Sammy Hagar fires back after Alex Van Halen calls him a “complete idiot”: “We sold 40 million records. Come clean. What’s your problem?”

Sammy Hagar has responded to Alex Van Halen calling him “ a complete idiot ” — and while he was happy to joke about the insult, he had more serious questions for his former bandmate.

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