Kid Rock explains Tommy Lee fight

Kid Rock has spoken out about his fight with Tommy Lee at the MTV Video Music Awards.

The pair, both former husbands of Pamela Anderson, had to be separated when Rock threw a punch at the Motley Crue drummer.

He told The Sun: "Tommy was always just a pain in the a**e. There was a lot of years of disrespect but I was a part of his kids' lives. So I wasn't going to be disrespectful about him around his kids."

The 'Cowboy' singer claimed Lee - who had two sons with Pam before their split in 1998 - had been sending him "really inappropriate" messages on Anderson's Blackberry.

He said: "I just emailed Tommy back and said: 'You know, I will see you again.'"

Talking about the awards ceremony, he explained: "MTV put the three of us in a room probably hoping something would happen, so they got what they wanted. I came back from the bathroom and the guy was sitting pretty much in my seat."

Tommy Lee gave his version of events on his website earlier this month, saying "Kid Pebble" had punched him in the face.

Source: www.digitalspy.co.uk