Gene Simmons admits he was ‘intimate’ with himself
Jodi Ritzen recently wrote about Gene Simmons telling her he was ‘intimate’ with himself to Ann-Margaret, a funny story that KISS fans definitely need after a tragic week with multiple losses.
“Gene Simmons to Ann-Margret
Gene: I wanted to tell you, I have been very intimate with myself to pictures of you.
Ann-Margret : ☺️”
She later posted, “I want to address the post about Gene Simmons admitting his teenage lust to Ann-Margret.
The few offended people, horrified by this, it was said in a loving and funny manner. It was tasteful and honest and most likely not the first time she was told this having been a sex symbol her entire life.
Ladies and gentlemen, working with fans, what Gene said isn’t half as bad what some of you are describing as ‘inappropriate’ as the comments I have heard regarding Micky, Mike, Catherine Bach, Dean Cain, Erik Estrada, John Schneider…. I mean I laugh, I agree with you most times, I will tell them usually how the fans feel to make them feel attractive, happy, uplifted….
Some ladies get very dirty…that we keep in the vault. Don’t think men are the only pigs.
Don’t judge others, most of you have had your moments as well. Let people just live.
Stop being so sensitive. Do you get offended if you’re told how sexy you are?”
Tom Morello pays tribute to Ace Frehley
It’s been a difficult week for the KISS family with Ace Frehley’s death, so fans should definitely give Gene Simmons a break for his lighthearted joke. In a recent episode of SiriusXM’s “Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk,” Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello paid tribute to the late Ace Frehley, whom he considers one of his greatest influences.
“[Ace] was my first guitar hero. Kiss was the band that made me love rock and roll, and he was the lead guitar player of that band,” he said (as transcribed by Blabbermouth).
“I mean, without him, I don’t know whether I would’ve ever wanted to play guitar. It was totally formative,” Morello continued. “KISS was the supernova that made me light up and think, ‘Oh, this is something I might wanna do for the rest of my life.’ And the lead guitarist of that band, a crucial part of that band, an indispensable part of that band’s original chemistry, was Ace Frehley. So I owe not just an artistic debt to him, but just a life debt to him. Every riff that has ever come, every guitar solo that’s ever been a part of my life has its origins, the DNA imprint of Ace Frehley.”
“In the same way that acts like The Rolling Stones and The Beatles, they captured the imagination of generations and made people think, ‘There might be room for me to do that too,’ KISS was that for us,” he added. “And Ace was the coolest axe-slinging, Les Paul smoke-belching guitar hero for all of us.”
