Author: James Anderson

Tommy Lee, sober: Mötley Crüe drummer drank 2 gallons of vodka daily

I don’t know if it’s a forever thing. But for now, I’m not drinking vodka today. Like, I– you know, for most people, they’d probably have, you know, destroyed a bunch of stuff. What’s important is I just realized, like, whoa, dude. This is– you’re drinking enough to, like, you could probably die. I started working on it after the Motley tour was done.

“I just did the full body scan, where they do head-to-toe everything, and I can’t believe ― smoking, drinking, all the fucking dumb shit, or the fun shit that I’ve done,” the “Dr. Following a recent stint in rehab and an almost year-long period of sobriety, Tommy Lee has opened up about the seriousness of his alcohol addiction at its height, admitting that he was consuming up to two gallons of vodka a day. Representatives for Tommy did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment, but the rocker tweeted a response directed at his son Wednesday evening denying Brandon’s accusation of alcoholism and intervention claims. Tommy Lee, the drummer for Mötley Crüe, revealed that before he got sober nearly a year ago, he was “drinking two gallons” of vodka on a daily basis.

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Tommy Lee recently spoke to Yahoo Entertainment about his new album “Andro” and how he is about to celebrate one year of sobriety. He recalled that recently being stuck inside due to the pandemic led to boredom, which led to excessive drinking. Lee mentioned that he goes through “phases” of sobriety and partying but that last year he spent over a month at rehab to help reset. Concern from his wife, Brittany Furlan, partly influenced that decision. “She was like, ‘I don’t think I’ve ever even seen anybody drink that much.'” Lee recalled.

“…I just realised, ‘Whoa dude, you’re drinking enough to like, you could probably die.’ And it wasn’t even fazing me… I just became sort of immune to it.” As he prepares to celebrate one year of sobriety, Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee reflects on the seriousness of his alcohol addiction. “Think she’d find something new to discuss instead of rehashing old s— but I guess she has nothing else going on & needs attention Signed, ‘The abuser’ (who she texts every day & asks for me back),” Tommy tweeted in response, referring to Anderson. Lee, who is now married to 37-year-old Brittany Furlan, says he and his bandmates would do heavy drugs along with their heavy drinking. He said they’d regularly take a handful of drugs — “like Valium” — and then “pound a bottle of Jack” Daniels and then go out for the evening.

1. Tommy Lee, the drummer for Mötley Crüe, revealed that before he got sober nearly a year ago, he was “drinking two gallons” of vodka on a daily basis.
2. Tommy Lee can’t believe his doctor recently gave him a clean bill of health, given what he’s put his body through in his 61 years.
3. Furlan, who is Lee’s fourth wife, was a viral star on Vine and now has over 2 million Instagram followers.
4. “Think she’d find something new to discuss instead of rehashing old s— but I guess she has nothing else going on & needs attention Signed, ‘The abuser’ (who she texts every day & asks for me back),” Tommy tweeted in response, referring to Anderson.

“I would just wake up and be just building, just all vodka and just a little eyedropper of cranberry or lemonade. I was drinking two gallons — not pints, not quarts, but gallons, the big-handles.” Tommy Lee is now about a year sober, but in a recent interview, the rock star recalled his heavy drinking days, which included guzzling up to two gallons of vodka per day. “I go through these phases where I just want to live a different life and fuck all the dumb shit,” he explains. The 61-year-old drummer joined Bill Maher on his Club Random podcast, where he divulged the power alcohol had over him and his Mötley Crüe bandmates. Lee shared the vodka tidbit after Maher told him what Sammy Davis Jr. once said after becoming sober — the hardest part about quitting drinking is “getting up in the morning and knowing that’s as good as I’m going to feel all day.” Maher was in shock when he heard this, so much so the comedian had to confirm with Lee that he was referring to himself when talking about drinking two gallons of vodka a day.

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Like, you’re kind of scaring me,'” he quoted her saying, noting she asked him whether he would wake up. His wife, Brittany Furlan, who he married in 2019 on Valentine’s Day, was part of the reason he decided to sober up. “I didn’t notice it until towards the end of it, when I was like, ‘Oh dude, I’ve got to stop,'” he said in a video interview with Yahoo! Entertainment, while also discussing his new solo album, “Andro,” which he has been working on in quarantine. Like, it’s just– and and it wasn’t even fazing me. It’s always just sort of– this particular instance, I had been home.

“Two gallons a day. I swear to you, dude. I swear to God. Gallons. The big handle. Two.” “Two gallons a day. I swear to you, dude. I swear to God,” he said. “Gallons. The big handle. Two.” “She was like, ‘Baby, I don’t know, I don’t think I’ve ever even seen anybody drink that much.

I’m not doing music for, like– I’m just gonna, like, reset, clear it out, and just, you know, welcome fresh, you know, song ideas and stuff. In the lead-up to rehab, Tommy tells Yahoo! that he began drinking again after Mötley Crüe’s last tour due to a combination of burnout and having nothing else to do, having previously been four years sober before that. Brandon admits in his statement to PEOPLE that these social media outbursts were the flashpoint of their argument. Brandon, who had been living with Tommy up until the altercation but was not at the scene when authorities arrived, has been named a person of interest in the ongoing investigation for criminal battery. So far no arrest has been made, and authorities tell PEOPLE his attorneys are cooperating fully.

She urged him to seek professional help. I just became sort of immune to it and realized, whoa, this is a lot. So it was time for me to pump the brakes and, you know, just– just get rid of it for a while.

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“Like, I was drinking just out of boredom. I would just wake up and be just building [a glass with] just all vodka and just a little eyedropper of cranberry or lemonade. I was drinking two gallons — not pints, not quarts, but gallons, the big-handles — a day. That’s f–king crazy,” he said in the video interview from his basement studio. “I didn’t notice it until towards the end of it, when I was like, ‘Oh dude, I’ve got to stop. This is fucking insane,'” he continues. “Like, I was drinking just out of boredom,” he continued.

And I’ll tell you– I’ll tell you this right now. Idle time at home, not touring, just being at home, I did what I told you. Whether you come to HuffPost for updates on the 2024 presidential race, hard-hitting investigations into critical issues facing our country today, or trending stories that make you laugh, we appreciate you. The truth is, news costs money to produce, and we are proud that we have never put our stories behind an expensive paywall. As Pam & Tommy arrives on Disney+ this week, we look back at the real story of Pamela Anderson and Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee’s whirlwind romance, and how the leaking of their sex tape raises serious questions about privacy and consent. Concern from Tommy’s wife Brittany caused him to address his behaviour, revealing that her worries made him realise he needed to head to rehab.

The record features industrial, rap-metal, glam-pop and traditional rock sounds. And her concern obviously helped in my decision to just go, get out of here. I bailed for, like, over a month and just was like, that’s it. And I was like, you know, that sucks. I can’t– that’s not cool to have you have you worry like that.

Tommy Lee can’t believe his doctor recently gave him a clean bill of health, given what he’s put his body through in his 61 years. Lee said he had no lasting health effects from the drinking or the myriad other substances he’s abused over the years. After all the abuse his body has handled, Lee was floored when his doctors told him he hadn’t been left with any long-term health issues. Tommy Lee says he was drowning himself in two gallons of liquor a day during the depths of his alcoholism.