UPDATE — 10/9/25 at 5:45 p.m. ET: Gene Simmons has damaged his silence two days after getting right into a automotive crash in Malibu.
“Thanks, all people, for the sort needs. I'm utterly nice,” Simmons wrote via X on Thursday, October 9. “I had a slight fender bender. It occurs. Particularly to these of us [who] have been horrible drivers. And that's me. All is properly.”
Authentic story:
Kiss legend Gene Simmons was reportedly concerned in a latest automotive crash in Malibu, in keeping with NBC Los Angeles.
The Los Angeles Sheriff's Division reportedly advised the outlet that Simmons, 75, allegedly crashed right into a parked automotive simply earlier than 1 p.m. within the 25000 block of Pacific Coast Freeway on Tuesday, October 7.
After a witness reportedly referred to as 911, the Los Angeles Sheriff's Division defined that Simmons spoke to first responders, claiming that he handed out or fainted earlier than hitting the parked car.
When contacted by Us Weekly, L.A. County Sheriff's Workplace confirmed the crash however didn't launch the id of the motive force.
Simmons was reportedly hospitalized after the crash, nonetheless, his spouse, Shannon Tweed, shared with NBC4 Investigates that the musician was discharged and is at present recovering at dwelling.
Tweed, who has been married to Simmons since 2011, claimed that medical doctors just lately modified his drugs and that he must drink extra water. She additionally alleged that his SUV crossed throughout a number of lanes of visitors within the crash and that, because the rocker mentioned, her husband handed out behind the wheel.
Us has reached out to Simmons for remark.
Simmons has beforehand opened up about his coronary heart situation, atrial fibrillation (AFib).
“I had by no means heard of the time period AFib, however about 10 years in the past, we have been on tour someplace, and onstage the temperature goes up a couple of hundred, with all of the stage lights,” he mentioned on an episode of The Doctors in March 2016. “I began to get dizzy and perspire and wanting breath. So I referred to as a health care provider, and he confirmed up and mentioned, ‘OK, right here's what's occurring. There's one thing referred to as AFib,' and he went down the checklist. And it was rather a lot to soak up.”
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In response to the Mayo Clinic, AFib is an irregular and infrequently very fast coronary heart rhythm, which might enhance the danger of stroke and different heart-related issues.
Simmons defined in March 2016 that he had not had “recurring issues” together with his coronary heart earlier than as a result of he will get “a lot of relaxation and drink[s] a lot of liquids.”
“However am I vulnerable to AFib? You guess,” he mentioned on the time.
Simmons was one of many authentic members of the legendary rock band Kiss, alongside Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley and Peter Criss. After Kiss concluded their last tour in December 2023, Simmons began a brand new band referred to as the Gene Simmons Band with Brent Woods, Zach Throne and Brian Tichy.
“I attempted to steer clear of being on stage, nevertheless it's an excessive amount of enjoyable,” Simmons advised Ultimate Classic Rock in an interview in March. “I assumed I used to be gonna take a couple of years off after the band I used to be in for 50 years determined to name it quits. I've different stuff — a restaurant chain, a film firm, numerous stuff.”
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The Gene Simmons band options songs from Kiss, a few of Simmons' personal solo releases and covers of different bands together with Led Zeppelin and The Beatles.
“We toss round songs; if any person within the band says, ‘Hey, why don't you do [Cream's] ‘Sunshine of Your Love?' we take a look at one another and go, ‘What key?' and there you go,” he advised the outlet. “We now have conversations and produce youngsters up on stage, teenage musicians. It's nearly having an excellent time.”
