Johnny Knoxville Blogs About Ryan Dunn

By PopEater Staff Posted Jun 26th 2011 02:46PM

"I felt 34-percent funnier when I was with Ryan, but I guess everyone did," says 'Jackass' star Johnny Knoxville, in a new blog post dedicated to his late co-star, Ryan Dunn, who died behind the wheel of his car last week.

Knoxville, 40, says he had a difficult time expressing himself at Dunn's memorial last week and wanted to take another crack at it.

"He had such a hair trigger laugh reflex," Knoxville recalls. "And it wasn't uncommon that he would fall over from it."

He adds, "Sometimes I would fall with him, because his spirit was very contagious. He wasn't incapable of seriousness, though. Ryan was a great listener. If you were having troubles, he was always someone you could go sit down and talk to. Granted, most of our sitting down was actually standing up playing pool together, but he was always there if you were sad about something. That's why all this is even harder because right now I really need to talk to him, but I can't."

Knoxville continues: "Ryan also had an enormous capacity to love. His friends and family got a lot, but a lion's share of that went to his sweet and beautiful Angie. If he wasn't with her he would be talking about her. More times than not he would smile wide through that filthy ass beard of his and say something along the lines of, "How did I ever luck up and land her?" Well, it sure wasn't because of the way he smelled that's for sure. (Dunn despised water and rarely bathed.) It was because he had a pure, open heart, and many other qualities of which I am writing about now."Knoxville goes on to say how difficult it was to wake-up his daughter Madison and tell her Dunn was gone and how upset he is that his young son, Rocco and soon to be born daughter will never know him.

"I'm hurting!!" concludes Knoxville. "We all are because we loved you so much and now you're gone. I know your spirit lives on in me, Angie, Bam and everyone you touched, but that's pretty tough to see right now through the tears. I'm starting to ramble now, just like I did at the memorial, so I'll stop. You'll have to excuse me, I'm just very sad because I lost my brother and my world got about 134-percent less funny. I don't know what else to say right now, so I will close with I love you, Ryan. I have a lot of emotions swirling, but I want you to know I love you so very much."

Tags: Jackass, johnny knoxville, ryan dunn

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Sunday 26 June

By JEB BUCKINGHAM

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I DO feel sympathy for his friends and family, but the fact is that he was driving under the influence of alcohol, at a HIGH rate of speed, and killed not just himself, but another person too.

By copterfan

Every day I have to drive past the crash scene to and from work. I think about what could have happened if he hit a van with a family head on returning from the shore. He paid the ultimate price for being a selfish drunk.

By muljan58

The only positive is that no one else got killed, hurt mamed or a vegetable for life. Dunn got himself and his friend killed.

They got lucky, died on impact. 130-140 mph. Just because you can afford a car doesn't mean you know how to drive it.

Absoutley nothing funny about this.

By Emily

while I can truly say yes what he did was super super selfish nobody starts out drunk they end that way so therefore plans need to be made ahead of time so you odn't have the keys and your don't drive unfort when you are drunk you use E Emotions before I Intellect. so yea it is selfish and he is damn lucky and were all greatfull that no one else got hurt. however a couple things really piss me off you can judge all u want but its his freinds and family who are left behind so while I understand the anger you feel towards it at least be respectufll mostly of his fans, I'm sure his fmaily or friends are not reading this if they are I feel for them cause some peole on here act like they never ever do anythng wrong. yes you may or may not have ever driven drunk but you most likely you have gone over the speed limit, or you were on your phone or some ohter distraction . maybe none of htose thing but I know each and evryone one of us has done something stupid.so for now forgive him for what he did . and btw half ou on here that hates him prob forgave Michael vic. and prob worship him so something to think about.

By bob parks

What the hell is a Johnny Knoxville? That's about as phony a name as I've ever heard. LOL.

Monday 27 June

By mekka

unfortunately he didnt think about his children before he drove off in his car plastered. He didnt think about leaving them father-less and its too bad he didnt have friends to take the keys away from him that night. I do feel sympathy for those who loved him and are feeling his loss. Hopefully he was a believer in Christ and is in heaven right now.

By tommy G

...but this a**hole did drive drunk, & lest anyone forget, he KILLED someone else...his friend who he was giving a ride home to! Supposedly Dunn was estimated to be driving between 130-140 mph in his Porsche when, lo & behold, he lost control & obliterated the car, himself, & his friend. Knoxville, Dunn, Steve-O et al. lived on the edge because it made them tons of money. To be "shocked" by Dunn's death would be naive...it was just a matter of time.

By Deets

I also had a good friend killed at age 19 by a drunk driver that careened into the back of her car going 110 miles an hour. Driving drunk is worse than suicide because you often take innocent people with you. I too have little to no sympathy for drunk drivers who lose their life.

By tahrbo

Do a Youtube search for "Bam Margera predicted". It's quite a video.

By flyingblind1

No one is trying to say Ryan Dunn was a saint or treat his death "with the importance of a second crucifixion." Ryan was obviously a good friend to Johnny, BAM and many others. Yes, he drank and drove and took another persons life but that does not change the fact that he was loved by many. I didn't know him personally but I cried when I heard of his death. It is a terrible tragedy.

By Ted

Big deal, just one less idiot on the planet. Glad he didn't kill anyone else, hopefully the rest of these Jacka**s die. Natural selection is clever.

By ih8u

Someone's got hate in their heart. You are an idiot. I hope your mom dies!

By Mardi

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All I can think about is the poor guy he killed that was in the car with him. I don't feel sorry about his death. I'm so happy that he did not harm any other innocent drivers on the road. Why don't some of you celebrities step up and talk about his drunk driving, instead of how great he was?

By YellowRose3218

Where I am from, we never talk bad about the dead.
Its shows poor taste, and is very hurtfull to the family.
It has to do with respect, think of how we would feel, if someone talked about our own this way.

By Paige

For those of you who think he just made a stupid, selfish mistake and should be forgiven - maybe you are all right. What a wonderful world we would live in if everyone that made stupid, selfish mistakes could just be forgiven and loved for who they were. OJ Simpson - forgiven!! Jeffrey Dahmer - forgiven!! Arnold Schwarzenneger - forgiven!! The list could go on and on. They all made stupid, selfish mistakes. Give me a break! I feel very bad for his parents and family that loved him...I really do. But, I also believe there is a part of them right now that is angry with him too for his stupid, selfish mistake!!! I make mistakes every single day - but none of them put people's lives in jeopardy. BIG DIFFERENCE!

By andrew

ALL of you people are straight idiots to what the media feeds you robots! There is no proof of him being drunk behind the wheel. wait till his toxicology report to be released before you make asumptions of his death. nobody deserves to lose there life wether drunk or not.

By srsnakes

Sad. I can't help wondering though, did any part of his car end up in his rectum?

By Nancy

Sorry to say...your a sick pig.

By Lara

For those of you that have "no sympathy", put your self in his families and friends shoes. He died, he paid the most major price you could get for drinking and driving. So why say hateful things? You are all perfect im guessing? Ha, probably far from it.

By Dee

I lost my sister 3 years ago to a drunk driver. I am still angry with her murderer (who was also killed in the crash). I do understand that Ryan's friends are grieving for him and feel bad that they lost a good friend. I remember the night my sister was killed, my fiance and I were driving home from a restaraunt after having a few drinks each. After learning of my sister's death, nobody in my family, including my fiance, has even 1 drink and then drives. We ALWAYS designate a driver. Hopefully Ryan's friends and family will learn that lesson too.

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