Simmons Is Getting Major Backlash for Comments He Made on 'Dancing With the Stars'
Viewers felt he was giving "gross uncle who corners you at the reunion" energy.
By Mehera Bonner
Gene Simmons showed up as a guest judge on Dancing With the Stars this week, and his "feedback" did...not go over well with viewers—one of whom dubbed him a "gross uncle who corners you at a reunion."
Instead of offering solid critique of everyone's dance routines (which was literally his only job) the KISS singer decided to spend his time commenting on people's looks. At one point he mused, "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 randomly announced 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."
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Chandler Kinney was actually asked about Gene's comments by Us Weekly, and said her pro partner Brandon Armstrong had "more feelings" than she did, noting that her response was "LOL."
Meanwhile, Brandon said "Hold up now. I have two little sisters. I heard it. I said, ‘Wait, wait, wait.'"
Yep. Same.
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