Bam Margera Skipped the Final Jackass Premiere. His Parents Went, and Steve-O Has Notes.

The final Jackass movie premiered in Hollywood on Wednesday night, and the one guy whose face is basically welded to the franchise didn't show. Bam Margera stayed home. His mom and dad went instead.

Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Wee Man and the rest of the crew rolled out for the premiere of "Jackass: Best and Last," joined by a red carpet that somehow included Pedro Pascal, Paris Jackson and "Obsession" star Inde Navarrette. The Bam-shaped gap got filled by Phil and April Margera, his parents, who showed up to fly the family flag for him. TMZ reported Bam had another commitment, and, more to the point, that he still wasn't ready to be in the same room as Knoxville and director Jeff Tremaine.

Steve-O loves him and also wants him to say it

A day after the premiere, Steve-O sat down on "The TMZ Podcast" and did the thing old friends do when they're tired of the cold war. He kept it warm but pointed. Per TMZ, Steve-O said it's all love on his end, but that a little accountability from Bam would go a long way, and there are things he wishes Bam would finally say now that he's healthy. He was also glad Bam's parents made it to the premiere even if Bam didn't.

That is about as gentle as a public nudge gets in this world. It also tells you the door is open, which has not always been obvious from the outside.

How we got here

Quick refresher, because this feud has a paper trail. Margera was cut from "Jackass Forever" back in 2021 after, by his own account, he was put on a strict "wellness agreement" tied to staying on the production. He sued Paramount, Knoxville, Tremaine and producer Spike Jonze over the firing, then dropped the suit about eight months later in a private settlement, per Variety and PhillyVoice. The estrangement did not settle with it. It has played out in public ever since.

Bam has not exactly been subtle about where he lands. In January, after the news broke that he'd appear in the new movie through old footage, he told TMZ:

For Tremaine and Knoxville to sit me down after everything I've been through... I was very angry. Now I'm not angry, but I'm just hurt. My feelings [toward] them are still "fuck you."

Knoxville, for his part, has stayed on the high road. Asked about Bam in a February Rolling Stone interview, he said, "I hear he's doing a lot better, and that makes me happy, because we've been through so much together and I love him. I'm happy he's doing well." One of these men is ready to hug it out. The other is still mid-text-message-he-hasn't-sent.

He's in the movie, just not in the room

Here's the wrinkle that makes the no-show sting a little less. Bam is in "Jackass: Best and Last." He just didn't film a frame of it. CinemaBlend reported the movie is a blend of new stunts and never-before-seen archival material going all the way back to the MTV days, and Margera was a huge part of the first three films and the original show. He struck a deal earlier this year to let producers use that old footage, even as he stayed away from the new shoot and now the premiere.

So the closest thing to a Bam reunion in 2026 is a highlight reel of a younger Bam, spliced in next to a crew he isn't speaking to, in a theater he wouldn't walk into, while his parents clapped from their seats. Steve-O wants him to come back to the table. Knoxville says he loves him. Bam says he's hurt. The footage, at least, showed up.