Gene Simmons to Fox: Adam Lambert "should shut up about his sexual preferences"
In what soup-to-nuts is quite possibly the most annoying interview I have ever seen, KISS co-founder and granny-hair enthusiast Gene Simmons appeared on various Fox News affiliates today and managed to compliment Adam Lambert (with whom KISS performed on the American Idol finale) briefly before saying that the young singer should "keep his mouth shut about his sexual preference", because "we, America" don't want to hear about "what it is you have to do indoors." He used the same routine on various outlets (with a bestiality chaser in each one), but here's one version of it:
A clip of a similar interview and more, below... This is of course coming from the man who has bragged about having had sex with 4600 women, who has said such things about his longtime girlfriend as "Loving someone and caring about someone does not mean they have the right to own you. She will mount the milkman if she wants, so relax, why torture each other?" and whose current claim to fame is a reality show about what his family does. Indoors. You can even watch graphic footage of Simmons getting a facelift right now, if you want ... although for some reason I think America would rather hear about Adam Lambert's sexual preferences, don't you? What a class act ... although from the rest of the interview it's pretty clear that Simmons is throwing Lambert under a bus in an effort to gain attention so that he can better market his new pancake syrup or whatever the eff he's up to next. You can watch one of the interviews below (though I don't recommend it) and big thanks to mikemgmve and Taste_the_Rainbow for the tips! Submitted by on Thu, 2009-06-11 13:01. |
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The usual hypocrisy
Can someone remind him that
ugh
i just bet he feels differently about two women being together. i just freaking bet it.
I also hope GLAAD doesn't demand some apology for this, because i know i won't accept it.
Hetero yuck!
I choked
I absolutely choked when I listened to this. A man who has made being a spectacle into a career, digging at the new generation for simply being honest. And the farm animals? Please, that's just sad.
I think I just quit drinking Dr. Pepper because of this jackass.
don't give up because of him!
Dr. Pepper is so good though! Don't let Simmons win. That'd be like if you gave up Adam Lambert because Gene Simmons couldn't shut up about him. Keep drinking Dr. Pepper and keep snarking.
At this point, almost anyone who has anything to say (especially negative) about Adam just wants attention, not because of anything else. Simmons is an attention whore; did anyone really expect better?
conflicted much
I can't even bring myself to care that much, as defensive of Adam as I usually am. The guy invites Adam to tour with them, then says he doesn't have a rock voice, then says he should've won AI, and then says he needs to shut up about his sexuality.
I don't think he wants to make a statement anymore. I think he just wants attention.
But speaking of rock voices, he also doesn't think Freddie Mercury has a "rock voice" either. *rolls eyes*
did you hear him sing on the show? he sounded great!
Juxtaposing gay sex and bestiality... diaf.
Gene Simmons is way too
Gene Simmons is way too full of himself. The whole interview was him making sure everyone knew exactly how hard he was working, even pointing out that he was up at 5:00am to do that interview. I've never seen a person get in so much shameless self-promotion into one interview in such a short amount of time!
And apparently he can speak for ALL of America in saying that no one cares about Adam's sexual preference. If that were the case, then Adam wouldn't have had to come out at all. All throughout American Idol Adam got constantly questioned about his sexual orientation, but I'm sure Gene Simmons counts as the voice of all America.
I for one think that Adam has much more than a rock voice. He's a very talented vocalist. He could succeed if he wanted to do funk, pop, rock, or broadway. I think Gene Simmons is just a bit jealous that Adam knows how to make headlines.
What a crock
Lambert was the center of a media storm when he wasn't talking about his sexuality. He isn't even making a big deal about it now, the media is.
Simians thinly veiled jealousy is not gonna win him any new fans.
People that actually whistle while they work deserve what they get.
It's insulting.
Drake is not a farm animal. Everytime somebody makes the gay/bestiality analogy, I want to punch them in the face. Which in Simmons' case could only be an improvement.
And really, who doesn't want a lecture on discretion about one's private life from GENE SIMMONS? 'Cause he's so enigmatic and mysterious about his own. Remind me again-what's his show about?
Gene is stupid (+ some great links!)
first this coming from Gene, the guy who talks about sleeping with thousands of women, and then say no one cares about Lambert being open and honest about his life? At least he didn't go in to detail talking about every guy he's been with. He was just opening up and letting people getting to know him better,
Second thing, it was the MEDIA that wouldn't shut up about Adam and kept asking and asking, Lambert never made a big deal about it, it was the media. So yeah, they were interested. We were all interested in hearing what Adam had to say in his own words.
Gah, I really hate all these old people coming out saying shit about Adam. Like Rob Zombie did a few days ago I think, he said that Adam wasn't Mick Jagger. And that comment came out of nowhere, b/c Adam has never ever said he wanted to be like one of those rockers. Other people keep comparing him to them, but Adam has never done it himself. All Adam wants to be is Adam. I really hate when people talk about other people like this in the media just to get attention. It is desperate and ugly.
Everyone loves Adam so much, and that is why we want to know more about him.
A little off topic, have you guys read Adam's brother Neil's blog? It super funny and he is really good with words. Anyway, he wrote a little about Adam and that he was interviewed for 20/20 this Friday when Adam's gonna be on
http://negativeneil.com/
And about the RS cover, this is a very good and interesting article to read. It says that Adam didn't get the cover simply because of the gay thing, but because RS really loved him. They didn't know what he was gonna be talking about, Adam himself made it clear the he wanted to tell the truth about everything.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-06-10/cashing-in-on-coming-out/full/
here's another fun article from Newsweek about older women who love Adam :D
http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/popvox/archive/2009/06/10/why-cougars-crave-idol-runner-up-adam-lambert.aspx
and watch this about David Archuleta talking about Adam coming out. I have no idea why they were even asking little David, but he is cute as usual:
http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/06/11/archuleta-on-lamberts-coming-out-i-just-kind-of-assumed-it/
Here's a fun backstage video from YHA with Kara and Adam talking about a lot of things, including him being open and gay (if u didn't know, Adam's gonna be interviewed on 20/20 this Friday and this was like a preview). I love when he said that thing about singing Cher in Hollywood Week. LOL. Everyone should have known by then. :D
http://abcnews.go.com/2020/
And here is the CUTEST thing ever - Adam's reaction to seeing himself on the cover of Rolling Stone. Watch it. RS loves Adam so much they made him film the whole thing, and then they posted it on their website. He says "OMG...OMFG" LOL. And then he stares at the cover for a long time.
http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/06/10/adam-lambert-reacts-to-rolling-stone-cover-omfg/
Sry if some of the links maybe already have been posted somewhere else.
Kris talks about Adam's "crush" - so cute!
This is the cutest thing ever. short but very cute.
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20284690,00.html
and also, this is very hot. new pics from Adam's RS photoshoot.
http://www.rollingstone.com/photos/gallery/28566135/adam_lamberts_rolling_stone_cover
AWwwww jealous much?
The green is showing, Mr Simmons.
He just sounds so petty and jealous. lol.
On the other hand he should have kept his mouth
shut about his sexual preferences. I don't really care what he wants to
do and neither does America.
Right. I see...
This from a man who claims to have slept with over 4000 women.
So what I'm hearing is that it is cool for him to pretty much proclaim that he's a ho' but Adam Lambert can't say he is gay and has 1 boyfriend?
Right, Gene. The green is showing... lol.
Rob Zombie with the same kind of hipocracy...
I recently read Rob Zombie's rant on Adam Lambert, about how taking a shortcut in the form of "American Idol" to get noticed in the music industry is cheating. He then went on to plug "Halloween 2," his, what, fourth major motion picture? How many people who dream of making movies go out to Hollywood only to go unnoticed while Rob Zombie uses his music industry fame to jump into motion picture making? Seems to me he grasped the opportunity given to him just like Adam did with "American Idol."
Too bad he and Gene Simmons don't see how spouting off at the mouth like this makes them sound like hipocrits. Everyone else has already pointed out Gene's pimping of his family on a reality show as well as his ego-driven talk about how many women he's been with. I just thought I'd point out that Rob Zombie tid-bit that rubbed me the wrong way.
In my humble opinion...Gene
In my humble opinion...Gene Simmons has got to be one the ugliest men i've ever seen. Even before his hipocritical and jealous comments about Adam, I've always viewed him as one ugly brute. And I don't care how many women he claims to have slept with...I surely hope he was wearing protection at the time or he maybe a walking petri dish right now...he's still got one ugly mug.
I agree with others...he is jealous and desperate for attention. Lets be honest...Simmons is well passed his prime, whereas Adam is just getting started.
Move over Clay Aiken
who this guy????????/
sorry,i really don't know who he is but now i maybe get little interested about he had sex with about 4000 women.(omg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!).
so in "America"straight people(guys)can say loud to world that they can have sex with many women BUT for gay guys they should zipper their mouth for good????can someone told me cause i live in Asia.
And i agree with what all H said.the main point is Adam Lambert from starting until ended AI not saying any word about his sexuality only the media and some people not like him are make the thing worst.But now he make his sexuality clear to all people but also can make people (who jealous him)say something hurt.
I think now is clear who is the one should keep his mouth shut............
lol.
lol. What an attention whore! Just like what Adam said in his EW Idolatry interview "Gene Simmons is just trying to be Gene Simmons", he is provocative, he is trying to gain attention. I do not even know who the heck he is until KISS appreared on stage with Adam. Farm animal? Huh? so why do I have to hear something from a farm animal like Gene Simmons? I thought we are all animals, no? Don't tell me Gene Simmons is an alien. Honestly, if Gene Simmons doesn't think sexual orientation is that much of a big deal, he shouldn't even bring it up, as he brought it up, it's confirmed that he is the one that trying to make a big deal out of it. Well, he just wants attention, poor Simmons. Unfortunately, I have to say that he earned the attention, at least from me, otherwise I'd never knew who Gene Simons? Simmons? is in a gazillion years.
Adam is not the one who keeps talking about his sexuality, it is America, which Simmons represents as he claimed, keeps on asking. Adam already said he does not even think twice about coming out because he is always out and does not think it would be such a big deal. As a hetero, this Gene Simmons disgusts me, and he wants to represent America? represent heteros like me? Ugh... I guess I'd rather listen to a farm animal fart.
Anyway, I love Adam, I think he's truly inspiring for everyone of us, I love him as who he is, so props for him not holding back at all in the RS interview! He makes me loving him more and more! Can't wait til his album out!