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Jackass star Johnny Knoxville has embraced the LGBTQ+ community’s longstanding love for the franchise.

The franchise is currently enjoying its last theatrical outing with a fifth and final film, titled Best and Last.

In a recent interview with Esquire, Knoxville, who co-created the film, TV and video game series with Spike Jonze and Jeff Tremaine, was asked about the “positive masculinity” at the heart of its appeal, which led to a mention of a then-upcoming Jackass float in the West Hollywood Pride Parade.

“It’s just kind of funnier if you’re naked,” Knoxville said. “And then, if you’re naked, you’ve got all kinds of possibilities.

“Speaking of, me and the guys, and I think I can retire after this, we get to have a float in the Gay Pride Parade in West Hollywood, and I am ecstatic. I feel like we’ve arrived, and we’re all thrilled about it.”

Asked about the LGBTQ+ community’s love of the show, he doubled down. “Well, Jackass is really gay, you know?” he said.

“So, we’re thrilled by it. It’s an honour to be in the parade, so we’re looking forward to it. I was picking out outfits today. I will be cute. Probably [wear] something nautical. My wife’s a costume designer. She’s helping me.”

Knoxville is not the only member of the crew to celebrate the franchise’s queer following.

“Jackass has and will always be gay,” Rachel Wolfson, one of the more recent additions to the team, wrote on X earlier this month.

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