Gene
Simmons
is
refusing
to
backtrack
from
his
Dancing
With
the
Stars
comments.
After
the
KISS
rocker
came
under
fire
for
focusing
on
the
participants’
looks
rather
than
their
dance
routines
during
his
Oct.
9
appearance
on
the
ABC
show’s
hair
metal-themed
episode,
he
addressed
the
buzz
by
stating, “I
stand
by
every
word
I
said.”
“I
had
a
great
time,”
Gene
told
the
Daily
Mail
Oct.
10. “The
contestants
were
great.
The
show
was
great.”
Noting
that
he
had “a
lot
of
fun”
serving
as
a
guest
judge,
the
75-year-old
continued, “Everybody
had
a
great
time.”
But
not
all
viewers
were
lovin’
his
remarks.
Many
took
issue
with
Gene’s
attention
on
the “hot”
women
competing
on
the
show,
with
one
social
media
user
accusing
the
musician
on
X
(formerly
known
as
Twitter)
of “giving
the
energy
of
the
gross
uncle
who
corners
you
at
the
reunion.”
Another
viewer
added, “Gene
Simmons
is
seriously
sucking
all
the
energy
out
of
the
ballroom
with
his
creepy
comments
about
the
female
dancers.”
