Many celebrities across the world are known widely for their controversial posts on social media. Famous American drummer Tommy Lee is certainly one of them, however, his fame did not start with his controversial posts on social media platforms.

The Motley Crue drummer made headlines on August 11, when he posted a photo of his genitals on the popular social media platform Instagram, before deleting it later. The post was, however, seen by many of his 1.4 million followers along with his family and friends and did not take much time for the mainstream media to pick up the story. It was also not the first time Lee had posted a photo/video of his genitals online, as he posted a video of his wife Brittany Furlan holding his genitals in her hand in 2019. He is also known widely for a leaked sex tape with his former wife Pamela Anderson in 1995.

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Born on October 3, 1962, in Athens, Greece to an American army sergeant David Lee and Vassiliki Papadimitriou, Tommy also has a younger sister, Athena, who is also a drummer like him. His mother was also a contestant in the Miss Greece beauty contest in 1957. The Lee family relocated back to the United States when Tommy was only four years old.

Tommy Lee picked up an interest in drumming from an early age when he was only four years old. He later received his first-ever drum kit when he was a teenager. Lee is a high school dropout, who began pursuing a career in music when he was young in Los Angeles. He is a fan of popular American bands such as Led Zeppelin, AC/DC and Van Halen, which made him fall in love with music.

He began his career in the 1970s with his band named Suite 19. He met with bassist Nikki Sixx soon, who played for bands Sister and London in the city. Sixx became impressed with Lee’s drumming abilities and they decided to create a band called Motley Crue. Later, guitarist Mick Mars and Vince Neil joined the band.

The Motley Crue became successful in a short period. They released their first album Too Fast for Love in 1981. They signed for Elektra Records soon and made another debut in the next year. Their releases Shout at the Devil, Theatre of Pain and Dr Feelgood cemented their position as one of the biggest hard rock bands of the time.

Tommy Lee soon married Elaine Starchuk in 1984, before filing for divorce the very next year. He went on to marry Hollywood actress Heather Locklear in 1986, however, they also divorced in 1993.

Lee met one of the most famous Hollywood actresses of the time, Pamela Anderson, soon. However, he was engaged to a model named Bobbie Brown at that time. However, Lee and Anderson decided to tie the knot only four days after meeting each other in 1995. Soon after their marriage, the couple made headlines when a sex tape of them was leaked into the public domain. They were divorced in 1998.

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However, Lee and Anderson returned together twice after their divorce, however, it did not continue for long.

Tommy Lee married his girlfriend and social media influencer Brittany Furlan in 2019. Soon after their marriage, Lee posted a video of Furlan holding his genitals in her hand on Instagram, which received widespread backlash from his fans and others. A representative of Lee later told news outlets that it was not Tommy Lee’s genitals, but an Instagram filter.

Lee has continued his drumming with Motley Crue all these years and has established himself as one of the most influential drummers of his generation. He also had a brief career on television shows such as Tommy Lee Goes to College and Halloween in Hell.