Gene Simmons needs to shut the hell up already.

6 months ago, no one was interviewing Gene Simmons, now that he's made his statement about Lambert he's going to keep using it for as far as it will get him.

Gene Simmons has become a walking parody of himself.  Can anyone take him even remotely serious?

Of course he's saying it to stay in the news. They've got a concert to promote. The man knows how to market himself. We don't have to like it, but you have give the guy credit for knowing how to keep his name out there.

As Gene and his music, I like some hard rock (Edguy, Helloween, Stratovarious, Kamelot) Kiss is really pop/rock and not very good stuff at that. The only song of theirs that I like is the ballad Beth. 

 

Simmons seems to be implying that Adam is going on and on about being gay, as if it's his main talking point, when, in fact, Adam has only discussed in one interview whereas it's Simmons himself who can't stop talking about it.

Lambert's sexuality seems to be a bigger issue to people like Simmons or Bill O'Reilly over on Fox News than to anyone else in America.

One can also raise the obvious question of what qualifies Gene Simmons to offer an opinion. After all, once he and his bandmates ditched the makeup they fell off the map quickly enough. I think he is enjoying this chance to play Wise Old Sage of Rock.

However, I also think Adam's decision was the right one, and not just for political reasons. As someone in their late-20's who had been out for years, Adam just had too much gay "backstory" to pretend it didn't exist, especially not with O'Reilly obsessing over it on Fox News.  Denials or evasion would have just provided more fuel for "expose'" reporters to dig through the trash to find the dirt, which in fact did happen even before the season of Idol was done.

So instead Adam is controlling the issue by being forthright about it. Maybe it's unfair the way people in our society obsess over celebrities' private lives but there is no escaping the scrutiny. Rather than trying to be duplicituous and fuel ever more salacious gossip, Adam has laid all the cards out on the table and stopped the out of control spin.

What Simmons may be incapable of understanding is that Adam's fans are not Kiss's fans. Younger people today are not the same as the people that worshipped at the altar of Kiss in the 70's.  Sure, there's still plenty of homophobic goons out there.But there's also millions of young women for whom the gay BFF is the ultimate fashion accessor.

The world changes. It remains to be seen how this will impact Adam's career. But like O'Reilly I think that Simmons is just reaching for the sound bytes because he's looking for every "controversial" issue he can talk about to get more attention on himself.

While I certainly feel Obama was more deserving of the Asshat award over Gene Simmons, it is nice to see Simmons has made himself eligible for the next round of voting.

Also on that list should be the police force of Fort Worth, TX who commemorated the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots by attacking (and possibly killing) gay bar patrons.

He has a point. In Gene's world view it's still 1975 and the gay was till a career killing concept. 

Seriously Gene, Lets get with the program and this century. Who cares if small minded people don't like Adam. He will have more than enough fame and fortune in his life. 

"I would be the first one to vote for equal rights for gay women and men, and get the church and the state to stop telling everybody how to lead their lives..."

I think Gene Simmons should stop telling people how to lead their lives!  

"Go, or go ahead and surprise me."  -- Rufus Wainwright

In a February 4, 2002 interview on the NPR radio show Fresh Air with Terry Gross, Simmons said to Gross regarding his claim to have bedded more than a thousand women: "If you want to welcome me with open arms, I'm afraid you're also going to have to welcome me with open legs" (paraphrasing The Who's hit song "You Better You Bet"). To this Gross replied, "That's a really obnoxious thing to say." Simmons refused to grant permission to NPR to make the interview available online on the station's website.

Read Simmons' wikipedia entry.  He's done and said MANY ignorant things.

people have been trying to get him to come out since he first appeared on American Idol.  He did TWO interviews since then and finally answered them.  If thats the only part America cares about its not his fault.

but Simmons is the one who brought up "animals" in the previous interview.  It's pathetic.  "I'm not homphobic, but other people are, so he should shut up because he's making them uncomfortable".  Whatever, dude. 

There are roughly 200 or so openly gay musicians with great careers who would beg to differ with your "concern". 

My Bad!! Instead he slipped on a puddle of make up and tripped over his own tongue. More like a career suicide.

 

i don't know why HE still bla bla bla................now every one knew who is the one wanted people pay attention to him(it clear!!!).

Adam already stop talking about himself BUT there are still have busybody bla bla bal....................

SHUT UP AND ZIPPER YOU MOUTH..PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What is Gene Simmons doing telling anyone not to talk about their sexuality?  I mean, this is the man who can't stop bragging about how many women he's slept with.

 

Gene Simmons is 'all for gay rights' as long as the gays shut up and keep their gayness to themselves. 

 

He's done. You're forcing people to deal with issues they may not be interested in. 

 

Yeah, he's done, Gene.  Done with giving your foolish remarks an iota of his time, lol. 

And frankly, so am I.

I do have a question. Now.....with all the talking Gene Simmons is doing about Adam Lambert - "Did Gene Simmons take too much Metamucil, or not enough, or he should???" Too much bind-up, no?  Help me out here, somebodyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!