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Gene Simmons banned from Fox News after lewd behavior

 

Kiss frontman Gene Simmons was reportedly banned from Fox News after harassing employees and making crude statements during an promotional appearance at the network on Thursday.

 

Simmons had just completed an interview about his new book with Fox Business when he arrived for an entertainment feature on the 14th floor and began acting inappropriately, according to The Daily Beast.

 

“Hey chicks, sue me!” Simmons yelled while pulling open his red velvet shirt and exposing his chest and stomach, the site said.

 

Simmons also told jokes about pedophilia and touched a number of employees — even tapping some on the head with his book while insulting their intelligence.

 

The rocker was banned from all Fox properties permanently.

 

A representative for Simmons did not return a request for comment.

 

 

 

KISS Founder Gene Simmons Has Been Banned For Life From Fox News

 

Fox News has had a checkered record of sexual harassment and sexism over the past year, leading to the exit of former head Roger Ailes and longtime personality Bill O’Reilly. It has seemingly been enough to see the network attempt to change the environment in the workplace, something that has now led to Gene Simmons being banned for life from Fox News and its other network partners.

 

The KISS bassist and founder is a longtime guest on the network and made his latest appearance on Wednesday across the main network and Fox Business Network, promoting his new book On Power and having what seemed to be a fun time with the folks, even helping to deliver the weather on Fox And Friends.

 

He followed this by sitting with Maria Bartiromo for a chat and ended up giving his opinion of the ongoing Harvey Weinstein and sexual misconduct scandal that seems to be swirling around the country. According to The Daily Beast, Simmons felt the question was a bit odd considering his rock persona and seemed to blame the entire thing on testosterone:

 

“The lunatics have taken over the insane asylum when respected business entities such as yourself ask guys that like to stick their tongues out,” Simmons answered, “what I think of Harvey Weinstein.”

 

“Okay, I’m a powerful and attractive man, and what I’m about to say is deadly serious,” he continued. “Men are jackasses. From the time we’re young we have testosterone. I’m not validating it or defending it.”

It wasn’t long after this that Simmons was off to his third Fox appearance of the day, heading to an interview with FoxNews.com. This is when “The demon” busts in on a staff meeting on the 14th floor and proceeds to offend everybody present in the span of a few minutes:

 

“Hey chicks, sue me!” he shouted, and then pulled open his red velvet shirt to reveal his chest and belly, according to the source. Then he starting telling Michael Jackson pedophilia jokes, and then bopped two employees on the head with his book, making derisive comments about their comparative intelligence according to the sound their heads made when struck.

The Daily Beast notes that Simmons’ antics were soon reported to a supervisor and human-resources exec Kevin Lord, leading to the decision to ban Simmons for life. It shows a new attitude for the network in light of their experiences over the past year, though Bill O’Reilly was invited back to appear with Sean Hannity without a peep of the allegations against him.

 

Simmons or his publicist didn’t provide comment to The Daily Beast regarding the incident and the last social post from the rocker is a photo outside of Sirius XM earlier on Thursday.

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Gene Simmons banned from Fox News after lewd behavior

 

Kiss frontman Gene Simmons was reportedly banned from Fox News after harassing employees and making crude statements during an promotional appearance at the network on Thursday.

 

Simmons had just completed an interview about his new book with Fox Business when he arrived for an entertainment feature on the 14th floor and began acting inappropriately, according to The Daily Beast.

 

“Hey chicks, sue me!” Simmons yelled while pulling open his red velvet shirt and exposing his chest and stomach, the site said.

 

Simmons also told jokes about pedophilia and touched a number of employees — even tapping some on the head with his book while insulting their intelligence.

 

The rocker was banned from all Fox properties permanently.

 

A representative for Simmons did not return a request for comment.

 

 

 

KISS Founder Gene Simmons Has Been Banned For Life From Fox News

 

Fox News has had a checkered record of sexual harassment and sexism over the past year, leading to the exit of former head Roger Ailes and longtime personality Bill O’Reilly. It has seemingly been enough to see the network attempt to change the environment in the workplace, something that has now led to Gene Simmons being banned for life from Fox News and its other network partners.

 

The KISS bassist and founder is a longtime guest on the network and made his latest appearance on Wednesday across the main network and Fox Business Network, promoting his new book On Power and having what seemed to be a fun time with the folks, even helping to deliver the weather on Fox And Friends.

 

He followed this by sitting with Maria Bartiromo for a chat and ended up giving his opinion of the ongoing Harvey Weinstein and sexual misconduct scandal that seems to be swirling around the country. According to The Daily Beast, Simmons felt the question was a bit odd considering his rock persona and seemed to blame the entire thing on testosterone:

 

“The lunatics have taken over the insane asylum when respected business entities such as yourself ask guys that like to stick their tongues out,” Simmons answered, “what I think of Harvey Weinstein.”

 

“Okay, I’m a powerful and attractive man, and what I’m about to say is deadly serious,” he continued. “Men are jackasses. From the time we’re young we have testosterone. I’m not validating it or defending it.”

It wasn’t long after this that Simmons was off to his third Fox appearance of the day, heading to an interview with FoxNews.com. This is when “The demon” busts in on a staff meeting on the 14th floor and proceeds to offend everybody present in the span of a few minutes:

 

“Hey chicks, sue me!” he shouted, and then pulled open his red velvet shirt to reveal his chest and belly, according to the source. Then he starting telling Michael Jackson pedophilia jokes, and then bopped two employees on the head with his book, making derisive comments about their comparative intelligence according to the sound their heads made when struck.

The Daily Beast notes that Simmons’ antics were soon reported to a supervisor and human-resources exec Kevin Lord, leading to the decision to ban Simmons for life. It shows a new attitude for the network in light of their experiences over the past year, though Bill O’Reilly was invited back to appear with Sean Hannity without a peep of the allegations against him.

 

Simmons or his publicist didn’t provide comment to The Daily Beast regarding the incident and the last social post from the rocker is a photo outside of Sirius XM earlier on Thursday.

Something tells me Gene just got a chuckle from all of this. :eyeroll:

 

He's getting close to 'dirty old man' DGAF territory.

 

I can just imagine him saying "pfft...whatever sells books baby'

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You'd think after nearly 70 years alive he'd quit doing dumb crap like that.

 

Sociopaths never admit to making any mistakes, so they're incapable of learning from them.

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Is this a satire piece or is this serious?

 

Not April Fool’s: Gene Simmons Earns Lifetime Ban from Fox News

 

KISS bassist Gene Simmons was a longtime favorite guest on Fox News, for some reason, but sorry to say he's made his last appearance on the home of the fair and balanced.

 

In a completely real story, The Daily Beast detailed some incredibly absurd behavior from Simmons during a recent visit to the studio prompting signs to go up around the building not permitting him entry on a permanent basis.

 

It is alleged that Simmons "crudely insulted female Fox staffers, taunted them and exposed his chest" in a completely bizarre visit. Earlier this week, Simmons appeared on Fox & Friends to promote his new book and things were going well until the topic of Harvey Weinstein and the recent wave of sexual assault allegations arose.

 

Simmons downplayed his qualifications to speak on the topic ("The lunatics have taken over the insane asylum when respected business entities such as yourself ask guys that like to stick their tongues out what I think of Harvey Weinstein") but when the cameras shut off things reportedly escalated. The Daily Beast notes that a source tells them Simmons then sat for an interview with FoxNews.com but instead opted to interrupt a staff meeting.

 

"Hey chicks, sue me!" he reportedly yelled, pulling open his shirt to reveal his chest. Simmons then peppered the crowd with inappropriate Michael Jackson jokes and hit two employees on the head with his book. "It was pretty severe," one source said.

 

Afterward, Simmons was reported to management and subsequently banned from Fox News.

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Shortly after they banned Simmons from their properties, they floated his name as a possible replacement for Roy Moore in the Alabama Senate race.
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For so long, Gene has been all about the marketing. Wouldn't surprise me if he weighed sanctions by Fox vs more book publicity and decided to go for it.

 

This made me laugh so hard, though! Hey chicks, sue me?? :LOL: Thanks for the laugh, duck!

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I'd be kissing the ground if i were banned from FOX

 

Mick

 

Honestly, I'd take it as a compliment. Gene Simmons is still too dangerous/controversial for a public news station, rock and roll is still alive! :LOL:

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Hey chicks, sue me!" he reportedly yelled, pulling open his shirt to reveal his chest. Simmons then peppered the crowd with inappropriate Michael Jackson jokes and hit two employees on the head with his book. "It was pretty severe," one source said

 

... Simmons then tapped two FOX staffers on the head with his book, making assumptions about their intelligence from the sound that resulted

 

Maybe it's just me, but this sounds more like the fun Uncle that comes over on holidays than the act of some criminal

 

"It was pretty severe"

 

:LOL:

 

Gene's Mom survived a Nazi concentration camp and saw her own mother led into a gas chamber .... Gene is old enough to know what is "pretty severe"

 

I am struggling to find the words for people who can no longer handle a Michael Jackson joke

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I'd be kissing the ground if i were banned from FOX

 

Mick

 

Honestly, I'd take it as a compliment. Gene Simmons is still too dangerous/controversial for a public news station, rock and roll is still alive! :LOL:

 

i'd kill to be able to go on Fox and make Hannity wet his panties.....wouldn't be hard. tell him i'm an atheist and say happy holidays, lol

 

Mick

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I anoint thee Gene Simmons with the TRF Badge of Honour....

 

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Any day upsetting Faux News is a damn good day in the hood.

 

Wear your laminate proud young man!

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The organization that spawned Roger Ailes and Bill O'Reilly is trying to take the high road for sexual harassment?

 

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I confess I don't know much about Gene Simmons' personally or his personality (other than the fact that he took Geddy and Rush under his wing, and that Ace loved Alex's paper bag act) but is what he did in keeping with his personality? It seems like bizarre behavior.
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You don’t have to be political to hate Gene. He’s a douchebag no matter what just because of his greedy attitude and him bullying Ace and Peter for so many years. He’s kind of like Glenn Frey in that way. There are some republican musicians I have respect for like the late Johnny Ramone but Gene is just a punk.
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