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Tommy Lee is "pretty picky" when it comes to women.
The Mötley Crüe drummer - who was previously married to 'Baywatch' actress Pamela Anderson and 'Melrose Place' beauty Heather Locklear, and has been linked to a string of other high profile stars, including Pink and Tara Reid, in the past - claims he doesn't know how many women he has bedded, but insists it's probably "not as many as you think."
Asked how many people he has had sex with, he admitted: "Jesus. I don't know. I really don't know. It's probably not as many as you think. Even in my sl*ttiest moments, I'm pretty f**king picky for real."
But the 52-year-old rocker says his standards are often lower after he has a few drinks because he just wants to have "a good time."
He told Bang Showbiz: "Yeah, you get drunk and you are like she will do, she looks like fun, we will have a good time. But probably not as many as you'd think."
The 'Girls Girls Girls' hitmaker - who has two teenage sons, Brandon, 19, and Dylan, 18, with Pamela - got engaged to German singer Sofia Toufa last year.
Tommy was also previously married to Elaine Bergen.

Taylor Swift has "happily" agreed to stream her album on Apple Music.
The 25-year-old singer is delighted the technology giant agreed to reverse their decision not to pay artists for songs streamed during users' free trial periods after she spoke out earlier this week, so will now allow her latest record '1989' to be made available via the streaming service.
She tweeted: "After the events of this week, I've decided to put 1989 on Apple Music...and happily so...
"In case you're wondering if this is some exclusive deal like you've seen Apple do with other artists, it's not...
"This is simply the first time it's felt right in my gut to stream my album. Thank you, Apple, for your change of heart.(sic)"
The 'Blank Space' hitmaker - who had her music removed from rival service Spotify last year - previously hit out at the company's "shocking" decision not to pay artists.
She wrote on her Tumblr page: "I'm sure you are aware that Apple Music will be offering a free 3 month trial to anyone who signs up for the service.
"I'm not sure you know that Apple Music will not be paying writers, producers, or artists for those three months.
"I find it to be shocking, disappointing, and completely unlike this historically progressive and generous company."
Although Taylor acknowledged the move will not make a huge difference to her own financial wellbeing, she insisted her actions were not those of "a spoiled, petulant child".
The 'Bad Blood' hitmaker concluded her letter: "It's not too late to change this policy. We don't ask you for free iPhones. Please don't ask us to provide you with our music for no compensation."
Following the publication of Taylor's letter, Eddy Cue, the Senior Vice-President of Internet Software and Services at Apple, vowed the company would change its policy.
He tweeted: "#AppleMusic will pay artist for streaming, even during customer's free trial period.
"We hear you @taylorswift13 and indie artists. Love, Apple."

Blur wanted to replace Foo Fighters at Glastonbury.
The 'Parklife' hitmakers - who recently headlined Isle of Wight festival and Barclaycard presents British Summer Time Hyde Park - were tipped to take the Friday night slot when the 'Everlong' group pulled out after frontman Dave Grohl broke his leg during a concert in Sweden, and guitarist Graham Coxon admitted they would have been delighted to return to the famous music event for the first time since topping the bill in 2009.
Graham said: "Yeah I was like 'come on!' but you know I think someone [else] was there."
However, the musician admits he is unsure whether the group could have "practically" taken on the slot, which has been given to Florence + the Machine.
He added to BBC Newsbeat: "Didn't Florence already get in there? I don't know whether practically we could have done it but that would have been fun."
While Blur enjoy performing at Glastonbury, the 'Beetlebum' musician admits he has few memories of the first time they played there.
He laughed: "No, no I can't remember anything, that would have been in the 90s.
"I remember we were always very excited like children, just eating and drinking everything in sight but not remembering much about it."

Pink Floyd have been nominated for three awards at the 2015 Progressive Music Awards.
The legendary rock band's chart-topping 'The Endless River' LP sees them up for the Grand Design, Best Album and Best Band/Artist of the Year prizes.
Pink Floyd - Dave Gilmour and Nick Mason - are joined on three nominations by King Crimson and Steven Wilson.
Meanwhile, Kate Bush is up for two awards, Best Live Event and Artist of the Year, following her return to the stage in 2014, her first live shows in 35 years.
The 4th Annual Progressive Music Awards - created by Prog Magazine - will take place on September 3 at London's Underglobe under Shakespeare's Globe Theatre and will be hosted by 'The Wright Stuff' presenter Matthew Wright - a self-confessed Hawkwind obsessive who has toured and performed with the band.
Speaking about his hosting duties, Wright said: "I was made up to be asked ... It was the first time I'd ever met Steve Hillage (at the 2013 awards) - he was one of my heroes from my teenage years.
"I spent a lot of time listening to his 'Green' album and his stuff with Gong but I never thought I'd meet him. I also met Robert John Godfrey, who I'd seen live many times but had never met before. The experience was only marred by the fact I had to get up at 4am the next morning to do my show, so I think I might take the Friday off this time!"
The public can vote for the winners at www.progmagazine.com/awards while an additional six awards - Outer Limits, Visionary, Virtuoso, Guiding Light, Lifetime Achievement and Prog God - are selected by editors of the magazine and will be announced at the ceremony.

The 2015 Progressive Music Awards full list of nominees:

Limelight:
A Formal Horse
Bend Sinister
Dream The Electric Sleep
Fuzzy Nautilus
Heights
Maybeshewill
MoeTar
Perfect Beings
Sumer
The Physics House Band

Live Event:
Anathema - Cathedral Tour
Cropredy 2014
Devin Townsend - Live at the Royal Albert Hall
Muse - Live At Download
HRH Prog 3
Kate Bush - Before The Dawn Tour
King Crimson - US Tour
Marillion Weekend
RoSFest 2015
The Enid Present: The Bridge

Vangard (Previously known as Breakthrough Artist):
And So I Watch You From Afar
iamthemorning
Lonely Robot
Native Construct
Nordic Giants
Public Service Broadcasting
Purson
Soen
Sólstafir
Trojan Horse

Anthem:
Big Big Train - Wassail (from Wassail EP)
Christina Booth - The Light (from The Light)
Dave Kerzner - Stranded (from New World)
John Lodge - In My Mind (from 10,000 Light Years Ago)
Mew - Satellites (from +-)
Public Service Broadcasting - Gagarin (from The Race For Space)
Steve Hackett - Love Song To A Vampire (from Wolflight)
Tin Spirits - Summer Now (from Scorch)
Vennart - Operate (from The Demon Joke)
Von Hertzen Brothers - Hold Me Up (from New Day Rising)

Album of the Year:
Amplifier - Mystoria
Beardfish - +4626 comfortzone
Flying Colors - Second Nature
Nightwish - Endless Forms Most Beautiful
Opeth - Pale Communion
Pink Floyd - The Endless River
Periphery - Juggernaut
Steven Wilson - Hand.Cannot.Erase.
Sweet Billy Pilgrim - Motorcade Amnesiacs
The Pineapple Thief - Magnolia

Band/Artist of the Year:
Between The Buried & Me
Flying Colors
Kate Bush
King Crimson
Opeth
Pink Floyd
Steve Hackett
Steven Wilson
Threshold
Von Hertzen Brothers

The Storm Thorgerson Grand Design Award
Anthony Phillips - Harvest Of The Heart
Bill Nelson - Noise Candy
Hawkwind - This Is Your Captain Speaking...
Jethro Tull - Minstrel In The Gallery
King Crimson - Starless
Pink Floyd - The Endless River
Rush - R40
Soft Machine - Live In 1970
Steven Wilson - Hand.Cannot.Erase.
Yes - Progeny: Seven Shows From Seventy-Two

Sir Van Morrison performed an intimate concert for just 400 people in London on Wednesday night (24.06.15) which helped raise close to £100,000 for charity.
One of the world's greatest singer/songwriters, Morrison took to the stage at Porchester Hall at the 'Life & Soul' event which was held in honour of rehabilitation expert Chip Somers to raise funds and awareness of his abstinence clinic Focus 12.
The soul and jazz icon - who just a few days ago was given a Knighthood as part of the Queen's birthday honours list - played such magical captivating music that after just three songs people left their comfortably plush £140 dinner seats and tables strewn with the finest wine and champagne to dance in front of the stage making it an evening that no one in attendance would ever forget.
Morrison delved into his unparalleled back catalogue to transport the audience into musical ecstasy with songs such as 'Brown Eyed Girl', 'Gloria', 'Baby Please Don't Go' and 'Wild Nights'.
The 69-year-old musician - dressed in a grey suit, porkpie hat and sunglasses - didn't say anything to the rapturous crowd but he didn't need to as his wondrous spiritual songs said it all.
Before he began his set, guests were treated to a three-course meal which was then followed by an auction of celebrity items which included a guitar donated by Ed Sheeran and another guitar signed by Van Morrison, Pete Townsend and Johnny Marr.
Madness frontman Suggs acted as compere for the sale and to accelerate the bidding on Ed's instrument, he cheekily said: "Come on, this is a wonderful opportunity to own something so precious that even if you don't have any musical talent just by strumming this guitar you will have a top 20 hit!"
When bids were slow coming in for the opportunity to stay at Suggs' own Italian villa, he said: "This is my beautiful house. It's so beautiful it's easy for me to rent it out for £6,000 a week. You will have the time of your life, but only if the price is right."
The guitar signed by the trio of music legends sold for £3,000 and many of the generous guests dug deep into their pockets to bring the final total raised to six figures, although the final total is still be counted.
One guest said: "I have bid £6,000 for various items tonight. My mum had a devastating addiction which eventually killed her. This is my way of helping other people who have the same problems and making sure their lives don't end in death but are turned around."
Russell Brand - who was helped by Chip to overcome his own substance abuse issues and has since personally sponsored dozens of individuals to go through the Focus 12 programme - attended the event and was quick to heckle Suggs when there was a technical problem with a video that should have shown a host of tributes to Chip, including one from the 'Get Him to the Greek' star.
The star jokingly shouted: "What should we do now? Suggs, do you want to sing 'Our House' while we are waiting? Or should I recite my list of ex-lovers!"
Other celebrities in attendance included Fifi Geldof and Noel Gallagher's ex-wife Meg Matthews.
Focus 12 - whose longest serving patron is Davina McCall - has a well-earned and significant reputation for successfully helping people and also addresses deeply ingrained family issues and rifts, mental health conditions, personality disorders, other addictions, unemployment, housing issues, re-offending and education.
Speaking about what the 'Life & Soul' event meant to him, Chip told BANG Showbiz: "This evening means so much to me. When you have personally experienced the devastating effects of addition you are in a much better place to help addicts. It's a horrific illness which ruins lives. I am so thrilled that Van Morrison agreed to perform for us tonight."

Mary J. Blige performed an intimate gig in London last night (24.06.15) for her "biggest fans".
Ahead of her performance at the Glastonbury Festival, the 44-year-old singer wowed the crowd of just 500 people at One Marylebone. Her setlist included her most famous hits 'No More Drama' and 'Family Affair', as well as Disclosure's 'F For You', which she features on.
After the concert, Mary said: "Performing tonight was an incredible experience - from the intimate crowd to the beautiful venue. I love performing in London, and it was great to be able to do something special for some of my biggest fans, and give them a flavour of the other exciting things to come this summer."
A host of celebrity fans were in attendance including Leona Lewis and The Wanted's Nathan Sykes.
Mary's performance was part of the MasterCard Priceless Surprises campaign, which saw the 'Be Without You' hitmaker surprise her life-long fan Rana Otemro by flying into London from New York for a personal performance. Other artists in the campaign include Usher, Kaiser Chiefs and Paloma Faith.
Shaun Springer, Head of Brand, Sponsorship and Music, for MasterCard UK & Ireland said: "Working with Mary J. Blige, a global superstar, has been incredible. Her intimate gig is the second of four in our summer series, and has been a truly Priceless experience for our cardholders."

Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre have reunited to work on new music.
The 'Drop it Like It's Hot' hitmaker took to Instagram yesterday (24.06.15) to post a photo of the pair in the studio together.
Snoop captioned the snap, "Guess who bAcc (sic)", alongside a host of emojis of fireworks, a gun, a microphone and a wad of cash, sparking a host of excited responses from fans.
Snoop, 43, was discovered by N.W.A star Dre in 1992 and after Snoop appeared on Dre's solo debut album 'The Chronic' the pair worked together on Snoop's first studio LP 'Doggystyle', which came out in 1993 and is widely considered to be one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time.
As well as reuniting with Snoop, Dr. Dre, 50, also recently spent time with his former protégé Slim The Mobster in the studio.
Snoop's most recent album 'Bush' was released in May and was produced by Pharrell Williams.
On the record, the rap legend also collaborated with Gwen Stefani, Stevie Wonder and Kendrick Lamar on the LP.
While making the record Snoop gave some advice to 27-year-old rapper Kendrick on how to have a long-lasting career in the music business.
Snoop previously revealed: "I told him to always challenge himself and be willing to listen. Always put yourself on a level where you're eye-to-eye with everybody. Never play bigger than anybody because you never know when it's gonna be over.
"He grew up watching his West Coast O.G.s, like Ice Cube, Eazy-E and Snoop Dogg. He had a pretty good blueprint to work with, and that's why he's doing it so well."

Tim Burgess has hinted The Charlatans are going to play a secret set at Glastonbury.
The band's frontman took to Twitter earlier this week and cryptically posted a photograph of a pair of wellington boots alongside the caption "special guessed yet?" before revealing a mysterious list of geographical coordinates followed by a wink. He made the post after a fan tweeted to claim they had spotted him at the festival site on Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset, South West England.
Yesterday (24.06.15), the 48-year-old singer furthered speculation when he uploaded a snap of the band's stage gear from their storage facility - including pianos and amps - to Twitter and wrote: "Nearly packed and ready to go..."
Secret sets have become a tradition at the iconic music festival and some notable performances have come from Mumford & Sons who played a surprise gig in the Avalon Field last year and Liam Gallagher's Beady Eye who opened the festival in 2013 with a show that drew thousands of fans for the first performance of that's year's event.
It has also been rumoured that Foo Fighters may be playing an acoustic set after having to pull out of their headline slot due to frontman Dave Grohl breaking his leg during a concert in Sweden.
Speculation is rife that Foals and The Libertines could be making an appearance at this year's Glastonbury which kicks off on Friday (26.06.15).

Foo Fighters will reportedly headline Glastonbury in 2016.
The iconic rock band were scheduled to headline the world famous festival this year, but were forced to scrap the idea after lead singer Dave Grohl broke his leg on stage during a recent gig in Sweden.
However, festival boss Michael Eavis has already asked them to return next year, with a source telling The Sun newspaper: "Dave was beyond gutted about pulling out of Glastonbury, especially at such short notice.
"But Michael was quick to book him for next year as he's desperate for the Foos to headline. He knows they'll go down a storm at Glasto. Dave agreed within seconds."
Dave's leg injury also caused the band to cancel a number of other planned performances, including two gigs at Wembley Stadium in London.
Following the on-stage accident, Dave released a statement saying: "You know I hate to do it, but I'm afraid it's just not physically possible for me at the moment.
"We're doing our best right now to work out a plan, so bear with us. You know we're good for our word. But for now, I need to make sure we have years of gigs ahead of us."