Gene Simmons on his Dad Leaving Him

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    Bill Maher and Gene Simmons randomly riff on men being able to get pregnant, Gene’s secrets to beat aging, the only two things that Bill and Gene really enjoy, Gene’s legendary battles back in the day, Bill’s take on how people are like bumper cars, the event that happened to Young Bill to make him focus on work, whether it’s possible for rock stars to be faithful, and how Gene doesn’t have friends.
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  • @lilblondiebear
    @lilblondiebear ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I gained so much respect for Gene while listening to him describing his introspective epiphany which lead him to change his mind, heart and habits for the people he loves most. That's true courage and strength, good on you Gene.

  • @rickjohnson5328
    @rickjohnson5328 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Gene Simmons is just the best. I love KISS' music and would love to watch him perform but, even more than that, I wish I could just sit down and talk with him for hours. I grew up without a father until I discovered him 3 years ago at age 50, coincidently also learning that I was 50% Jewish. He was 85 and I was only able to meet him and talk to him twice before he passed, but we were kindred spirits. I think Gene reminds me of him. Maybe that's it....I wish I could have had more time to talk with the father I barely knew and I feel like I could have the same meaningful conversations with Gene. What an interesting person.

  • @anthonyelwick3600
    @anthonyelwick3600 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    My father was never around and because of that I never wanted to let my kids down. I've been married for 25 years and 1 very successful son.

    • @JK-br1mu
      @JK-br1mu ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yah this is the right reaction. The other one's......pretty weak and selfish.

  • @smw4628
    @smw4628 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Bill has a bad habit of interrupting people right in the middle of their thoughts on this podcast. I prefer a clear headed Bill Maher myself.

    • @ChadStormTheAftermath
      @ChadStormTheAftermath ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That’s because he was stoned. I’m surprised Gene even agreed to sit there since he’s so anti-drug.

    • @smw4628
      @smw4628 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@ChadStormTheAftermath He needs to re-watch his podcasts and ask himself if this is what he wants.

    • @robtpenn9666
      @robtpenn9666 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I've been waiting for someone to say that. Thought I was the only one.

    • @darylallen2485
      @darylallen2485 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, they are doing this activity we call, "conversation". It's not an interview.

    • @anthonyelwick3600
      @anthonyelwick3600 ปีที่แล้ว

      He's high so

  • @LeSatan
    @LeSatan ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Good discussions between these two. Keep this podcast going, Bill 💪

  • @shannonrichardson3405
    @shannonrichardson3405 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Wow! A side of Gene you don’t see often! But he still is the Doctor of Love!

    • @sunnyhill5119
      @sunnyhill5119 ปีที่แล้ว

      Gene's onstage persona was more like The God Of Thunder and Paul Stanley was more like Doctor Love.👍💯

  • @suzanne296
    @suzanne296 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I am part of my father. He was extremely mean to me. Made fun of my disability, my weight and everything. I have a temper I wonder why. I have been in therapy for 40 years. I'm 60 and have extremely enjoyed listening to Gene. He is so pleasant and Intelligent.

    • @azilll
      @azilll ปีที่แล้ว +2

      At a certain point, one has to become an adult.
      It may be at the legal age, or ten years later.
      Sixty is over twice the limit.
      Grow up.

    • @clintonanderson240
      @clintonanderson240 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@azilll ouch..

    • @JK-br1mu
      @JK-br1mu ปีที่แล้ว

      Did he ever scream "Hey, Beefy!" up the stairs at you when he wanted you to come down for dinner?

  • @Wally1892
    @Wally1892 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Great clip. I think a lot of adolescent boys have been dumped and have a life long “armour” surrounding them. Very deep and right on point!

  • @breft3416
    @breft3416 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Gene's a smart man and a character, for sure. He played a great bad guy in the movie Wanted: Dead or Alive with Rutger Hauer.

  • @MrMick560
    @MrMick560 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    My mother and father were divorced and I remember once I was left in the house alone for a few hours one night, I woke up and felt exactly the same as Gene, it was terrifying I will never forget it. I can still feel the horrible choking sound as you can't catch your breath with crying so much.

    • @sunnyhill5119
      @sunnyhill5119 ปีที่แล้ว

      I feel you on that. But you and I both survived horrific parents. Praise God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit 🙏✝️💯👍

  • @markdraine3571
    @markdraine3571 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Gene did pretty well for himself , and his Momma was the best ..

  • @phaxad
    @phaxad ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I can relate. I never had my father.

  • @pjh2331
    @pjh2331 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    oh man...Maher laughing hysterically while Simmons is clearly in pain because of his father is a rough watch

    • @diegopitbull7580
      @diegopitbull7580 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That happens when you try to have a true conversation with a drunk or stoner.

  • @d.a.6608
    @d.a.6608 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Bill doesn’t know when to shut his mouth.

  • @mission2113
    @mission2113 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I always wonder what's worse; an absent father or an emotionally abusive one

    • @BroughtCat
      @BroughtCat ปีที่แล้ว

      Facts bro 👏🙌

    • @williambyham3674
      @williambyham3674 ปีที่แล้ว

      🤔

    • @Mrs.Valenice
      @Mrs.Valenice ปีที่แล้ว

      You want a father that is there, even a not so perfect one... if even for a season... because then you have a plum line to use in your life of what you do or don't want to become. Obviously there are outliers, but generally... it is a blessing to have the experience. יהךה (YeHoVaH) will use it for good in the end.

  • @averywhitecotton5393
    @averywhitecotton5393 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    We know that the bumper cars were an analogy, Bill. Gene knew that too. Everyone knows that.

  • @tjnaples
    @tjnaples ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Bill really misses the point early and often.

  • @JK-br1mu
    @JK-br1mu ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I'm proud of Gene for not wanting to hurt women like his dad did, so he just slept with a lot of them, and never gave them the commitment many of them undoubtedly wanted. Using women for sex illustrates how you care about them. In my opinion.

    • @sunnyhill5119
      @sunnyhill5119 ปีที่แล้ว

      You're being sarcastic, right?😊

  • @willtwain1383
    @willtwain1383 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Daddy issues are a big motivator.

    • @BroughtCat
      @BroughtCat ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Ain't that the truth brother 🙏

    • @sunnyhill5119
      @sunnyhill5119 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@BroughtCatDamn Right 👍

  • @joyjeffcoat8711
    @joyjeffcoat8711 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That's how Gene protected his heart. Bill is a lonely soul

  • @67marlins
    @67marlins ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Bill please let Gene speak.....

  • @andychang2739
    @andychang2739 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Gene Simmons talking about the struggles of being raised by only his single working class mom, and then Bill bringing up his version of the "same" struggle, but talking about getting dumped by a girl in school; really showcases the difference between the Native born American and immigrant experience

  • @mybiz1006
    @mybiz1006 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It's EXACTLY like bumper cars.

  • @TweedSuit
    @TweedSuit ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Gene: Let's have a photo burning ceremony.
    Shannon: That's gonna be tricky for me...

    • @sunnyhill5119
      @sunnyhill5119 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😂😂😂😂 Right. Given the fact that she, Shannon Tweed, spread wide and long in the pages of Playboy .😮😁🤔🧐😳😲

  • @AmB39
    @AmB39 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Idk man. His lifestyle might seem appealing to some but just seems sad in the end.

  • @DC9716
    @DC9716 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Bill, it happened to me too. My high school girlfriend ran off with Jody when I was in the service. That was a tough letter to read. Anyone, male or female who has been in the military knows who Jody is.

  • @jaxonmattox9267
    @jaxonmattox9267 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow, now I like KISS even more, really seems to be made of a great group of guys

  • @josephwiacek8123
    @josephwiacek8123 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Pretty sure that photo burning ceremony is why half the west coast is still on fire.

  • @JayRo-xp1nt
    @JayRo-xp1nt ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hurt ppl hurt ppl . Unfortunately

  • @Kitch-hu7tm
    @Kitch-hu7tm 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    To Bill, it's all about Bill.

  • @wolfman8449
    @wolfman8449 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    So instead he found a woman and had kids that just have to deal with a public cheater and cringlelord for decades lmao

  • @joevaroskovic8475
    @joevaroskovic8475 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    It all boils down to when men leave your life especially fathers the boys in that family are going to suffer

  • @wightclaudia
    @wightclaudia ปีที่แล้ว

    “I said us instead of me” - a shot at Paul

  • @Earthad23
    @Earthad23 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wearing makeup and heels does that to a dad.

  • @hbomb_101
    @hbomb_101 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    gene- your father would be proud and very regretful of what you have created. I hope you can find peace with it

  • @00KMB00
    @00KMB00 ปีที่แล้ว

    K you need to get over this. When you watch the episode of Gene Simmons Family Jewels where you went to Israel and met your half siblings……even Shannon said this to you on that trip……your father didn’t leave you. Your mother made him leave to go find work.

  • @ttarantulas4u258
    @ttarantulas4u258 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I lost all respect for Gene when he pushed the vaccines. " “If you're willing to walk among us unvaccinated, you are an enemy.” Gene Simmons

    • @Spartakiss
      @Spartakiss ปีที่แล้ว +5

      You lost respect, yet your here

    • @ttarantulas4u258
      @ttarantulas4u258 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Spartakiss To let everyone know what this asshat said. So yeah they don't get a pass or forgiven for the evil vile things they said to people.

    • @nickbarcheck1019
      @nickbarcheck1019 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I'm sure he's devastated.

    • @mission2113
      @mission2113 ปีที่แล้ว

      you have fox news brain

    • @azilll
      @azilll ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Spartakiss And yet "YOU'RE" here, instead of watching remedial English lessons.
      They are free, and you could stop appearing as a twelve year old in second grade for the fourth time.

  • @serfardi
    @serfardi 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    His father remarried and stayed married, also having other children. I believe his mom might have done something. His father preferred to take the high road and left. Gene most likely inherited his mom genes. When he died Gene cried like a baby, I believe he found out what really happen. His dad stayed faithful to his second wife and children. Does not fit the profile of a neglecting husband or father.

  • @winston_smith311
    @winston_smith311 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    this is why it irks the hell out of me when people act like 'fatherless homes' is some kind of excuse or justification for being a violent pos monster....billy joel's father got up and walked out one day and so did stephen king's, etc., etc., etc.,
    growing up without a father IS NO EXCUSE to be a pos or commit violence against others...it IS NOT 'fatherless behavior'...it's called being a scumbag pos.

  • @mcasteel2112
    @mcasteel2112 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Gene, porked 10k worth of women
    Bill, wore both hands out.

    • @williambyham3674
      @williambyham3674 ปีที่แล้ว

      🤭

    • @players7686
      @players7686 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No. Bill use too hang out at Playboy mansion all the time.

  • @lonelyone
    @lonelyone ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Cool, so all it takes is 5,000 girls in order to settle down

    • @williambyham3674
      @williambyham3674 ปีที่แล้ว

      I could get by with 4000 + 4 🤩

    • @janetpartyka5968
      @janetpartyka5968 ปีที่แล้ว

      What he put his kids and girlfriend through....

    • @sunnyhill5119
      @sunnyhill5119 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@janetpartyka5968Old Shannon Tweed had to wait 28 years for Old Gene Simmons to marry her. 😂 He didn't have to wait that long to get what he wanted from her.
      Some women are too pathetic.

  • @dogecoin4085
    @dogecoin4085 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Photo burning ceremony??
    😂

    • @sunnyhill5119
      @sunnyhill5119 ปีที่แล้ว

      Right 👍 and with a Playboy playmate at that.😂😂😂

  • @joevaroskovic8475
    @joevaroskovic8475 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Life is about two parents a man and a woman you can't do it one way or the other

  • @Paul-dw2cl
    @Paul-dw2cl ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Gene Simmons is so unlikeable, which is a shame, because it’s easy to see that he’s a sensitive and caring guy. He wears a pretentious shield to guard himself

    • @sunnyhill5119
      @sunnyhill5119 ปีที่แล้ว

      A lot of Jews live life on their 'guard'.

  • @rjl7655
    @rjl7655 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    bill, your analogies are lame...

  • @psychguy
    @psychguy ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lol after 5,000 women - what a jackass. Thanks Bill for keeping the laughs alive.

    • @X39640
      @X39640 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      5000 women at the same time?

  • @joevaroskovic8475
    @joevaroskovic8475 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    You see mothers can't do it all I'm not criticizing this man I want you to take the father out the children become lost

  • @miblish5168
    @miblish5168 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Maher turns into an ignormus when he's stoned. He half-listens, then tries to equtes breaking up with a gf in high school to losing a father and having the mother gone all night.

  • @FiveFigsDigital
    @FiveFigsDigital ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Best decision his father ever made.