6 Crazy Stories Told By Jake Roberts On Piper's Pit
6. He's Deathly Terrified Of Snakes
If you're familiar with Jake's background, you may already know that he ironically suffers from the fear of snakes - properly known as ophidiophobia. It's hard to imagine that someone who built their fame with gigantic serpents lovingly draped around his body is horrified of them. Jake's now doing spoken word shows and says he always kicks off every performance with that factoid so they can get it out of the way. He claims that he came up with the name while he was on drugs and tells the audience to stay away from substance abuse because you'll wind up with a stupid gimmick.
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