{"id":1821322,"date":"2026-03-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1821322"},"modified":"2026-03-11T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T21:00:00","slug":"gene-simmons-do-your-art-and-shut-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1821322","title":{"rendered":"GENE SIMMONS: &#8220;Do Your Art And Shut Up&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/cdn-p.smehost.net\/sites\/7f9737f2506941499994d771a29ad47a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/gene-simmons-trump.jpeg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"zox-post-body left zoxrel zox100\">\n<div id=\"1720\"><\/div>\n<p>While <strong>Kiss<\/strong> bassist\/vocalist <strong>Gene Simmons<\/strong> has been known to have an opinion on just about everything from questioning rap&#8217;s place in the Rock &amp; Roll Hall Of Fame, to proclaiming proclaiming rock &amp; roll is dead, the 76-year-old would prefer politics stay out of art \u2013 at least when it comes to celebrities.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <em>TMZ<\/em> (as captured by <em>The PRP<\/em>), the 76-year-old <strong>Kiss<\/strong> icon expressed frustration with performers publicly voicing their opinions: &#8220;Everybody in the world should listen to what actors and comedians say, because they&#8217;re so qualified.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Basically shut the fuck up. Do your art and shut up. Nobody&#8217;s interested in your opinions, that includes me. Who I vote for, who I like. Who the fuck do you think you are?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Which also goes the other way \u2013 who the hell is <strong>Gene Simmons<\/strong> to tell other artists to keep their politics to themselves? Not to mention art is an inherently political platform, but anyway. <strong>Simmons<\/strong> added a critique of celebrity activism: &#8220;People in America work hard for their living and they don&#8217;t wanna be lectured to by people who live in mansions and drive Rolls-Royces.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sorry, me again. Apparently people do want to be &#8220;lectured to by people who live in mansions and drive Rolls-Royces&#8221; because they voted for <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong>. Doubly so for <strong>Gene Simmons<\/strong>, who was presented with the Kennedy Center Honors \u2013 not really staying outta politics, eh <strong>Gene<\/strong>? Anyway.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s time for everybody in the entertainment industry to shut their piehole and just do you art. Nobody cares what you think. I don&#8217;t. What will <strong>Mark Ruffalo<\/strong> \u2013 however the fuck he pronounces his name, <strong>Ruffalo<\/strong>, buffalo \u2013 what does <strong>Mark<\/strong> think about politics? I don&#8217;t care.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>None of this is surprising. <strong>Gene Simmons<\/strong> is a business guy, and clearly he&#8217;d rather not rock any boats with any opinions. Just cash the checks and trot out the &#8220;rock is dead&#8221; shit every now and again.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"zox-post-body left zoxrel zox100\"><strong>Want More Metal? 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