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Gene Simmons Banned For Life From Fox News For Offending Everyone

Gene Simmons Banned For Life From Fox News For Offending Everyone

According to sources, Simmons burst into a staff meeting bare chest and started telling jokes and hitting people with his new book.

Chris Ogden

Chris Ogden

It looks now as though Fox News has banned KISS bassist Gene Simmons from the network for life after his latest round of antics, according to reports. That tongue of his is obscene enough, to be honest.

Simmons, a founding member of the classic rock band, has been a longtime guest on Fox and last appeared on the network just this past Wednesday, promoting his new book On Power. He even helped to deliver the weather on the morning show Fox and Friends.

As he chatted with presenter Maria Bartiromo, Simmons ended up putting his foot in it when he was asked his opinion on the sexual misconduct scandal swirling in the wake of Harvey Weinstein's downfall.

Simmons clearly thought that he wasn't an appropriate person to ask given his persona, blaming the whole thing on "testosterone". Unsure about that one.

"The lunatics have taken over the insane asylum when respected business entities such as yourself ask guys that like to stick their tongues out what I think of Harvey Weinstein," Simmons told Bartiromo.

"Okay, I'm a powerful and attractive man, and what I'm about to say is deadly serious," he continued. "Men are jackasses. From the time we're young we have testosterone. I'm not validating it or defending it."

Simmons may not be defending it, but he reportedly demonstrated it just hours later. According to the Daily Beast, as he headed for an interview with FoxNews.com, 'The Demon' apparently barged into a staff meeting instead and managed to offend everybody present in two minutes flat:

"'Hey chicks, sue me!' he shouted, and then pulled open his red velvet shirt to reveal his chest and belly, according to the source," the Daily Beast reported.

"Then he starting telling Michael Jackson paedophilia jokes, and then bopped two employees on the head with his book, making derisive comments about their comparative intelligence according to the sound their heads made when struck."

According to the Daily Beast, Simmons' conduct was soon reported to a supervisor and human-resources executive Kevin Lord, leading to Simmons being banned for life from the building.

The ban doesn't appear to have affected Simmons that much as his last social media post was a photo of him making another media appearance for the radio station Sirius XM.

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Topics: Entertainment, TV and Film, Celebrity, Harvey Weinstein, Fox