"I went on a motherf**king bender, bro." Why everyone is talking about Tommy Lee... again. 

If you were unfortunate enough to be scrolling through Instagram over the weekend, then there's a good chance you would have been confronted by a VERY revealing image of Tommy Lee.

And by that we mean, he straight up shared a photo of his d*ck.  

The 59-year-old Mötley Crüe drummer shared the unsolicited nude photo with his 1.5 million Instagram followers alongside the caption, "Ooooopppsss". 

And despite Instagram's strict no-nudity policy and tendency to immediately remove photos of women's nipples (even through a shirt), the photo was allowed to stay up on the social media platform for hours – a hypocrisy many have been quick to call out. 

Here's everything we know about the, uh, incident.

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When was the photo taken down? 

Lee's naked selfie was up on Instagram for over three hours before it was taken down.

During that time, thousands of people 'liked' and commented on the post, while others shared the image to Twitter questioning Instagram's delay in removing it. 

Lee's wife, Brittany Furlan, also commented on the photo. 

"OH MY GOD," the 35-year-old wrote, according to the New York Post.

Even dating app Grindr commented on the decision to share the photo on Instagram, writing, "Wrong app, babe."

It wasn't the first time the world has seen Lee's naked body. The father-of-two featured in an infamous sex-tape with his ex-wife Pamela Anderson back in 1995.

How did the internet react? 

After the initial wave of shock and (for some) amusement, many were quick to call out the social media platform's double standard for censoring women's bodies.

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According to Instagram, nude photos or videos are not allowed to be published. 

"We know that there are times when people might want to share nude images that are artistic or creative in nature, but for a variety of reasons, we don’t allow nudity on Instagram," they write in their community guidelines. 

"This includes photos, videos, and some digitally-created content that show sexual intercourse, genitals, and close-ups of fully-nude buttocks. It also includes some photos of female nipples, but photos in the context of breastfeeding, birth giving and after-birth moments, health relates situations... or an act of protest are allowed."

Despite this, an image of Lee's entire member was allowed to not only be shared on the platform, but gain traction for hours before being taken down. 

Michelle Battersby, the co-founder of Sunroom, was one of the voices who pointed out the hypocrisy off this, questioning why men like Lee and Andrew Tate, who regularly shares his views on women, are able to share content while women are penalised for talking about "motherhoods, breasts [and] body positivity".

Image: Instagram  @michellebattersby.  

Others also criticised Instagram for policing women's bodies on the platform. 

Girls can’t post photos with cleavage on Instagram without it being taken down but Tommy Lee can post THAT. nah. pic.twitter.com/hd4u2vZzmN

— yourlocaltaurus (@BorehamIsabelle) August 11, 2022

Tommy lee can post a full nude but @instagram threatens to delete my account at even the HINT of a nipple. 😤

— Shardell Monique (@ShardellMonique) August 11, 2022

All I’m going to say is Tommy Lee can post his 🍆 on Insta but a breast feeding Mumma gets censored. Cool.

— Jakie (@Jakie_1993) August 11, 2022

Has Tommy Lee said anything after positing the photo? 

A week later, Tommy Lee has commented on the whole drama.

He explained his recent naked Instagram post was the result of a "motherf**kling bender".

"A couple of weeks ago, we had like a two-week break off the tour, and I went on a motherf**king bender, bro," Lee, 59, said on stage during the group's San Antonio, Texas, concert this week.

"I got f**king sideways as f**k and got naked and posted pictures of my d**k."

Lee also issued a challenge to his fans, saying: "Usually, I mean I'm a t**ty man, so I like to see t**ties, but tonight is equal-opportunity night. Tonight I wanna see everyone's d**k. C'mon boys, pull your s**t out. Pull your f**king junk out. Let's go."

This article was originally posted on August 12, 2022, and was updated on August 24, 2022.

Feature Image: Instagram @tommylee/Mamamia.