NBC Contacts UCA About Hosting Reality Show Rocker Tommy Lee
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
The University of Central Arkansas took
itself off the short list as a venue for a reality TV show by
rocker Tommy Lee.
UCA President Lu Hardin said he engaged in "reflection and
prayer" before deciding that the drummer who performed "Shout at
the Devil" should not be allowed on the Conway campus.
Hardin said NBC contacted the university about possibly
hosting "Tommy Lee Goes Back to College."
Hardin told school trustees Friday the University of Central
Arkansas was among three or four schools being considered. Hardin
says having the tattooed rocker on campus would have been too much
of a distraction.
Lee choose the University of Nebraska. He was on campus at
Lincoln on Thursday to buy books. Hardin said the university had to
keep talks with Lee quiet, but was able to disclose the negotiation
after the Nebraska deal went through.
