Steve-O’s voice is fairly iconic. With an easily-identifiable rasp, the entertainer and stunt performer virtually chokes out phrases whereas talking. It’s sufficient to make anybody’s throat sore.

However why precisely does the Jackass star’s voice sound the best way it does? In a brand new YouTube video, Steve-O delves into the nice thriller at size, exploring each doable choice. Critically, each choice.

“Truthfully, I all the time thought that my world report for barfing probably the most on tv might need one thing to do with it,” Steve-O says within the video.

He provides, “God, I used to be a fucking maniac. I imply, chewing and swallowing glass—that couldn’t have been good for my voice.” Spoiler alert: Even that ain’t the explanation. However neither is his ardour for respiration fireplace, or his previous cocaine, crystal meth and PCP use.

“However out of all of the drug use, what I assumed did probably the most harm to my voice was the nitrous oxide,” he says. “God, I did a lot of that stuff. I’d purchase 600 at a time, and that may solely final me 24 to 36 hours. Sheesh!”

However Steve-O is now in restoration—but his voice continues to “worsen.” So he went to Dr. J. Randolph Schnitman, MD—an otolaryngologist to the celebrities who usually consults with high artists like Mariah Carey, Katy Perry, Ozzy Osbourne, and Linkin Park—to search out the explanation behind the rasp.

After taking a look at Steve-O’s vocal cords, the physician comes again with a stable reply. Apparently Steve-O makes use of a throat muscle to choke out sound, not his vocal chords as he ought to.

“Actually, doc?” Steve-O says. “After every thing I’ve been via, you’re simply telling me I simply suck at speaking.” Since discovering out that he sucks at speaking, Steve-O has been working with a voice coach to retrain his voice to talk together with his vocal chords and never his throat muscular tissues (and movies of the session are fairly hilarious).

“However I don’t even know if I need my voice to vary,” Steve-O concludes. “I form of like getting acknowledged over the cellphone—and my woman darn positive doesn’t need something completely different. However I’m nonetheless going to provide it hell as a result of perhaps I can use it in a extra wholesome approach.”

You possibly can watch your entire (age-restricted, clearly) video for your self on Steve-O’s YouTube.