MTV was a powerhouse in the 2000s, and Jackass was one of its best shows. Jackass has unique origins, and once MTV gave it a thumbs up, it hit the ground running and turned into a phenomenon. The show's success started a massive franchise that has featured hit movies, spin-off shows, and a whole lot more.
The franchise has featured legendary stunts, but the guys have gotten long in the tooth, and for Jackass Forever, they brought in new faces, including Rachel Wolfson.
Wolfson's popularity has spiked, so let's look at who she was before her newfound fame.
Rachel Wolfson Was A Hit On 'Jackass Forever'
Rachel Wolfson has become a breakout star thanks to Jackass Forever, and people were curious about how she joined the legendary crew.
"One day in 2019, I noticed that [Johnny] Knoxville was liking a bunch of my stuff on Instagram, all my jokes, and he was extremely supportive of the content I was pushing out. My boyfriend at the time didn’t even like all that stuff on Instagram," Wolfson said.
Eventually, the Jackass legend reached out to Wolfson personally.
"Not too long after that, I get a direct message from Johnny Knoxville, and I’m like, “Is this really happening? Is this a prank?” And the message was something like, “Hey, you want to hop on a phone call with me? I want to talk to you about something.” I couldn’t believe it," Wolfson said.
From that point on, all systems were go, and Wolfson soon found herself working alongside the iconic Jackass crew.
Wolfson has the spotlight on her these days, and it's gotten audiences interested in who she was before breaking out with the Jackass gang.
She's A YouTuber And Comedian
Before linking up with Jackass, Rachel Wolfson was a college student in the wrong field.
"I was a communications major and I struggled to find my place in college. I was never really that good at school, I just knew that it was expected of me, and I never wanted to disappoint my parents. So I did what they told me to do, essentially, but I never really had the desire to go into law. I tried, though. I took some classes," she told Johnny Knoxville.
Eventually she found her calling: comedy. From there, she was cutting her teeth in the comedy game and on YouTube. It's a notoriously difficult facet of entertainment to break into, but again, Johnny Knoxville found her hilarious enough to cast in his film.
When it comes to her comedy and YouTube, a lot of it is focused on cannabis, something that has been part of Wolfson's life for years.
When speaking with Forbes, she dished on how the two go hand-in-hand.
"Naturally I loved weed, so that’s what my humor gravitated towards,” Wolfson said.
She eventually linked up with Olivia Alexander of Kush Queen fame, and the duo had a successful run on YouTube.
"We both saw a demand for high end weed content. I definitely think there is money to be made in the cannabis industry no matter what field," Wolfson noted.
It's impressive to see what she has done in comedy and on YouTube, but this is not all Rachel Wolfson was up to before Jackass Forever.
Wolfson Is Also A Podcaster
Similarly to other comedians, Rachel Wolfson has also spent time podcasting.
When speaking with Forbes, Wolfson touched on her time in the podcast studio.
"I saw the value of podcasting years ago. I have a background in marketing and I knew this medium was going to be big. I also saw there was a shortage of cannabis podcasts. The only one I had heard of was Doug Benson’s Getting Doug with High. I approached Olivia a few years back and told her Buddfeed needed its own podcast. So we recorded 3 seasons of it and interviewed people we admired and respected in the cannabis industry," Wolfson told Fobes.
Eventually, her paired podcast with Olivia fell by the wayside, but this prompted Wolfson to focus her podcasting on another familiar topic: mental health.
"My intuition inside of me was screaming mental health. I couldn’t get it off my mind for months. Shortly after this, the comedy community suffered a huge loss in the form of suicide. I was shook, and so were a lot of my friends. I really wanted to find a way to connect with people over mental health and talk about the hard stuff," she said.
Rachel Wolfson is off to the races, and there's no stopping her now.
