Tommy Lee has maintained a slim figure throughout his career, and the Mötley Crüe drummer says the secret to maintaining his weight is his 40-plus-year run of performing two-hour rock shows.
The veteran rocker was the guest on a new episode of the podcast The Joe Rogan Experience (as transcribed by Blabbermouth), and he discussed how he figured out why he’s been so thin his whole life.
The drummer explained, “I was, like, ‘Okay, how come I’ve weighed the same weight since fucking high school till today?’ And I’m, like, ‘That’s fucking weird.’ And I eat kind of whatever the fuck I wanna eat. I don’t diet or have some strict regimented food program. I was, like, ‘I gotta see.’ I got one of those — this was years ago — it was like a pedometer you clip on to your shoe, like joggers would use it to… There’s the old version. You just clipped it on your shoe, and it told you how many miles you did.”
He continued, “So I’m, like, I get one, I clip it on. I’m, like, ‘I wonder what, how many fucking miles I’m doing after a two-hour show. I don’t know. Fuck. Who knows?’ I know I’m sweaty as fuck, and after the show, alls I hear is ringing in my ear, and I’m fucking — I’m wrecked; I’m done. And I fucking took it off after the show, and I looked down, and it said 13.3 miles. And I was, like, ‘So that’s why I’m a skinny fuck.'”
Fans can catch Tommy Lee staying skinny behind the drum kit when Mötley Crüe embark on their “Return of the Carnival of Sins Tour” later this month. The North American outing runs from July 17th through September 26th, with tickets available here.
Check out Tommy Lee’s appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience below.
