Nikki Sixx has once again come to the defense of his longtime bandmate Vince Neil after a fan took a shot at the singer on social media.
The exchange happened on X (formerly Twitter), where a user directed a crude remark at Sixx regarding the frontman of Mötley Crüe. On Saturday (March 7), the person wrote: “You should get Vince jogging or some Ozempic. Fat s**t can’t sign” [sic].
Sixx wasted little time responding and made it clear he wasn’t going to tolerate the insult aimed at his bandmate of more than four decades.
“What an embarrassing thing to post to me about my singer who’s been with me for 45 years. No matter what you think he’s my brother and you can go suck a d**k.”
The bassist has previously defended Neil when fans questioned the singer’s performances. In November 2025, Sixx pushed back against criticism following the band’s Las Vegas residency at Dolby Live at Park MGM.
The residency had originally been scheduled for spring 2025 but was postponed after Neil suffered a stroke the previous Christmas. Despite the serious health scare, the vocalist eventually returned to the stage when the band completed the run later that year.
At the time, another social media user suggested that Neil should “get in shape and fix his voice first” before the band heads out on a 2026 tour with Tesla and Extreme. Sixx again pushed back at the criticism, writing: “Did you hear him in Vegas? He sounded solid and bad a*s.”
Neil himself has been open about the severity of his stroke and the long recovery process that followed. Speaking to the Las Vegas Review-Journal in October 2025, the singer described the moment his health crisis changed everything.
“I had a stroke. My whole left side went out… I had to learn to walk again, and that was tough,” Neil said. “The doctors said they didn’t think I’d be able to go back on stage again. I go, ‘No, no, I’m gonna do it. Watch and see.’”
According to Neil, the recovery required months of rehabilitation as he slowly regained the ability to move and walk on his own again.
“I went from people carrying me to the bathroom, because I couldn’t walk myself, finally to a wheelchair,” he revealed. “I graduated to a walker, and then I had a cane. Now I don’t need anything. But it’s like a full-time job getting back to where you feel good again.”
