Paul stanley gay
KISS’ Paul Stanley Addresses Gay Rumor, Discusses Working With Gene Simmons
There have been many rumors about KISS over the years, but the one that's always taken vocalist Paul Stanley by surprise is that he's gay. During a chat with Fresh Zealand's The Breeze (seen above), Stanley was questioned about the craziest rumor he's heard about himself.
He told interviewer Robert Scott, "The oddest, to me, was always — and it's always persisted over moment -- is that I'm gay. And it's an appealing thing, because if I were, I'd be proud to be whatever I am. As extended as you're a good person, sexual orientation and stuff like that is totally irrelevant."
The rocker went on to add, "Besides having four children, honestly, I never saw a guy where I said, 'Gee, that's a end second to a woman.' Honestly, I never looked and said, 'You recognize, if I can't have that miss over there, I'm taking the bloke,' you know what I mean? So that's always been really interesting -- that some people can't find a way to seize my comfort with sexuality to misreading it as something it&apos
Whispers have circulated for years that the iconic musician and father of four has kept his true sexuality a secret. But Stanley tells The Breeze: "As long as you're a nice person, sexual orientation and stuff prefer that is totally irrelevant. That existence said, I never saw a guy where I said, 'Gee, that's a close second to a woman.'
"I never looked and said, 'If I can't have that young woman over there, I'm taking the bloke.' It's always persisted over time that I'm gay. If I were, I'd be proud to be whatever I am."
He adds: "That's always been really interesting, that some people can't grab my comfort with sexuality, misreading it as something it's not. I scratch my head at that." Read more - here.
Classic Rock Magazine is an official news deliverer for antiMusic.com.
Copyright Classic Rock Magazine- Excerpted here with permission.
KISS Frontman PAUL STANLEY Addresses 'Persistent' Gay Rumor (Video)
Robert Scott of New Zealand's The Breeze conducted an interview with KISS frontman Paul Stanley ahead of the band's Auckland concert. They chatted about Paul's view on reviews, what's kept KISS going for all these years, what's left to achieve, operational with Gene Simmons, drugs, his sexuality, his kids, retirement and New Zealand wine. You can now watch the chat below. A couple of excerpts follow (transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET).
On the best thing about working with Gene Simmons for so long:
"The optimal thing… Hmm… I contain to pause… I reflect the security and the familiarity. There's no substitute or anything that comes close to being with somebody for forty-some-odd years, you know — forty-six years, I think, at this point. So, that is a blessing; it really is a blessing to have that nice of relationship. And also within that, you specify the terms of it and the boundaries. And I think what works so well for us is giving each other space and respecting our individuality, because we're very, very different. As distinct as we once were, we've certainly become more that, or stronger in ou
KISS'sPaulStanley has opened up about long-standing rumors about his sexuality, saying he wouldn't be ashamed to be a gay man.
"If I were [gay], I’d be proud to be whatever I am," the 63-year-old rocker told New Zealand's The Breeze. "As long as you’re a nice person, sexual orientation and stuff like that is totally irrelevant."
Stanley, who has been married to his second wife, Erin Sutton, for 10 years, says the media's scrutiny of his sexuality has left him scratching his head.
"That’s always been really interesting -- that some people can’t find a way to take my comfort with sexuality to misreading it as something it’s not," Stanley, who has three children with Sutton and a son with his first wife, Pamela Bowen, said. Then he cheekily pointed to his glam rock band's well-known reputation for womanizing, and he quipped, "Well, the boys may not understand, but the women always did. They got it in more ways than one!"
Commemorating KISS's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last year, The Montreal Gazette published a profile of Bill Aucoin, the legendary rock manager who discovered the band in the early 1970s and who also happened to be an openly g