Missy Rothstein is Bam Margera’s former wife and a former MTV reality-TV personality best known for Bam’s Unholy Union. She became widely known in 2007 when Bam’s Unholy Union followed the couple as they planned their wedding. They married in Philadelphia on February 3, 2007. Their marriage ended in divorce in 2012, and Rothstein later left public life.
In this article, you’ll learn about Missy Rothstein’s early connection with Bam Margera, their wedding, her MTV years, her screen work, the divorce, and the quiet life she kept after fame.
A Pennsylvania Story Before MTV
Missy Rothstein and Bam Margera knew each other long before MTV cameras followed them.
Margera told TV Guide in 2007 that he had known Rothstein since sixth grade. Their story did not begin as a romance created for television. They came from the same Pennsylvania area and shared a long history before the wedding show began.
Rothstein was born on June 3, 1980, in Springfield, Pennsylvania. She was 26 when she married Margera.
By then, Margera was already famous through Jackass, Viva La Bam, skate videos, and the CKY scene. Rothstein had a much lower public profile. That difference became part of the appeal of Bam’s Unholy Union.
Bam brought wild friends, pranks, and nonstop energy. Missy often came across as the calmer person in the pair. The contrast gave the series more than just wedding chaos. It gave viewers a relationship they could follow from week to week.
From Old Friends to an Engagement
By 2006, Rothstein and Margera were engaged. MTV then built Bam’s Unholy Union around the weeks before their wedding.
The series began on January 30, 2007. The first episode followed their engagement party and the search for a wedding venue. Later episodes showed dress shopping, family plans, parties, and the usual disorder around Bam’s friends.
The show mixed his stunt-heavy world with a very normal goal: getting married. Rothstein was not a small side character. She was one of the two people at the center of the whole season.
That mattered because her fame came from a real relationship, not from a separate entertainment career. Viewers met her as Bam’s fiancée, then watched her become his wife.
A Big Philadelphia Wedding
Missy Rothstein and Bam Margera married on February 3, 2007, at the Loews Philadelphia Hotel.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that about 350 friends and family members attended. Bam’s brother Jess was best man. Guests included people from his skate, music, and television circle, and Iggy Pop performed during the reception.
The wedding was large and loud, but it still took place close to home. That local setting gave the event a different feel from a typical Hollywood ceremony.
MTV filmed the wedding because it formed the ending of Bam’s Unholy Union. After the ceremony, the couple went to Dubai for their honeymoon.
Margera later joked about the trip in his TV Guide interview. Beneath those larger-than-life stories was a simple arc. The show had followed the pair from wedding plans to married life.
Bam’s Unholy Union Made Missy a Familiar MTV Face
For many MTV viewers, Rothstein became familiar almost overnight.
Bam’s Unholy Union ran for one season in 2007. The Philadelphia Inquirer described it as a nine-episode series, with Rothstein at the center of the wedding story alongside Bam and their family and friends.
April and Phil Margera appeared. So did Jess Margera, Ryan Dunn, Brandon DiCamillo, and other names already known to fans of Bam’s earlier shows.
The wedding gave the series a clear story. The pranks were still there, but viewers also saw choices about dresses, parties, venues, and family life.
For Rothstein, this was her biggest television role. Her documented television work stayed concentrated around this period.
Her Screen Work Was Short but Real
Rothstein had a few acting and music video credits beyond the wedding show.
Her IMDb filmography lists the 2003 film Haggard, where she played Beth. It also includes Minghags and a music video for The 69 Eyes.
Those projects came from the same skate, music, and independent film world around Margera during the 2000s.
Her screen career stayed compact. Most of her known work sits inside one period, from the early 2000s through 2010.
That makes her public career easy to place. She was a reality TV personality and occasional actress whose best-known work was tied to Bam Margera’s creative circle.
The Marriage Became Less Public After the Cameras Left
The wedding was very public. The later years of the marriage were not.
By 2010, Margera was speaking in public about problems in the relationship. The marriage no longer looked like the happy television story viewers had seen three years earlier.
Their divorce became final on November 1, 2012, ending a marriage that had lasted almost six years.
After the divorce, Rothstein’s public entertainment profile became much smaller.
The Divorce Changed Her Public Life
The clearest break in Rothstein’s story came in 2012.
Before the divorce, she had MTV fame, red-carpet photos, film credits, and a marriage that viewers had watched from the engagement stage.
After the split, Rothstein largely withdrew from public entertainment coverage. Her documented screen credits are concentrated in the 2000s and 2010, and her public profile became much smaller after the divorce.
Her known screen work also belongs to the earlier period. That sharp change is one reason people still search for her now.
Viewers remember a woman who was once on MTV every week, then notice how little she has shared since.
Where Is Missy Rothstein Today?
Missy Rothstein has kept her life private since the divorce.
Her current work, relationship status, and daily life are not part of a regular public media profile.
Her current job and residence are not part of her public profile.
After 2012, her appearances in entertainment coverage became rare.
Did Missy Rothstein and Bam Margera Have Children?
Rothstein and Margera did not have children together during their marriage.
Bam became a father later. His son, Phoenix Wolf, was born in 2017 during his later relationship with Nicole Boyd.
Rothstein has not shared a public family story since her divorce, and her private life has remained outside the usual celebrity cycle.
Her Personal Finances Stay Private
Missy Rothstein’s net worth is not known.
Rothstein has not made her income, assets, property, or divorce terms public. Her personal wealth therefore has no confirmed public figure.
Her television and film work was real. That still does not tell us what she owns today.
An exact dollar figure would go beyond the facts available about her finances.
Why People Still Search for Missy Rothstein
Rothstein remains tied to a very specific time in MTV history.
Bam’s Unholy Union came from the same era as Jackass, Viva La Bam, CKY, and the West Chester crew. Rothstein was not just in the background. She was the bride at the center of the series.
Bam stayed in the news for years after that. He kept skating, making public appearances, and drawing attention through his personal life.
Rothstein’s public appearances became much rarer after the divorce.
People still remember the wedding show and search for updates on the woman they watched beside Bam each week.
A Short Public Chapter That Still Stands Out
Missy Rothstein’s time in the spotlight was brief, but it was easy to remember.
She knew Bam Margera years before MTV. She married him in a large Philadelphia wedding in 2007. She became a familiar face through Bam’s Unholy Union and appeared in a few projects linked to his creative world.
The marriage ended in 2012. After that, Rothstein largely withdrew from public entertainment coverage.
Her public chapter was short but memorable: a few years inside one of MTV’s loudest worlds, followed by a much quieter life outside regular entertainment coverage.
For another story about a private former spouse connected to a famous entertainer, read our profile of Margie Washichek, Jimmy Buffett’s first wife.
