Jackass star Bam Margera says he was 'basically pronounced dead' at hospital after multiple seizures

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Jackass star Bam Margera shared details about his scary hospital stay last month, where he was 'basically pronounced dead' after suffering from multiple seizures.

The former professional skateboarder, 43, appeared on Steve-O's Wild Ride! podcast on Thursday and described just how serious his condition got.'I basically was pronounced dead on Elvis' birthday December 8th, did not know that I had like gnarly Covid, my body was shutting down and I went into four seizures.' Health scare: Jackass star Bam Margera shared details about his scary hospital stay last month, where he was 'basically pronounced dead' after suffering from multiple seizuresHe shared that the seizures lasted '10 to 20 minutes each' and that during his fourth seizure he bit his tongue and began swallowing his own blood, which led to further complications. 'I bit my tongue so hard it was like nearly falling off, it got so swollen and puffy it wouldn't fit in my mouth and I was drinking the infected blood which gave me pneumonia as well.'He then went into a fifth seizure and couldn't breathe without a tube, causing him to remain on life support at the ICU at a San Diego hospital for 10 days.

Serious: The former professional skateboarder, 43, appeared on Steve-O's Wild Ride! podcast on Thursday and shared: 'I basically was pronounced dead on Elvis' birthday December 8th' Scary: Bam, who was sick with Covid at the time, shared that he suffered 'four seizures' during which he bit his tongue and began swallowing his blood, which gave him pneumonia 'I woke up five days later thinking I was there for a couple hours, they're like "Dude you've been here for nearly a week.