Sharon Osbourne refuels feud with Vince Neil
Sharon Osbourne has reopened the long-running feud with Motley Crue’s Vince Neil, saying she has “no sympathy for him.”
Osbourne, a host on CBS’ “The Talk” and wife of rocker Ozzy Osbourne, made the comments in reference to Neil’s latest public spectacle: a brawl with actor Nicolas Cage after Neil allegedly pulled a woman to the ground by her hair last Thursday at Aria.
The Metropolitan Police Department charged Neil, 55, with battery against the woman.
Osbourne said she’s known Neil for more than 30 years, dating back to when his band toured with her husband.
She alluded to Neil’s history of partying, saying it led to the 1984 death of Hanoi Rocks’ drummer Nicholas “Razzle” Dingley when he was a passenger in a car driven by Neil that was involved in a crash in California.
In his 2010 autobiography “Tattoos & Tequila,” Neil called Sharon Osbourne “the most evil, (expletive) woman I’ve ever met in my life.”
Her response: “Vince, of course I tried to keep my husband away from you at all costs as I truly felt you were a danger of Ozzy, yourself and everyone around you.”
She was quoted as saying she sees Neil “as a pathetic 50-year-old party boy who continues to put innocent people’s lives at risk by getting behind the wheel of your car and driving drunk and being arrested for assaulting women. Enough said.”
In 2003, Neil was arrested after a sex worker at the Moonlight Bunny Ranch alleged he grabbed her by the throat and threw her against a wall. After pleading no contest to the battery charge, he was sentenced to a 30-day jail suspension, an anger management course and fined $1,000 plus court fees of $132.
READING MATERIAL
Former KLAS-TV, Channel 8 reporter and anchor Sheila Strehle was in town over the weekend to promote her romantic suspense novel “Dumped in Vegas.”
Strehle worked at KLAS from 1987 to 1996 before moving to Seattle for a TV job.
The heroine of her book is an investigative reporter named Beau Knox, who gets the scoop of her career when her best police source tips her about a body at the county dump. The corpse is a superstar heavy metal frontman. The investigation leads to an international drug cartel.
Local author Donna Foley Mabry has come out with her sixth novel in the Alexandra Merritt mystery series in “The Las Vegas Sophisticate.”
Her main character is Mayor Oscar Goodman, who plans to build a high-rise casino to lure more high rollers downtown.
On opening day, important people end up dead.
The mayor is the target of a hit-and-run driver and ends up in a hospital, where an eye-patched newspaper columnist shows up, asking questions.
THE SCENE AND HEARD
Turns out country star Martina McBride was not the first artist to perform in the dress rehearsal at T-Mobile Arena March 31. Her opening act was Cam, whose hit “Burning House” was the highest-selling female country song of 2015. … This year’s “Animals in Wonderland” benefit for the Nevada SPCA will be at the Siena Golf Club on April 28. Four members of the “Raiding the Rock Vault” show at the Tropicana will perform with acoustic guitars. They’ll do a tribute medley to The Eagles’ Glenn Frey, who died earlier this year.
ON THIS DAY
April 13, 2007: Cocktail waitress Jaimee Grubbs, out with friends at Bellagio’s Light nightclub, meets Tiger Woods. She says they begin an affair that lasts until Tiger’s notorious 2009 car crash that reveals his serial cheating. She proves her claim by releasing scores of text messages from the golfer.
SIGHTINGS
Comedian Drew Carey, earning his wings as a first-time flyer at Vegas Indoor Skydiving on Sunday. He lived up to his reputation by tipping big. … Grammy nominee Trey Songz, celebrating a friend’s birthday party at Hakkasan restaurant (MGM Grand) on Sunday.
THE PUNCH LINE
“Why do I have a feeling if Donald Trump doesn’t win he’s going to sue all of us?” — Jimmy Kimmel
Norm Clarke’s column appears Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Friday. He can be reached at 702-383-0244 or norm@reviewjournal.com. Find more online at www.normclarke.com. On Twitter: @Norm_Clarke
