Washington, Sept 14: After the brawl between Tommy Lee and Kid Rock at the MTV Video Music Award, Rock came clean with his side of the story.

Kid Rock defended himself on ‘The Kevin & Bean Show’ which airs on Los Angeles' KROQ-FM.

"It's been going on for five years," People magazine quoted him, as saying on the show.  

Both Lee and Rock are former husbands of Pamela Anderson.

"I did what any man would do, any man across the country, across the world would do," he said.

"It kills me just to be associated with, to have my name in a sentence with him, it honestly destroys me," he confessed.

Lee also came out and commented on his side of the story on PerezHilton.com.

He explained to the radio hosts: "Last contact I had with him was when me and Pam were going through our divorce. He picked up her Blackberry and started e-mailing me a lot of horrendous things. It was extremely disrespectful."

To this, Rock answered, very coolly. He retorted, “ I calmly told him, ... Listen, I will see you again ... and that was the end of it, because I don't talk, you know."

But, still much was left unsaid, and undone.

Talking of the fight, Rock said: "This was unavoidable. I had to do what I had to do because this was a long time coming.

“You know, I came back from the bathroom and he was sitting right there. It was even more disrespectful after everything he's said, I was like that's enough, that's it."

Lee had earlier criticised Kid on his declining movie career. To which, he added, "I go to knock this jealous no career havin country bumpkin the f--- OUT ... and before I can have a meeting with my fist and his ugly ass mug ... security guards ... not mine at the Palms grab me and haul my ass outta the award show threatening me that if I move they'll break my arm ... yeah whatever!!"

On being questioned, whether the fight had anything to do with Anderson, Rock said, "It has the farthest thing to do from that," Rock said. "If he's smart he'll be like you know down deep you had it coming. Just leave it alone now. Go your own way." (With Inputs from ANI)