Tommy Lee drank 2 gallons of vodka a day: My liver was ‘on crutches’
nypost.com“Good Times” may have been hazardous to his health. The Mötley Crüe drummer sat down with Bill Maher, 67, on Monday and admitted that back in the good old days he had a penchant for drinking “2 gallons of vodka” a day.During the interview on Maher’s podcast, “Club Random,” he opened up about his struggle with alcoholism.“Alcohol’s such a f—king weird one,” Lee explained. “It’s easy to fall in love with, the way it makes you feel, the way it makes you relax, and then all of a sudden you’re, like, ‘F–k!
I’m drinking 2 gallons of vodka a day?’ You’re trying to kill yourself now.”When Maher questioned the 61-year-old rocker in utter disbelief, Lee doubled down, stating: “Two gallons a day, I swear to you, dude.
I swear to God.”Still in a state of shock, Maher said, “I mean, your liver must be made of asbestos. For how long?”“F—k, man.
For a long time,” Lee replied about his vodka habit, which he says he ended around 1990. “That’s what I’m saying. I pinch myself on a daily basis.“I just did, like, the full-body scan where they do, say, head-to-toe everything.
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