The story of snorting ants has been well-told, most famously in s notorious biopic Though fans - and manager/wife Sharon - have come to doubt that the prank ever really happened, Motley Crue drummer has reflected on the incident during a recent appearance on This Past Weekend With Theo Von, insisting that it's "full-on true". In 1984, Lee's band Motley Crue were on tour with The Prince Of Darkness, both staying in together in a hotel and engaging in what can only be described as unregulated rockstar excess. During their tour-stop, the two bands, who undoubtedly were under the influence of copious amounts of drugs and alcohol, got involved in a competition to see who could perform the most outrageous prank.
Emphasising the story's validity, Lee continues, "I know people ask that all the time. They're, like, 'Dude, really?' I'm, like, abso-fucking-lutely. You can't make that shit up.
" He says, "At that time, it was just kind of a thing — everybody was into [trying to] out-rock star and out-gross somebody out, like out-partying". Circling back to the moment the star supposedly sent critters flying up his nose, the drummer explains: "So Ozzy's wasted. He sees there's a little trail of ants going all the way to this kid's popsicle that he left on the ground.
And Ozzy looks down and fucking just snorts the line of ants going to the popsicle. "And Nikki [Sixx] is like, 'Okay. Well, fuck that.
' So Nikki pulls his dick out at the pool. This is a hotel. This was, like, the Four Seaso.