Nikki Sixx Gives Questionable Response to Sharon Osbourne’s ‘A–hole’ Comment

Nikki Sixx has responded to Sharon Osbourne's recent comments about the Motley Crue bassist.

As previously reported, Sharon's comments occurred during an episode of The Osbournes Podcast. In the episode's opening minutes, the conversation landed on the time when Ozzy Osbourne snorted a line of ants while on tour with Motley Crue in 1984. Of course, this gross incident was chronicled in the Crue's infamous memoir, The Dirt, and its subsequent film adaptation.

Jack Osbourne asks Ozzy whether the story is true, and he says yes. Jack then asks Sharon about it. She says she wasn't there for it, but she noted she always tried to keep her distance from Motley Crue when they were with her husband.

Sharon then says, "All I know is that I think it made their movie, and I wanna know why, now we're on the subject, of why, when they advertised their movie on Netflix, it's a picture of a guy imitating Ozzy. Why isn't the ad campaign a picture of Motley Crue?"

At this time, Ozzy is expressing mild annoyance with Sharon's comments. However, Jack answers Sharon's question by saying Ozzy is bigger than Motley Crue.

Ozzy is now trying to move on from the topic, but Sharon cuts in to call Sixx an "a--hole." When Ozzy disagrees, Sharon replies, "Yes, he f---in' is."

Shortly after Sharon's remarks made headlines, Sixx alluded to them on X (formerly Twitter). He reshared a user's comments, which have since been deleted, but wrote, "We had a lot of love and respect for Sharon. We love Ozzy. So when people comment on stuff calling her a plastic granny tranny I have it deleted. Not sure what she’s upset about now but let’s not perpetuated [sic] her comments by posting negativity about her.."

It's not like this author or anyone else reading this hasn't been passive-aggressive at least once in their lives, but getting ageist or using a known transgender slur in the process is just tacky. You're far more clever than this, Nikki. After all, you co-wrote "Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)," which was perhaps the Crue's cheekiest song ever.

Motley Crue, through all of the obstacles (and there have been plenty), has managed to survive for four decades. It's an overwhelming thought when you think about it.

Just reading or watching The Dirt gave fans an idea of the absolutely insane things the band has gone through. From drugs to horrific tragedies and everywhere in between, The Crue has seemingly seen or done it all.

The latest chapter in the band involves the exit of Mick Mars. The guitarist retiring from touring with Mötley Crüe in October 2022 seemed to come out of nowhere. Apparently, the band thought the same.

Nikki Sixx told Guitar World, "We never saw it coming that Mick wasn’t going to be able to tour and was going to have to quit the band."

At the time, Mötley Crüe was about to hit the road again with Def Leppard following the success of The Stadium Tour. Sixx expressed that after Mars' retirement, the band didn't want to let fans, Def Leppard or tour promoter Live Nation down. This then led them to bring in guitarist John 5 to fill in for Mars. Sixx referred to the substitution as "a no-brainer in a horrible situation -- something we did not ask for or want.

Of course, a lot has played out in the press in the aftermath of Mars' retirement. To begin with, Mars filed a lawsuit against Mötley Crüe alleging his percentage of band profits was cut from 25 percent to 5 percent.

He claimed in his lawsuit the band held a meeting to "unilaterally" remove him from Mötley Crüe. He was also allegedly removed from many of the band's various corporations and LLCs. Additionally, Mars claims bassist Nikki Sixx repeatedly "gaslighted" the guitarist. Sixx told Mars he consistently forgot chords and fans were complaining about his playing. (Mars claimed in the lawsuit Sixx "did not play a single note on bass during the entire U.S. tour" and accused him of using backing tracks and pantomiming.)

While this issue is still ongoing, let us not forget they've provided rock fans with quite the catalog of songs, with a number of those tunes now considered rock/metal classics.

From the classics to the deeper cuts, here are the 40 best songs of Motley Crue, ranked.