in the shark-infested water to save him.

The stuntman was put on a private jet and immediately rushed to the hospital to have two completely severed arteries and many tendons reattached by one of the nation's best surgeons. He underwent two operations.

Jackass veteran Steve-O was obviously worried about his pal, but he was also thoroughly excited by the suspenseful footage they got. "If you're making a complete restoration and this photos comes out, this will be the best possible factor that ever happened to you to your lifestyles! So, chin up, bucko!" he assured Poopies after the attack. Well, we don't know about that, but his gnarly scar is certainly a conversation piece.

Thanks to gifted medical professionals, we're just happy Sean "Poopies" McInerney nonetheless has two functioning arms. We're taking a look ahead to (expectantly) seeing extra of him in Paramount Plus's Jackass series reboot — possibly on dry land.

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