The host of Fox’s up to date model of Worry Issue is an actual Jackass.
Johnny Knoxville, whose MTV present Jackass was, like Worry Issue, a boundary-pushing staple of 2000s actuality TV, will host the rebooted collection (absolutely titled Worry Issue: The Subsequent Chapter) when it premieres through the 2025-26 season. He’ll step into the sneakers of Joe Rogan, who hosted the primary iteration of the present on NBC from 2001-06 and once more in 2011-12, and Ludacris, who emceed MTV’s model of Worry Issue from 2017-18.
“Johnny Knoxville is the champion of fearless leisure,” Fox Tv Community president Michael Thorn mentioned in a press release. “His wild humorousness, unmatched skill to push boundaries and tackle the acute makes him the proper match to steer this daring new reinvention of Worry Issue.”
Added Sharon Levy, CEO of Worry Issue producer Endemol Shine North America, “If you reimagine a collection as legendary as Worry Issue, you want a bunch who’s the epitome of daring charisma and spectacle, and that’s Johnny Knoxville personified. We’ll be pushing worry and social technique to locations that may redefine actuality competitors, which makes Johnny the proper host for what shall be a wild, unforgettable trip, and we’re past excited to see him unleash all of the worry (and the enjoyable) on our contestants and our viewers.”
Fox introduced its Worry Issue replace at Could’s upfronts. Along with the stunts and gross-out challenges which can be the franchise’s hallmark, The Subsequent Chapter will introduce an ongoing gameplay component to the present, with all of the contestants dwelling collectively and competing for a grand prize on the finish of the season (earlier variations of the present had stand-alone episodes with new gamers every time).
Knoxville’s current credit embrace a visitor position on The Studio, the function movie The Luckiest Man in America and Hulu’s Reboot. He additionally was a bunch and decide on ABC’s 2023 unscripted present The Prank Panel. He’ll subsequent be seen within the coming-of-age movie The Marshmallow Experiment.