April Margera (born April Cole; March 28, 1956) is an American reality television personality, best known for her appearances on MTV's Viva La Bam, Jackass, the CKY videos, Minghags: The Movie and Bam's Unholy Union. Referred to as "Ape" by fans of the aforementioned series, April is the mother of Bam, CKY drummer Jess, and is married to Phil Margera. Jeff Tremaine, producer of Jackass, once referred to her as "everyones mom", telling how she cooked dinner for the entire Jackass-crew on their first trip to West Chester.