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Madison Clapp, daughter of Jackass star Johnny Knoxville, grew up hearing plenty of jokes about her name — but not for the reason some may think.
"I'd walk down the halls of my high school and people would clap their hands," she tells Yahoo.
That was the joke for years — until she learned her surname has another meaning.
"At some point, I figured out: Oh, it also means that," referring to the old-fashioned slang for the ******* ually transmitted infection (STI) gonorrhea. "So I looked it up, which no one should — it's forever ingrained in my memory."
Now 30 and a real estate agent in Austin, Clapp has found a way to turn her last name into a marketing tool. In January, a billboard declaring her to be "The Clapp You Want" went up in her home city. It was the brainchild of Clapp, Knoxville — who knows a little something about stunts — and family friend Cathy Guthrie, the musician daughter of folk singer Arlo Guthrie.
"I'd walk down the halls of my high school and people would clap their hands," she tells Yahoo.
That was the joke for years — until she learned her surname has another meaning.
"At some point, I figured out: Oh, it also means that," referring to the old-fashioned slang for the ******* ually transmitted infection (STI) gonorrhea. "So I looked it up, which no one should — it's forever ingrained in my memory."
Now 30 and a real estate agent in Austin, Clapp has found a way to turn her last name into a marketing tool. In January, a billboard declaring her to be "The Clapp You Want" went up in her home city. It was the brainchild of Clapp, Knoxville — who knows a little something about stunts — and family friend Cathy Guthrie, the musician daughter of folk singer Arlo Guthrie.
