"Axl called me and he really wanted me a part of the reunion, and I turned it down," Ashba said. "I felt if Slash is coming back, that's great — that's what the fans want, and I can go off and do what I really wanna do now… And we left [off on good terms]; everything is good. And I couldn't be happier for the fans out there. I'm a fan. Half of the band reunited, which excites me, but at the same time, it's the best of both worlds — I get to do what I really love to do, and that's play in SIXX:A.M."
https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/dj-ashba-on-his-exit-from-guns-n-roses-that-was-a-chapter-in-my-life-and-im-starting-a-new-chapter/
I still don't know what to think about that quote. Part of me is just laughing at it as a Bad joke but Axl has done crazier things in his life.