Is Gene Simmons an asshole? That’s considerably up for debate, though I’m positive our feedback part will likely be joyful to weigh in on the topic. However apparently, Simmons is okay with you pondering of him as an asshole. A lot in order that he made some actually problematic comparisons about it. In a current interview with podcast/YouTube collection Actually Well-known with Kara Mayer Robinson (that was transcribed by Blabbermouth), Simmons mentioned, “I might say there are some — could possibly be a big quantity, couldn’t — who suppose I am an asshole. In reality, I named my second solo album ‘Asshole‘, which, I believed, was akin to black folks taking possession of the ‘n’ phrase. And fats folks, obese folks, overweight folks, taking possession of that, so that you simply reduce the influence of that.”
In the event you aren’t black, and also you catch your self saying that one thing you’ve achieved is “similar to when black folks do that factor,” I feel it’s okay to only understand what you simply mentioned, acknowledge it’s a foul concept to complete the sentence you began, after which simply cease speaking. Gene, persons are known as racial slurs for stereotypes which have unfairly been positioned on them due to the race they had been born into, you get known as an asshole since you allegedly groped Ace Frehley’s spouse and supported the George W. Bush administration. These aren’t the identical factor.
“I am okay with being labeled or considered an asshole, as a result of I do know who I’m,” he continued. “And there are different individuals who suppose, ‘You solely do that for cash.’ And my response is — after all. Why am I not salt of the earth when nearly all the roles on the face of the planet are carried out by individuals who do not just like the job they’ve, and the one purpose they’re doing that’s to have the ability to earn cash to feed their households and put a roof over their head? Just for cash. No one desires to dig ditches on a freeway. The constructing we’re in, someone needed to put up. They try this on daily basis. They go to work, do the identical factor on daily basis, 9 to 5, 5 days per week. Be a part of the union or not, and break their backs and by no means get wealthy, simply to give you the chance… ‘That is the salt of the earth.’ Why cannot I be salt of the [earth]? The truth that I make more cash? However I additionally give to philanthropy. And by the best way, it is none of your fucking enterprise who or what or the place. I am not attempting to impress you or not. I do know who I’m. And perhaps that is the perfect factor to do in life, is to only be snug in your personal pores and skin, ‘trigger not all people likes Jesus both.”
…what?
Simmons appears to be swinging wildly from subject to subject right here, however he appears to nearly be attempting to show that he deserves to be known as an asshole. So, cool, Gene, I suppose you’re an asshole. Congratulations?
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