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> February 6, 2002 -- THE quiet and high-minded National Public Radio
airwaves
> were shattered earlier this week by a name-calling confrontation
between -
> of all people - tongue-waggling KISS frontman Gene Simmons and
soft-spoken
> interviewer Terry Gross.
> Simmons, a guest on Gross's show, "Fresh Air," called her "boring."
And
> Gross called Simmons "obnoxious."
>
> No one could remember the kind of dust-up that reminded fans more of
the
> Howard Stern show
>
> "The notion is if you're going to welcome me with open arms you also
have
to
> welcome me with open legs," said Simmons, was on the show to promote
his
new
> book, "KISS and Make-Up."
>
> "That's a really obnoxious thing to say," Gross fired back.
>
> "No, it's not. Why should I say something behind your back that I
can't
tell
> you to your face?" said Simmons.
>
> The interview was apparently so controversial that NPR has declined
to
make
> it available on its Website where it posts at least portions of
nearly all
> other interviews that appear on "Fresh Air," one of its most popular
daily
> shows.
>
> At one point, Gross asked Simmons about his "studded codpiece."
>
> "It holds my manhood, otherwise it would be too much for you to
take,"
> Simmons said. "You'd have to put the book down and confront life."
>
> The conversation continued:
>
> Gross: Has it come to this? Is this the only way you can talk to a
woman,
> with that shtick?
>
> Simmons: Let me ask you something - why is it shtick when all women
have
> ever wanted since we crawled out of caves is, 'Why can't a man just
tell
me
> the truth and speak to me plainly?' So if I do that, you can't have
it
both
> ways.
>
> Gross: So you really have no sense of humor about this, do you?
>
> Simmons: I was going to suggest you get outside of the musty place
where
you
> can count the dust particles falling around you and get out into the
world
> and see what everybody else is doing.
>
> Gross: Having sex with you?
>
> Simmons: Well, if you choose but you'd have to stand in line.
>
> Gross: OK, well we since you keep bringing this up . . . You write
that
> you've had 4,600 sexual liasions."
>
> Simmons: You're supposed to say 'so far.'
>
> Gross: "So far. To you this will be asking the obvious, but why have
you
> wanted so many encounters?"
>
> Simmons: "M-A-N, the notion is plain."
>
> Gross: "I'd like to think the personality you presented on our show
today
is
> a persona that you've affected as a member of KISS, but that you're
not
> nearly as obnoxious when you're at home or with friends."
>
> Simmons: "Fair enough, and I'd like to think that the boring lady
who's
> talking to me now is a lot sexier and more interesting than the one's
who's
> doing NPR, studious and reserved."
>
> Gross could not be reached yesterday for comment.
Middle aged insecure cock rock asshole. Funny though. |
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