“The rock world is filled with losers, idiots”: Gene Simmons explains why he doesn’t drink alcohol – and why sugary foods are “as much fun as I have with my pants on”
Gene Simmons has walked fans through his passion for sober living, and his peculiar rockstar diet – including a lot of sweet treats.
The Kiss bassist has proudly never drank alcohol or used drugs, but does indulge in a lot of cake which he, apparently, also rubs all over himself after a good show. In a video titled Gym & Fridge for Men’s Health, Simmons says his diet is about “as much fun as I can have with my pants on”.
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“When in the middle of a tour, I’d eat cheesecake every day because I’m wearing 40 pounds of armour, seven-inch platform heels — each one of the dragon boots probably weighed, I don’t know, eight to 10 pounds, a leg, a foot. You don’t have to do anything. Within two hours, you will be exhausted,” he says [via Blabbermouth].
“The amount of calories burned on stage, it’s like a heavy workout. And so I could eat anything. Strangely, I wouldn’t be that hungry, after you exert that pressure, but I’d crave sweets. In the morning, big egg white, maybe a little steak, toast, coffee. And then nothing until about three, four o’clock in the afternoon — a little pasta for some carbs, and then hit the stage. Coming off the stage, cake. I wouldn’t even have to eat it, I’d just rub it all over myself.”
Of his sober lifestyle, he credits his mother for keeping him on the right path: “I don’t drink. I never have… The rock world is filled with losers, idiots. Actually, I think it goes back to my mother. She was a survivor of Nazi Germany’s concentration camps at 14 years of age, and I never wanted to break her heart. I’m her only child, so this idea that you could be a loser, not be able to earn a living, and destroy yourself… It’s crazy. No.”
Elsewhere in the video, Simmons says he’s never been “gung-ho about doctors”, but does proudly proclaim himself to be “the doctor of love”. A rather bold statement indeed, but nothing short of surprising from Simmons. In fact, back in 2023 he “confirmed” rumours that he’d slept with over 5,000 women.
Kiss played their final show in December 2023, and are due to return as live avatars only in the future.
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