Gene Simmons Faces Criticism After Making 'Creepy' Comments About Female Dancers onDancing with the Stars

Mar. 15, 2025

Gene Simmons (left) and Danny Amendola with pro partner Witney Carson.Photo:Disney/Eric McCandless

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Gene Simmonsis facing heat for his controversial feedback as guest judge onDancing with the Stars.

Simmons has not publicly addressed the backlash, and PEOPLE has reached out to his rep for comment.

After former NFL playerDanny Amendolaand his partnerWitney Carsonfinished their Paso Doble toBon Jovi’s “Livin’ on a Prayer,” Simmons claimed, “This is a brand new experience for me and it’s difficult to look at you and to figure out which one is more hot, hot, hot.”

Gene Simmons (third from left) on the judges' panel with Carrie Ann Inaba (left), Derek Hough and Bruno Tonioli (right).Disney/Eric McCandless

“Danny, I’m telling you, you’re right next to somebody, one of the more beautiful women on the planet,” he added as cameras panned to Carson, who had a bewildered look on her face.

In another instance, Simmons shared his thoughts on Chandler Kinney and her partnerBrandon Armstrong’s Jive to Twisted Sister’s “We’re Not Gonna Take It.”

“Chandler, you’ve fogged up my glasses. I don’t know what to tell you. You move me, not just with your gyrations and so on, but your beautiful face and how you were into the emotion of it,” he said.

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“Gene Simmons literally salivating over the woman on dancing with the stars is disgusting i don’t think they could’ve picked a worse person to be in this role #DWTS,” someone elsetweeted.

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Dancing with the Starsairs Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET on ABC and Disney+. Episodes can be streamed the next day on Hulu and Disney+.

source: people.com