March 7, 2018

"My heart is broken. You can give your kids everything they could ever want in their entire lives and they can still turn against you."

Wrote Tommy Lee, formerly the drummer for Mötley Crüe and formerly the husband of Pamela Anderson, the mother of the son who punched him in the mouth that looked brutally swollen in the photograph Lee captioned with that quote.

My reactions, in order:

1. After reading the quote out loud, I said, out loud, "Maybe you shouldn't have given him so much."

2. Maybe you should have given him something other that what you think is "everything [he] could ever want."

3. Lee is such an asshole to take his swollen lip out of context and whine about his relationship with his son to the world even as he is further damaging the relationship by disparaging the son and defaming him as violent. Tommy Lee himself has had violence problems. He spent 6 months in jail after pleading guilty to beating up Pamela Anderson. And the son — Brandon Lee, 21 — says that he hit his father in self-defense. So it's at least complicated. Don't take it public and hurt your own son in a self-serving effort to enlist fans on your side!

4. Was Lee influenced by the #MeToo movement, in which some women have successfully used photographs of injured faces to bolster their credibility? Most notably: "Rob Porter's ex-wife Colbie Holderness is pictured in a photo from 2005, when she says Porter gave her a black eye on a trip to Italy."

5. The incident happened right after Pamela Anderson did a TV interview and talked about the old abuse. It's possible that the dispute with the son was related to that. Perhaps the son intended to aggravate the father into doing something stupid that would elevate Anderson's story. But Brandon also defended himself with a punch (it seems) and that left a mark that enabled Tommy to make a social media move that's more commonly associated with women.

35 comments:

rhhardin said...

Kids are basically raccoons.

MadisonMan said...

You never want a peek inside someone else's relationship.

the 4chan Guy who reads Althouse said...

Having Pamela Anderson as your mother = Oedipus complex.

Having Pamela Anderson, a former Playboy Playmate, as your mother = understandable Oedipus complex.

Having Pamela Anderson, former Playboy Playmate, and Tommy Lee, Rock Star, as your parents, and your parents having had a sex tape, which is readily available on the Internet: understandable but fucked-up Oedipus complex.

Having Tommy Lee as your father, and seeing in the sex tape he made with former Playboy Playmate Pamela Anderson that Daddy has a huge cock: understandable but fucked-up Oedipus complex, coupled with feelings of phallic inadequacy.

He walked on down the hall, and
And he came to a door, and he looked inside
Father, yes son, I want to kill you
Mother, I want to, fuck you

Some people have difficulty Riding the Snake.

The Germans have a word for this.

Ralph L said...

Bruce Lee and Tommy Lee gave their sons the same name?
Can't anyone think up an original surname for a Christian name?

Nonapod said...

As big an asshole as he is, Tommy Lee isn't even the worst person in the former Motley Crue. That'd be Vince Neil, who infamously caused they death of the drummer of Hanoi Rocks and brain damage to 2 other people, among other things.

Fernandinande said...

Most drummers don't have names, they're just "the drummer".

Meade said...

Sounds like elder abuse (if Tommy Lee) is 65 or older).

Ralph L said...

He's 55. Only looks 65.

Ralph L said...

His liver is 85.

stevew said...

"Lee is such an asshole", simple as that, really.

This reminds me of an old saying, "If you come across more than one asshole in a day, it's probably you.".

-sw

Triangle Man said...

It's gross to air private family matters in public and disgusting that a father abdicates his role by seeking to pit society against his son... unless it is simply elder abuse and he in his weakened state needs the authorities to intervene on his behalf. In that case, lock the punk up.

Mike (MJB Wolf) said...

Big loss of rocker cred for running to Instagram to whine about a punch to the face.

FullMoon said...

The sources say Brandon claims Tommy was drunk and lunged at him and he punched his dad in self-defense. The sources add Brandon doesn't drink at all and wants to get his dad sober.

William said...

i think we should all offer Tommy Lee Jones our sympathy and support at this difficult juncture in his life. Life has treated Hillary Clinton unfairly, but she has never known the supreme indignity of being slapped around by Chelsea. Let's hope that Hillary and Chelsea learn the appropriate lesson from the examples of Tommy Lee and his son.

MayBee said...

It's sad. From the outside, I'd have to suppose the Anderson/Lee children have been exposed to a lot of chaos in their lives. Chaos and substances.
Heather Locklear was also just arrested on suspected domestic violence.

We've had several decades now where hard-partying, drugs, and alcohol have been glorified in our culture. And now we have a lot of kids brought up by parents who need help, and people dying of drug combinations (xanax or klonopin and alcohol) and overdoses that our modern culture has just kind of winked at.

Jess said...

We'll probably never know what really happened, but we do know Tommy Lee is pretty good at whining.

rehajm said...

Hepatitis y’all.

richlb said...

He's got no luck with kids.

Wince said...

Everyone who's ever been in that Tommy Lee orbit needs to recalibrate their personal age to debauchery ratio.

robother said...

Drummer genes. Dad' metier was the kick and snares, son's more into beating the Tom-tom.

Bill said...

Ah, yes. Tommy Lee. Didn't he have his whatchamacallit tattooed?

mezzrow said...

What a nice family story.

langford peel said...

If you like this sort of thing you should follow the blog Crazy Days and Nights."

They have a report of Heather Locklear indulging in incestous pedophlia along with her co-star Charley Sheen on the set of the TV show "Spin City."

These Hollywood types get so jaded that nothing can be put passed them. Imagine what this poor kid witnessed growing with these two degenerates?

He got off light with just a bunch in the face.

Freeman Hunt said...

To post something like that about one's child is to abandon hope of sympathy.

Gahrie said...

Jesus Christ!

The cult of victimology has now reached the point when even drunk, drug ridden has been rock stars are trying to claim victim status?

Kevin said...

Whatever happened to, "I brought you into this world, and I'll take you out"?

Gahrie said...

i think we should all offer Tommy Lee Jones our sympathy and support at this difficult juncture in his life.

Tommy Lee Jones is a fairly good actor that was once forced to room with Al Gore. Tommy Lee was an excellent drummers of a rock band. Two entirely different people.

Balfegor said...

Turn all [his father]'s pains and benefits
To laughter and contempt; that
[he] may feel
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is
To have a thankless child!—Away, away!

Belle17 said...

Just adds to my theory that those who are the whiniest bitches on social media are usually the instigators that get back the horns when they tangle with the bull.

See also: Gary Oldman's 3rd wife.

Bob Boyd said...

"If you come across more than one asshole in a day, it's probably you."

I think they've adjusted for inflation. It's up to 3 or 4 assholes now before it's you.

traditionalguy said...

I suspect Tommy Lee's feelings are hurt. Fathers and sons is not a field that women know anything about, except a woman's instinct to divide them and conquor both of them.

walter said...

21 yrs old with Dad's fiancee Brittay Furlan lounging around the place..

walter said...

Meade said...Sounds like elder abuse
---
Especially when you read this sentence out loud quickly:
"The elder Lee briefly went to a hospital."

walter said...

To clarify:

@BrittanyFurlan
‏Verified account @BrittanyFurlan
19h19 hours ago

Violence is NEVER the answer

Further more...


@BrittanyFurlan
‏Verified account @BrittanyFurlan
Mar 4

If your girl sucks Ur dick after you get home from the gym that’s true love & u better treat her like the breath-holding princess that she is

The Godfather said...

There are some people who should not have children. EVER.