“From our vantage point it, looked like Tommy Lee went over to say hello to P. Diddy ’cause Kid Rock was out of his seat,” former MTV personality Carson Daly later told
Today. “Kid Rock came back to his seat and all hell broke loose.”
Exact details varied from witness to witness, but most agreed that Lee said something that Rock did not appreciate. Rock reportedly slapped Lee once, then punched him in the face.
“It looked like Tommy Lee initiated it because Kid Rock was ignoring him,” rap producer Rich Nice told
Today, “and Tommy Lee kind of antagonized him. Then when Tommy Lee stood up, it looked a little weird, like ‘Yo, what?’ When Tommy stands up is when Kid hit him the first time with a backhand and then Tommy Lee looked like he was trying to get at him to aggressively retaliate – and then Kid Rock hits Tommy Lee again.”
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15 Years Ago: Tommy Lee Gets Punched by Kid Rock at the MTV VMAs