KISS bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons recently stated that he stands by “every word” he said when he served as a guest judge, alongside Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli and Derek Hough, for Tuesday evening’s, October 8th “Hair Metal Night” episode of “Dancing With The Stars”. The episode saw the 11 pairs return to the dance floor with routines to iconic rock and roll anthems.
Gene Simmons addresses his comments
Instead of simply offering a critique of everyone’s dance routines, Gene spent much of his time commenting on the contestants’ physical appearances. At one point he said: “This is a brand-new experience for me and it’s difficult to look at you and to figure out which one is more hot, hot, hot.”
Gene then stated that pro dancer Witney Carson is “one of the more beautiful women on the planet” and said of actor/singer Chandler Kinney, “You’ve fogged up my glasses. I don’t know what to tell you. You move me, not just with your gyrations and so on, but your beautiful face and how you were into the emotion of it.”
On Wednesday, a DailyMail.com cameraman approached Simmons in Los Angeles and questioned him about the criticism he received for his comments on “Dancing With The Stars”.
The KISS legend responded: “All media is clickbait. I stand by every word I said. I had a great time. The contestants were great. The show was great. Watch the show. It was a lot of fun. But media? Everybody’s got something to say. Watch the show. It was a lot of fun. Everybody had a great time.”
Tuesday’s episode of “Dancing With The Stars” began with the opening dance to KISS’s “Rock And Roll All Nite”, which was choreographed by Pasha Pashkov and featured Whitesnake and Trans-Siberian Orchestra guitarist Joel Hoekstra.
The dancers competed to classic hair metal songs from the 1980s, including Bon Jovi’s “Livin’ On A Prayer” and “You Give Love A Bad Name”, Aerosmith’s “Walk This Way”, Warrant’s “Cherry Pie”, Europe’s “The Final Countdown”, Twisted Sister’s”We’re Not Gonna Take It”, Quiet Riot’s “Cum On Feel The Noize”, Poison’s “Nothin’ But A Good Time”, Whitesnake’s “Here I Go Again” and Scorpions” “Rock You Like A Hurricane”.
