Steve-O says he'll never give up on Bam Margera... weeks after his Jackass costar returned to rehab

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Steve-O recently gave an update on his longtime friend and Jackass castmate Bam Margera, who is currently in rehab for drugs and alcohol.The 48-year-old former MTV star said in an interview with SiriusXM’s Faction Talk that he would 'never give up' on Margera, 43.'I love him and even if I didn't love him, I'm never gonna give up on him because that's how it works,' he told hosts Jim Norton and Sam Roberts.

Speaking out: Steve-O recently gave an update on his longtime friend and Jackass castmate Bam Margera, who's currently in rehab for drugs and alcoholThe longtime TV personality admitted that when he recently spoke to Margera 'he sounded super drunk, but he was in good spirits.'After escaping from court-ordered in-patient treatment twice, Bam returned to a rehabilitation center in June. 'It’s so f***ing nuts how he’s not just resistant to the idea of surrendering to recovery, but just how he literally just doesn’t seem to grasp the disease concept,' Steve-O –real name Stephen Gilchrist Glover – noted.The stuntman explained, 'He’s like, "Man, if I just stay busy … It’s when I’m not busy doing stuff all the time, I get into trouble..." It’s, like, that’s not how it works, dude.

You think you would know that by now.' Recent history: In June, Bam fled rehab twice and was found days later at a Deerfield Beach, Florida hotel and taken back to rehabGlover, who rose to fame in the early aughts with Margera, added, 'I’ve been physically present at almost every stop on his years-long tour of rehabs and psych wards. 'I’m careful never to try to push sobriety on anybody.