US EditionAnchor Stunned After Rock Legend Poses Inappropriate Question
During a Scripps News interview, Gene Simmons asked an unexpected personal question to anchor Maritsa Georgiou while advocating for the American Music Fairness Act.
- Gene Simmons, in Washington to lobby and testify for the American Music Fairness Act, asked Scripps News anchor Maritsa Georgiou about her modeling during a December 8 interview.
- Seeking to secure performer royalties, Gene Simmons lobbied the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee of Intellectual Property to support the American Music Fairness Act; his history of claiming to have slept with 4,800 women contextualizes the interview's turn.
- Simmons asked the direct question, `Thank you so much. By the way, are you still modeling?`, and Maritsa Georgiou, Scripps News anchor, appeared caught off guard, replying she does not model as the segment grew uncomfortable.
- The exchange pushed the segment off its policy focus, creating an awkward close as Gene Simmons's personal question disrupted decorum, risking attention shifting from his American Music Fairness Act lobbying.
- Gene Simmons, who has been married to Shannon Tweed since 2011, reunited with Kiss at the Kennedy Center Honors earlier this month after Ace Frehley's death at age 74.
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Anchor stunned after rock legend poses inappropriate question
Gene Simmons, the legendary musician who’s also known by the stage name “the Demon,” and the frontman/bassist/co-lead singer of the hard rock band KISS, recently stunned anchor Maritsa Georgiou during a TV interview by abruptly asking if she was “still modeling.”
TV anchor stops interview after rock legend assumed she was a model: ‘My life is weird’
KISS co-founder Gene Simmons turned what began as a policy discussion into an uncomfortable exchange when he asked a television news anchor about modeling during a live broadcast on Monday.
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At 76, the Demon is still living up to his reputation as a ladies man.Scripps News Maritsa Georgiou and Gene SimmonsAge can't stop Gene Simmons from doing what he loves most: flirting.The legendary frontman of the rock band Kiss went to Washington, D.C., this week to lobby for the American Music Fairness Act, a new bill that aims to plug the gaps in musicians' wallets by streaming and consolidation, and ensure they're properly compensated for th…
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