A couple days before the stunts, if I'm doing something particularly dangerous, I will go over every worst-case scenario in my head, like this could happen, this could happen, this could happen, this could happen. I try to think about that to where it's ingrained in me.

The videos focus on the resurgence of creativity in Detroit. He said this was done by "sticking a tube into his penis all the way up to his bladder" referring to the practice of catheterization (10–11 inches). His father worked as a car salesman.

He is best known as a co-creator and cast member of the MTV series Jackass.