On Sunday March 27 , 2011 , Steve-O was arrested by Canadian authorities at Calgary airport . Officers found an arrest warrant filed in 2003 . Steve-O was accused of assault with a weapon . He was released after paying a caution of $ 10,000 . Before his arrest , Steve-O spoke about " how he outran police after a fan was , according to authorities , beaten on stage eight years ago . " In May 2011 , he brought his stand-up show to Australia , playing a show in all the major cities . In an interview with Comedy Digital Radio station Barry Steve-O explained the genesis of his comedy tour , " Someone invited me to a famous comedy club in Los Angeles and they asked that I get on stage and do something outrageous . When I got to that comedy club I looked around and it occurred to me that the craziest thing I could possibly do by far would be to try stand-up comedy . Like , that was genuinely the most terrifying , outlandish just crazy thing that I could do . " In June 2011 , Steve-O released an autobiography entitled '' Professional Idiot : A Memoir '' , co-written with David Peisner . He has stated that he follows only a strict vegan diet and is one of the many celebrities that got involved in the NOH8 project . In July , he received PETA 's Nanci Alexander award for his " voice against cruelty . " On September 13 , 2011 , during a taping of the Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen , Steve-O joked , " The last time this many nobodies were at a roast , at least Great White was playing " . Steve-O has since apologized for the comment and requested that it be removed from the broadcast of the roast . During the taping of the roast , Steve-O attempted to run into the fist of boxer Mike Tyson , but the first attempt did n't work . Later , at the end of the roast , Steve-O made another attempt and this time connected , resulting in Steve-O getting a broken nose . He also claimed to have been sober and clean for three and a half years . Steve-O was also shown to be visibly upset by Amy Schumer 's joke about Ryan Dunn 's passing , but later stated he was n't offended by the joke
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