On depression: "Kill yourself" says Gene Simmons of KISS
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KISS rocker Gene Simmons has built a career on controversial antics, but has he gone too far this time?
In a recent interview with journalist Roger Catlin on Songfacts.com, Simmons made some extreme comments regarding suicide and depression that now threaten to have long-term effects on his band’s career. Asked whether he still keeps in touch with original KISS members who left the band over the years, Simmons launched into a shocking tirade:
“No, I don’t get along with anybody who’s a drug addict and has a dark cloud over their head and sees themselves as a victim. Drug addicts and alcoholics are always: ‘The world is a harsh place.’ My mother was in a concentration camp in Nazi Germany. I don’t want to hear f**k all about ‘the world as a harsh place.’ She gets up every day, smells the roses and loves life. And for a putz, 20-year-old kid to say, ‘I’m depressed, I live in Seattle.” F**k you, then kill yourself,” Simmons said.
“I always call them on their bluff. I’m the guy who says ‘Jump!’ when there’s a guy on top of a building who says, ‘That’s it, I can’t take it anymore, I’m going to jump.’ Are you kidding? Why are you announcing it? Shut the f**k up, have some dignity and jump! You’ve got the crowd,” he said.
Why would he encourage such a horrible thing though?
His mother is a really strong person, bless her but everyone is different.
Some are stronger than others & some problems are worse than others.
He is the ****ing absolute worst.
I'm so sure if it was someone close to him or even himself who was going through depression, he wouldn't make asinine comments like this. It's like empathy for people goes out the window unless it's a physical illness.
