Van Halen's Dave Lee Roth has denied reports that he suffered a nut allergy while driving in Ontario in May. As previously reported, it was claimed that police officers pulled the singer over for speeding and discovered he was suffering an allergic reaction. However, Van Halen, complete with Roth, were playing a gig in Madison Square Garden the night the incident happened.
So, now the questions remains, who exactly was it? Both the police officers who stopped the car in question admit that they had no idea who Roth was and wouldn't have recognised him, even if it was the rockstar. Constable Larry Plummer said: "The guys didn't put a report in til later in the week and someone else in the office spotted the name and went, 'Hey!'".
Whoever the nut-allergic speeder was, he seems to have fooled a lot of people. Reports claim that, after he had recovered, he partied with a couple of nurses from Brantford General Hospital, where he had been taken, and that they were under the impression he was, in deed, Mr Roth. As were the drinkers at local bar the Liquid Lounge. The bar's owner Cheri Walsh said: "Was it really him? It seemed to be him and when I asked him, 'Are you David Lee Roth', he said, 'Yes', but there've been a million discussions in here since. We talked for about an hour and he told me all about the peanut allergy and hospital visit". The man apparently even got up and performed a Roth song, 'Ice Cream Man', with the band in the bar.
Constable Plummer concluded: "As soon as somebody wonders if it could be an impostor, everyone starts guessing. The main thing is, whoever he was, he was definitely very much in distress and our guys did an awesome job getting him help".