“Jackass” Star Arrested For Climbing Crane
Glover hung his inflatable whale with an anti-SeaWorld message off the tip of the crane while also shooting off fireworks.
Firefighters responded and deployed air cushions in case the man jumped, but he climbed down and was taken into police custody, Stewart announced about an hour later.
Last August, he climbed on top of a freeway sign in San Diego and attached the word “sucks” after the words “Sea World”. When he reached the top of the crane, he inflated a killer whale which had “SeaWorld Sucks” scrawled across it. According to police, he then lit a firecracker or fireworks at the summit.
The Los Angeles Fire Department reportedly thought it might be someone attempting to commit suicide, but Steve-O’s Facebook page had his real intentions in mind. A call to SeaWorld has not been returned.
Glover’s consultant did not instantly reply to a request for remark.
Steve-O had hinted at the stunt in an Instagram post on Saturday that showed him with “Shammy”.
SeaWorld seems to be having a rough several weeks after the “Blackfish” documentary was released nationwide.
He warned on Facebook yesterday that he would “do a big unsafe stunt in Los Angeles tomorrow that will probably get me in a lot of trouble”.
The owners of the building called him reckless and irresponsible, but his fans ate it up: his posts on social media about the climb received thousands of shares. His third and final stream was titled, “Anyone wanna bail me out of Jail?” and this got even more views, which touched 8.6 million.
“Cops are going to have to wait for kind of a while I think”. Hearing sirens now, ‘ he posted as the vehicles began to arrive.
SeaWorld, Steve-O’s target, has been widely criticized since claims emerged that the parks treat their whales and other large mammals inhumanely.