Gene Simmons Calls In To The Howard Stern ShowKISS bassist Gene Simmons called in to The Howard Stern Show Tuesday morning. Gene Simmons chatted with Howard Stern about blackmail, Adam Lambert and his new push to sell volumes of KISS paraphernalia at Wal-Marts across the country.
Howard Stern Show listeners could hear Gene Simmons beaming with pride through the phone after he pitched his new line of KISS-related products that will soon be adorning every corner of every Wal-Mart in the country. Gene Simmons is known for hocking KISS-related products on the internet. Simmons admitted to Howard Stern that he had sold his own kidney stone on eBay for $15,000.
Gene Simmons had plenty to say about David Letterman's recent blackmail debacle as well. When Howard Stern asked the KISS lead singer if he had ever been blackmailed, Gene Simmons replied nonchalantly: "It happens all the time." Simmons stated that he receives regular requests from women claiming to be former lovers stating that they have his illegitimate child, demanding large sums of money to keep quiet.
His solution? Simmons contacts the blackmailers and tells them that he's thrilled and ready and waiting to set up a DNA test to confirm his paternity. After that, the sneaky KISS-er never hears from them again.
David Letterman wasn't the only celebrity that Gene Simmons had advice for. Simmons told Howard Stern that he had a one-on-one talk with this year's American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert after KISS played with Lambert on the American Idol stage at the end of the season. Simmons told The Howard Stern Show audience that he strongly advised Adam Lambert not to reveal his homosexuality right after the conclusion of the show.
"A stripper doesn't come out on stage naked. You reveal things to people slowly," said Simmons. Gene Simmons also told Adam Lambert to take the gig that he was offered as the new lead singer of "Queen," but once again, the Flock-of-Seagulls-haired crooner Lambert wasn't interested in taking tips from his elders.
"You make a name for yourself with Queen, and then you come out with your own album later," Simmons told Howard Stern. Those rock-n-roll kids sure are unpredictable.
