‘Jackass’ Shark Week Special Results in a Bloody Bite After Poopies’ Wakeboarding Stunt Goes Wrong

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Don’t play with sharks. The Jackass crew came to Discovery’s Shark Week for a goofy special that took a scary turn.“There’s nothing left to do but jump the shark.

What can go wrong?” Steve-O asked in the teaser for Shark Week’s Sunday, July 11, special.The episode ended with Steve-O, 47, and Chris Pontius challenging Poopies (real name Sean McInerey) to wakeboard over a shark, paying homage to Happy Days’ famous scene of Fonzie (Henry Winkler) jumping the shark.

A jet ski pulled the wakeboard, and chum was used to lure sharks to the area. On Poopies’ first take, he fell into the water and was bitten by a shark.Poopies had tendons and two arteries fully severed, and his leading two fingers are stuck erect, the stunt stars told The Daily