Throughout the night, Simmons called “DWTS” pro Emma Slater “a beautiful woman” and said that contestant Chandler Kinney “fogged up my glasses” and that she “moved me, not just with your gyrations and such but with your beautiful face.”

Kiss frontman Gene Simmons recently appeared before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property. He was there to support the American Music Fairness Act (AMFA). However, the bassist and vocalist went viral after an uncomfortable exchange with anchor Maritsa Georgiou.

Gene Simmons may be on Capitol Hill lobbying for the rights of musicians, but that didn’t stop the KISS frontman from randomly making a pass on live television. While Atlanta-based reporter Maritsa Georgiou was closing out their live TV interview on Tuesday 9,

During an interview with Scripps News anchor Maritsa Georgiou, KISS frontman Gene Simmons appeared to flirt with the journalist as he asked if she "was still modeling." The moment came one day after Simmons was featured at the 2025 Kennedy Center Honors.

In yesterday’s Working For The Weekday column at Paste, I covered Gene Simmons’ vapid, misguided comments about his former bandmate, the late Ace Frehley. The KISS guitarist passed away at the age of 74 in October,

Gene Simmons is living up to his reputation as a ladies man even at 76 by ending a broadcast news with an awkward come on to the anchor who interviewed him.

Gene Simmons testified before a Senate subcommitte on a radio performance right bill that would force radio stations to pay artists for airplay.