I watched the interview, there's a bit more to the Tommy hit:
KING: OK, what happened?
KID ROCK: Oh, all right, I'll say -- I'll go through this the last time and then I think it's done. It's just...
KING: Yes.
KID ROCK: What it was -- you've got to remember, too, there's kids involved here, which I know is, you know, I know after the fact that Tommy wanted go apologize to MTV and Alicia Keys and everybody, and, you know -- and not to disrespect them at all, but the only thing I was thinking about was my son and his two kids, and how does this affect them?
They're the ones -- my son is 14. He has to go to school. He's the one that's got to deal with these antics, you know?
Let's face it, high school kids can be a little unforgiving.
KING: You bet.
KID ROCK: Depending on what side -- which side you're thrown on. So...
KING: But what did he do?
What was...
KID ROCK: It was a lot of years of disrespect, a lot of years of being there. I wish I could say that I was raised, you know, as a granola-eating kind of a peace and love kind of hippie thing. But, you know, I'm from outside Detroit and I was raised that you -- you give respect and you get respect. And I was disrespected by this guy for a long time.
One of the last things that happened was when we went through our divorce -- and he had been kind of a menace through our whole relationship at every level.
KING: He interfered with it?
KID ROCK: Yes, interfered with it, just the way things were handled with his kids, with me, with Pam, with everything. There was just a tremendous amount of disrespect. And I always thought -- and I always took the higher road. And I always talked great about him to his kids and, you know -- even though I didn't feel like that sometimes, because I know they're innocent.
What the last thing that I thought of was, as we were getting our divorce, they were at a birthday party with their sons. And he went into her purse and grabbed her Blackberry and started e-mailing me really inappropriate stuff.
And my e-mail was simple back. I said, "You're nothing but a phone call. I will see you again."
I left it at that. And lo and behold -- you know I can't say that MTV wasn't a little bit of a culprit in this.
I mean why are me and Pam and Tommy in the same room?
They know the history there. It's not like it's a secret. It's very public.
So we're in this room together. And I kind of even played that down. I said, you know what, I'm having a great time tonight. I'm here to promote my record, for no other reason am I here than to promote my record.
And I was trying to figure out why is he here?
This guy is, you know, 44, 45 years old. He's not in a band anymore. He's not -- he wasn't invited. He's not a part of the show. He's not performing on the show. I even let that slide.
I went to the bathroom. I come back and he's pretty much sitting like in my seat at my table right there.
And when I came back, it just clicked. And I kind of did what I thought any man would have done. It wasn't even conscious. It was just like...
KING: Did you hurt him?
KID ROCK: That's how I -- I've got to handle this.
KING: Did you hurt him?
KID ROCK: Well, I don't -- I don't know if it's good, you know -- I don't like to -- I don't like to damage people's egos.
KING: We asked Tommy Lee to respond to Kid Rock and to the VMA episode. He sent us this quite: "My family and I want nothing more to do with this unfortunate situation."
KID ROCK: Yes, neither do I.
KING: OK...
KID ROCK: As far as I'm concerned, it's handled and it's done.
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0710/05/lkl.01.html
I agree with ya on the bank. She's either turned into a good business woman or she's fortunately had the right people around handling her finances!
