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KISS frontman Gene Simmons downplayed politics throughout an interview with NCS on Sunday, and urged Americans to stop worrying about their neighbors’ political views.
“It’s nobody’s business who you support,” Simmons instructed Manu Raju on NCS’s “Inside Politics.” “Nowadays, people engage in, ‘So are you pro or,’ and my first question is, ‘Who the f— are you? Who are you?’ Since when does who I support or not support is the business of anyone except my conscience?”
Raju then asked Simmons about the Make America Great Again (MAGA) wing of the Republican Party.
“Some of it makes sense and some not,” Simmons replied, questioning why anybody cared about his political opinions. “But literally, have a sense of humor. Take a pill, shut up and stop worrying what your next-door neighbor believes or doesn’t believe. It’s their America too.”
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Musician Gene Simmons, a founding member of the rock band KISS, is seen on Capitol Hill on Dec. 9, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Simmons additionally stated he spoke with President Donald Trump after receiving a Kennedy Center Honor earlier this 12 months.
“Had some face time with Senator Tillis and Blackburn and met Mr. Schiff and so forth. But the telling second was after all of us obtained our Kennedy Center awards, as I had some face time alone with the president,” he stated.
“And I actually met the president and on and off for years and years, decades before he entered politics. And the conversation was what human beings do. How‘s the family? How are the kids? And, you know, all that stuff. It‘s not always about politics,” Simmons continued.
Gene Simmons, Peter Criss and Paul Stanley of KISS attend the forty eighth Kennedy Center Honors at The Kennedy Center on Dec. 7, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Paul Morigi)
Simmons was on Capitol Hill this month to testify earlier than the Senate Judiciary Committee in favor of the American Music Fairness Act.
In what might mark a serious shake-up for the music trade, the laws would require AM and FM radio stations to pay recording artists and performers once they broadcast their songs, ending a decades-old exemption in U.S. copyright regulation. The bipartisan invoice would align conventional radio with digital and streaming platforms that already pay artists royalties, whereas providing low, flat charges to shield small native stations.
Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., launched this model of the invoice in January, whereas Sens. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and Alex Padilla, D-Calif., introduced forth the laws within the Senate this 12 months.
More than a dozen conservative teams urged House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., to help the invoice.
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Sylvester Stallone, proper, reveals Gene Simmons, middle, and Paul Stanley, left, members of the band KISS, his Kennedy Center Honors medal, within the Oval Office of the White House, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2025. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo)
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Fox News’ Deirdre Heavey contributed to this report.