LEE ROTH OFF HIS ROCKER
Says Hagar ‘ET probed’
Former Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth made some out-of-this-world claims about his longtime rival and replacement Sammy Hagar — saying the vocalist had been “sex-probed” by aliens after being abducted as a teen in California.
“According to Sam, he was abducted by aliens,” Roth, 69, said Thursday on an episode of “The Roth Show” podcast titled “The Ballad of Popsicle Sam.”
The “Runnin’ With the Devil” singer said he was “compelled to solicit this sordid subject in an effort to explain Sam Hagar’s conduct” after he said he has not spoken “a single syllable about him” for the “last 10 summers.”
Roth claims the Red Rocker was taken by extraterrestrials while at a park as a 15-year-old.
“I think we’ve arrived at both the technical and the medical answer that may explain some of Sammy Hagar’s conduct and his constant spew of diarrhea vitriol in our direction,” Roth stated.
“Sammy Hagar was abducted by aliens and he was sex-probed. Does it require apparatus? Is it a beam? We don’t know. We may never know.
“But what I do know with absolute accuracy is that if you take a half of a popsicle and you jam it into a cassette tape player, no matter how carefully you extract it, that tape player will never play the same again, no matter how carefully you try and fix those delicate little parts.
“And it’ll get worse and it’ll seem like the singer that you used to [be] will stop making sense whatsoever. A lot like Sam.”
Roth’s rant was apparently fueled by a previous claim Hagar made in 2011 during an interview for his autobiography, “Red: My Uncensored Life in Rock,” where Hagar told a reporter that he believed he was abducted by aliens while growing up in California.
“They were plugged into me. It was a download situation . . . Or, they uploaded something from my brain, like an experiment,” Hagar told MTV.
Hagar has not commented about Roth’s podcast claims.
The two iconic metal stars have had one of the more notable feuds in the music industry following Roth’s 1985 departure from Van Halen at the peak of the band’s career due to creative differences with guitarist Eddie Van Halen. Roth was soon replaced by Hagar.
The recent jab at his bitter rival may stem from a revoked invitation from Hagar for Roth to take part in his upcoming “Best of All Worlds tour,” featuring Van Halen’s longtime bassist Michael Anthony, drummer Jason Bonham — son of Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham — and legendary guitarist Joe Satriani.
“If David Lee Roth wants to come out and join us, come on, motherf--ker. You are welcome. This is about Van Halen,” Hagar said on “The Howard Stern Show” in November.
However, after Roth accepted, Hagar made it clear later that month that the offer was off the table.
“He’s not invited . . . i know better than to have him on tour again. been there done that,” Hagar replied to a fan’s query on Instagram.