Gene Simmons Puts Pompous Hollywood Finger-Waggers On BLAST
To say they had it coming is a bit of an understatement
There’s nothing the ‘entertainment elite’ love more than to use their notoriety to lecture the rest of us about the way things OUGHT to be.
It’s one thing for the working stiffs to blow off these professional reciters of other peoples’ words, to blow off opening weekend at their box office, or change the channel to something other than their awards shows. But it’s easy for them to shrug that off because, hey, what do ‘the poors’ really know about life compared to actors in multi-million dollar homes who get invited to parties with all of the world’s important and powerful people?
Enter Gene Simmons. Unlike so many others of the chattering class, Gene Simmons is a self-made member of the entertainment elite. Practically royalty. He and his band have status within the Hollywood types that towers above most people who sniff their nose at ‘the rest of us’.
And he’s got something to say to the simpering stuffed shirts who love wagging their fingers at the working class.
Simmons was stopped on the street by a TMZ reporter and asked for his reaction to Ben Stiller criticizing the actions being taken in Iran. His response may not be what they were expecting.
The video:
BREAKING – KISS cofounder Gene Simmons says it is time for celebrities like Ben Stiller and Mark Ruffalo to “shut the f*ck up.”
“People work hard for a living, and they don’t want to be lectured by people who live in mansions and drive Rolls-Royces. It’s time to shut up.” pic.twitter.com/8nXNhHU5z6
— Right Angle News Network (@Rightanglenews) March 11, 2026
The source:
BREAKING – KISS cofounder Gene Simmons says it is time for celebrities like Ben Stiller and Mark Ruffalo to “shut the f*ck up.”
“People work hard for a living, and they don’t want to be lectured by people who live in mansions and drive Rolls-Royces. It’s time to shut up.” pic.twitter.com/8nXNhHU5z6
— Right Angle News Network (@Rightanglenews) March 11, 2026
Not only did he call out actors and comics who are very vocal with THEIR opinion, but he applies his own ‘shut up and sing’ standard to himself, too.
“Do your art and shut up. Nobody’s interested in your opinions. That includes me.”
Not what TMZ wants the world to hear. If America took his advice TMZ’s entire business model would go belly up.
But Simmons was exactly right.
You tell ’em Gene.