Jackass Forever's Chris Pontius Reveals His Most Painful Stunt Ever
By Mia Tucker
For those who've seen "Wildboyz," the Glove of Ants segment from Season 2 was pretty much a given for most painful stunt ever performed by Pontius. He and Steve-O were filming the wildlife show's Brazil episode, which aired in May 2004, when they got offered the chance to take part in the local rite of passage.
For those who don't know, the Glove of Ants ceremony involves putting one's hand inside of a glove made of woven vine and filled to the brim with bullet ants. It's been covered and reported about in documentaries and other television shows.
"It's a rite of passage for this tribe in the Amazon," Pontius explained to UPROXX. "You put these ants, called bullet ants, they weave them into this glove, and when boys come of age, you put this glove on that has hundreds of ants that have the most painful sting of any insect. You wear this glove for the duration of the shaman singing this song, which is about eight minutes or so. You get stung hundreds of times, and that was by far the worst, most painful, dreadful thing I've ever done in my life combined. It's just like venom for 24 hours, and there's nothing you can do about it. So yeah, that was the worst thing. I would never do that again."
