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Gene Simmons Walks Off After Matan Accidentally Offends Him

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Gene Simmons Walks Off After Matan Accidentally Offends Him

The podcast features an extensive, chaotic, and self-referential conversation between Gene Simmons and his manager, Fire Flooring (a likely metaphorical or comedic reference). The exchange blends satire, absurdity, and sharp commentary on identity, fame, and social behavior. Gene Simmons deflects questions with humor, making claims about his multilingual abilities, past viral stunts, and his career, while pushing boundaries through provocative and often offensive jokes—such as mocking blackface, criticizing youth unemployment, and joking about selling his tongue or chewing gum. The discussion veers into philosophical and absurd territory, including hypotheticals about head exchange, oil ownership, and social morality. Amid the nonsense, underlying themes emerge around power, perception, and the nature of influence. The conversation is structured around recurring linguistic and cultural debates, with Gene frequently using semantics and irony to deflect criticism. The interview ends with a mix of self-awareness and chaotic humor, underscoring its satirical tone. While the content is unstructured and often nonsensical, it reflects a larger critique of how fame, language, and power operate in public discourse. The episode is sponsored by Rumble Wallet, Factor, and Chubby’s, with light references to financial and lifestyle products. Overall, it presents a comedic yet incisive exploration of identity, language, and the absurdities of celebrity culture.

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Hello everybody, welcome back to the podcast for today's guest. We have Gene Simmons. Welcome in. Okay, thanks for coming. For today's co-host, we have my manager, fire flooring. We'll come in via flooring. Where are you going to go? Oh, that's right. You don't talk. You want him to go in first? Rest my hunch. So can you please pull the mic close to your mouth and then introduce yourself for anybody who might not know you and all that one. Okay, my name is Gene. I don't talk like this usually, but I think if I talk like this, he can understand me more. Are you mimicking my voice? Is that so I'm sort of racist thing? Are you making fun of my voice? But you don't sound anything like this, but I speak four and a half languages. I can do anything. I speak one language. It's a period, the superior language, the language of love, the language of English. Of the white people kind of. No, you speak Arabic. You probably speak English. You clearly don't speak Hebrew, even though you say you're Israeli, right? No, I'm not. I'm German. If you can ask for something to be some Dutch, if I were going to have to shoot it, don't fuck with me because I will get you. I don't speak it, but I'm German. It's like if you meet a guy with blonde hair. No, you meant you meant your germane, which is a different word. And it means something completely. What does germane mean? Relevant when something is relevant. It's a germane. What about Germanic? Is that a word? It's of course. It comes from the Germany, which is the old Roman name for the general area of Bavaria, Bavaria, and Germany. You stopped listening, but you should listen. I'm kind of a big deal. Who the fuck is this guy? She's over there. Well, Virat Puyer's table in a little bit this way, yeah. Like that. You know, the social media stuff I've seen before of you, they didn't have these clowns here. Well, that's an addition. These clowns are those two guys. Yes. That's Mike, and that's the guy behind the camera, Mike. He's squatting. Looks like he's taking a shit. Well, can you introduce yourself to anybody who might not know you in all that one? That's impossible. Did they don't know you? Of course. Well, I just walked down the street with you walking into the building and nobody recognized you. No, well, I'm not dressed up darling. Well, listen, if you dress up like a crazy person, anybody can recognize a crazy person. Everybody would stop on the street to say hi to him. Oh my god. Kill me now. I think he's a big fan of yours. I'm a big fan as well. I like that one song that you do. It's like, I mean the jungle. Big fan, I've been listening for years. I mean the jungle? Yeah. Where's your most popular area, would you say? Where people recognize me the most? Sure. I don't know, probably Los Angeles. That's just where I live. So I know some people here for many years. Still living at home? No, I live by myself now. With these two clowns? No, that's my manager and that's that's just a clown, I guess. That's actually just a clown. You don't live together? With these two guys? Yeah. No, he lives in a much nicer house. And can I ask you a question even though none of you speak? How long have you been a couple? Help. How have you been able to get away with blackface for so long? They paid me very well for half a century. Well, forget the pay. I'm saying culturally. You know, if I was to do it, it would be some big problem. You're clearly not a member of the tribe. Forget the pay. Now, there's only pay. Even God passes the hat. You're saying the Jewish people that this tribe that you're in that I'm not get to do whatever they want without consequences and mock and mimic black people because they're funny? And they look funny? Sure. How is that fair? I think if you're allowed to do blackface is a Jew, I should be allowed to do blackface as a German. Of course, but you're not German. And on top of that, I think black people should stop getting food stamps and they should start working. You're going to become very popular. I know. Yeah, can't wait. But if you do go to jail, I know they're going to pass you around. To jail? My people, the white people are not the dangerous ones. What people are you? White German? You're? We're pretty like sophisticated. We make cars and stuff. I'm so happy I'm here. You're excited to be here? I've already f***ed twice. It's like I've seen you on other shows and you kind of have the same jokes that you do. I only know five things. And what are the other three besides I'm happy to be here and I've f***ed twice. He's a rock and roll fan. No, it's not. What do you mean, no, he's not. What kind of a name is viral? What is it? Floresteen? No, viral flooring. You're trying to turn him Jewish already? Floren or Flores? Floring. Like the floor. He makes floors go viral and then they explode on social media. They get so many views. This thing is completely different than what I've seen you do before where people have opinions and then you argue with them. Well, I only asked one question and I have like 30. I'm sure we'll get into some arguing. Maybe I just have to like bait you and give my opinions about Israel and then we'll get into a debate. But let's do that towards the end in case that gets you too upset and you walk off. Sure. Okay. How do you think airport security would react if you put a battery in your suitcase to get it stopped and then when they opened it it was filled with a bunch of feces. I would stink. Why would you stink? You said feces. In the suitcase. Oh, it would still stink. Of course, these are semantics but I'm not anti-semantic. I am. I could tell. But forget semantics. I'm asking how the airport security would react and don't you think that's a pretty funny prank. They won't be able to see that it's filled with shit on that camera. Right. That they use but they'll be able to tell that there's a battery in there. So they're going to check to find the battery to make sure that it's not a weapon. What's the battery for? To make sure it gets stopped in the machine because you kind of battery sometimes. Why did you look at him? Why not? Because I asked you something. Why did you? Because you looked at him and I thought maybe something interesting was going on over there. Not much. He's actually kind of famous too. He's from the Blue Man group. Oh, it's a he? You didn't know? I mean, he has an exceptional jawline. I think it looks like a they-them. No, that's not even real. That's just a bunch of phony bullshitters. And how old is that thing over there? I couldn't tell you. You don't know it. By the way, is it a respectable reference to somebody? I believe so. Why not? Okay. I'd not hear your argue. You charged a fan $12,000 to work for you for a day. You are reportedly worth over $400 million. What's even the point in that? What's the point to that? Yeah, $12,000 to work for you, you work. The point of that is more. Are you trying to become a billionaire? You're just trying to accumulate it because it's like a video game. You just want the number to be high. Yes to both. I also read that the guy was like sick with cancer. Oh, I wasn't aware of that. Or he was sick with something and then he spent the money. I did what? He was sick with something and then he spent the money to meet you with his son, right? There was one, yes, there was one gentleman who came with his son. But is that true? I think so. It was either cancer or something. That's what I read online. Maybe he had a cold. No, definitely. I read it was like a pretty bad one. Would you want him to die? Because he's probably dumb enough to give you all of his money when he does, right? Why wait until you die? Seems like he's not willing to give you all of it right now. Only $12,000. Actually, maybe more than $12,000. And that's what you put the price of. $1500. Oh, $500,000 I missed out on that. You couldn't forget. What did you do with that money? Oh, I have no idea. Because I have a lot. So you just have it. You almost did it to spite the guys while you accepted it. Yeah, even though I never met him, I was doing it to spite him. You have an interesting point. It kind of makes sense, though. Because he's your fan. I'd rather it pay you. You're being very brutal. My manager and he's a big fan of yours. Sound like I was done, but I wasn't. You said it kind of makes sense, but I think it kind of makes dollars. See what I did there. Is he at least doing it good? You least respect his attempt at it. I didn't understand. Say that again. Do you like what he's doing? Do you respect it? Oh, I don't want to make fun of him. You know, I think he's ill and we should respect people who are born that way. Yeah, there's no hope. He does actually kind of come off like a **** person. You're right. He don't tug out of the mouth and finger wear finger movements. Well that part, but you came up with at first that was your idea well that part could probably earn you a decent living but the rest of it not so much well it's I'll tell you this you might not believe it but he's richer than you he what he what he's richer than you okay so you're saying he can't earn an honest living maybe it's not honest but he's earning a big living he's living big I'm happy for him do you believe that if you're born in April you guys even have water in this place unfortunately not we gave it to the last guy that that's actually a lie we just don't have water all right do you want some no i was just asking oh yeah sure um do you have diet water we actually don't have any drinks i see a refrigerator there a refrigerator oh it's just a container that's a vacuum it says oh dirt devil i see oh you thought that was a fridge it looked like a brand name of something what is a dirt devil back you oh i see hey guys are for the interruption have to let you know that today's 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stable coin for a limited time terminal conditions apply see the description below or visit rumble dot com slash promo official rules for more details think in a rumble for sponsoring today's episode this is a paid advertisement from rumble do you believe that if you're born in april you're more likely to be a rock star and if you're born in may you're more likely to become a p**l yes and what about if you're born in august i haven't gotten that far to august or to learning these important things about the months actually i used to be a sixth grade teacher but i was born in august that's that sounds like you might have been born in may if you were a sixth grade teacher according to what they're more likely to become who who said you don't understand what i'm saying i have to keep repeating myself is because you're older i'm ununderstandable i may not be the only person that said to you can you say that again no everybody seems to understand me fluently most of the time perhaps not you'd be surprised i might be is it true that back in the day rock and role stars would kill people and sacrifice them to the demon oscar bob in order to become more famous yes and why did you do that you don't think maybe you have to cut a line at some point and be like chilling he's not worth the fame and the money probably so why didn't you do that well you said it i said it but i'm i'm going along with it i don't kill people you don't why not well i don't even know if i'd be capable of it i'm not like super physically intimidating yeah physically or not but you can always get a weapon i have a weapon you have it on you right now i always have it oh your your your genitals i'm not sure you could use that to hurt somebody but actually that's definitely not true a woman you're assuming it's a woman well at this at this stature that you're at now i don't think you could a man how did we get to what we're talking about hurting people well in a good way oh well why would i interpret it like that that's so it's an interesting point i can see your point yeah i'm really happy i'm here how long was it were you were you copying what he did you were doing like one of those things one of those things yeah you went like this or something why did you just do something like that well not for free yeah uh how long does this interview it's about three hours i don't think it's gonna be three hours you want to go for longer that's for that was very good i commend you now don't touch i commend you that was very good you turned it around i really think this guy behind the camera shouldn't wear shorts why is that that's a mic because he's gonna be popular in jail they're gonna be him me i don't plan on you the people in jail you want me to the people in jail i wouldn't feel that bad for them if they're in jail they're probably used to it anyways and they potentially deserve it how old did you say you were me no the other guy i don't know how old any of these people i mean you obviously because i'm me i'm 19 19 but i think i could hold my own maybe not against you when you were my age you seem to be bigger in stature but now i think i could prevent a r*ck i'm still bigger yeah i know but i might be i might be a little quicker now at least quick enough to not get a r*ck by you you know was my friend Mike Tyson likes to say everybody's got a plan until you get punched in the face or until you get a r*ck in the ass i guess same same thing but it usually starts with less than one yeah well that's a lot better than the other option i'd much rather be punched in the face sure but one may lead to the other if you're smart enough and you have a tactic you can but some people are too foolish by the way the does the blue man group thing have a name or not blue man woman blue man blue man blue man yeah i think that's his legal name blue man i think it's taken but whatever you say is it a man you asked me that already i can't tell you for sure but it seems like it yeah he doesn't look much like a woman if you say i can't tell you for sure it's redundant because the inference means you're talking to me so you can say i can't say or i can't tell you don't need to say you because are you correcting me on grammar? yeah yes i want to go overboard because it's not your first yeah that's my point it's my fourth you want to show everybody that you're really good at it no it's just whatever's correct we both thought what i was trying to say we didn't have to i thought you said you weren't anti-semitic whatever you said that was upon yeah it's called a joke i know but now we're arguing about semantic are you fluent in arabic i don't speak any other language besides where's the accent from uh lost angel buildings which part of lost angel is so you speak harmony languages just one and that's an american accent yeah i would say so maybe a little German with a little bit of business then speak German well i don't speak it and that's not how accents work that's if you took a if you took a a black guy and you put him in mexico how did a black guy come into the conversation in analogy if you took a black guy and you put him in mexico and he was raised by four dogs he probably wouldn't have any accent and next thing you're going to say is he's probably going to bark well that's besides the thing of the dog is that more has to do with the black part but i was i don't know you get my point i'm unfortunately i do yeah why do you think so many people say you're an asshole in person is it because you're extremely rude to your fans and speed on them or some other reason yes in fact one of my solo records was literally without joking around called asshole young yeah but why do you do that well there was a song on it called asshole no but why are you an asshole to your fans oh i don't think i am but certainly people have said that about me when i haven't seen you interact with your friends but i've read a couple stories in preparation for the scene review some people have said you speed on them you're rude you won't take photos spit on them i read a couple like that really does everybody like you by the way what do you mean does everybody like you are there any naysayers people who have negative things to say about you no they're all so you're better than Jesus because not everybody loves Jesus either well he's more controversial than me by some people some people don't love me as much as him either okay i'm just kind of like the ultimate grifter you know what i mean unfortunately i do but maybe you don't know that word did i just teach you a new word what's the word what's the word grifting grifting yeah it comes from grift which i think it's dramatic shocker it comes from grift grifting comes from grift thank you you really are on your fourth line comes from what from grafting i don't think so but good luck with that well as somebody who speaks a language and wasn't only got an edge i got an education past six grade unlike you i think i would know better but you dropped out of school Did you? I dropped out of college. College at 19? Yeah. I see. No I'm lying. I didn't go to college. You didn't go to college? No. You said you dropped out of school. I was just I was just making stuff up. So you're still in school? No. I'm 19. I just never started college. I never even applied. Well I'm not judging. I'm just curious. I think I'm a little past the point of being accepted into a good school with some of the things I've said online. By the way what's the name of this program? It actually doesn't have a name. It just goes up every week. How many people follow it? A couple hundred thousand maybe I would say on average? Excellent. Are you clean Eastwood? I'm the same age. The exact same age. Probably. I think he's 94-95 is he? I thought you were only like 85. I laid. I laid. I laid. Now I'll be 77 next month. So how does it feel you only have a couple more years before your central facility? Well could be next month. You don't know how long you're going to be alive. Well I meant that again you're doing semantics for all you want to do this. I'm not I don't like semantics guys. It's like the most semantics ever. Is that the first time in your life you started using that word? No I used to use it all the time and then it became popular and then it's like I got to get to the new trend. Why would you care? Because then it looks like I'm I'm larping. But why would you care? And I had to stop using that word too. But why would you care what anybody else thinks? Because I'm trying to make a money online and the only way you can do that nowadays is by is by saying a bunch of shit you don't care about. Well I think you've got you hit that right on the button. Yeah. What were we talking about before? Oh, are you Clint Eastwood? Of course. Yes. I'm also Boris Karloff. But you're too young to know who that was. It's a pleasure to meet you. I don't know this. Isn't it a thrill? But it's Clint Eastwood. Yeah. Yeah. Just call me Clint. Okay. Am I like Rosa Park since they asked me to give a my seat at the front of the bus to a disabled lady? Well she was in the back of the bus. She wasn't in the front. Actually you're right. She was closer to the front. That's why they wanted her to go to the back of the bus. Yeah, that's right. You're right. And by the way, I stood on I stood on it like a like a true Rosa Parks. I did not give up my seat. That bus. They actually didn't even drive the bus. They actually called the police. The police said technically does not have to do. They didn't have a thing about Germans. No, it's because it was a disabled lady who was really old. She kind of had something like some ticker something. She had to get to her son's house. To her son's house. Her son was in the hospital. So she was going to go grab his belongings and bring it to the hospital. I'm so excited. But you don't need to be excited anymore. We've been going for at least 20 minutes now, I'd say. 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One man's meat. I don't get it. What does that mean? It's an old English phrase you'd know it if you were American. You know somebody's meat is somebody else's poison. I don't know what you're talking about. I'm telling something Israel does to like Arabs they give them like poisonous meat. Of course. I think it is. I saw a report about that. As long as it's kosher. Why do you need notes by the way? You're gonna you're gonna see right now because I couldn't remember this. If you walked into a room and there were three people whose heads had been removed and placed on the body to their left and the leader of the operation asked you to give your head to the person at the beginning since there was nobody to his right. Would you do it? No. Why? It's not fair. Because I don't like to give head to people. I don't know. No, that was good. No, I knew that I was coming from. No, it was coming and. And that went to. No, not gonna take that away from me. That's a way. I'm taking it away. It's a loss. It's just graceful. I came up with such an amazing question. A thought provoker. Imagine setting your makeup then forgetting it's even theirs. Meet new groupie setting mist from Mavily New York. Gel to mist technology locks in your look for up to 24 hours with flexible all day comfy grip. No tightness, no stickiness, no residue. Just plump, dewy hydrated skin that still feels like your skin. Try new groupie setting mist from Mavily New York. Maybe it's mavelin. I feel like three hours. Question was nothing like the answer. The answer was. The answer was like another s**t upon it. It's like, okay, you're not going to s**t some guys s**t. That wasn't the question. I'm asking if you're going to give your head, you know, the one literally. Yeah. Yeah. To some of it. No. To the guy at the beginning since there's nobody to his right who would have to give it to him on their left. But he's already lost his head because there's somebody to his left. What am I doing with these headless people anyway? No, I didn't. That wasn't specified. That's not the question. Well, the answer is no. Why? I like my head. But the guy on the beginning since he has nobody to his right had to give up his head to somebody and he doesn't have one now. Such is life. It's not fair. Life is not. And also the guy at the end on the left side is just holding an extra head or something, right? Well, you can give them self-head. He's holding his head. Whose head? The guy at the end on the left is holding his own head with nobody to give it to. You mean to tell me they don't know. They don't even know each other? Yeah, I don't even know what I just said. He's from the rock and roll bank shift. I wouldn't call anything about it rock and roll. He's a legend. You want a photo with him? I'm not sure. Let me get back to you on that. Smile. That's great. I'll send it to you later. But actually, you called me from no caller ID, so I have no contact to you. I wonder why that is. I don't know. Listen, I think I'm very trustworthy to give you number two. The reality is that everybody you know would sell your number to somebody for the right amount of money. Possible. No, it's the truth. You would sell your number to somebody for the right amount of money. Oh, I'd sell anything to anybody for any of my money. Exactly. That's my point. So my my amount of money that I would have to get. Although it's probably not as high as almost anybody else who has your number, assuming that you're careful with it. Let's play a game, shall we? Do you have this wonderful glacial. Do you have internet here? Yeah, it looks like it. Maybe. I don't think so. Gene Simmons gum chewing gum gum. You can read it. Gene Simmons chewed gum made headlines when he auctioned off a piece on eBay for a staggering $247,000. The Keith frontman chewed the gum during an appearance on U.K. Soccer AM and sold it to raise money for a street leg, a football charity focused on combating youth unemployment. How much was my chewed gum? Well, technically you got zero dollars for it. And by the way, what is stupid charity combating youth unemployment? Actually, they were. That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. I actually, in essence, agree. I think we should get kids working and stop sending them to school and wasting like a force of their lives. But that's not the general consensus. I mean, unless you did this in Brazil, in England, but it was a children's hospital. That's where they're the biggest bitches. They refuse to let children work. Uh-huh. It was for a children's hospital. It said youth unemployment. I don't think it had to do with unemployment. That's, that's what it said. But it was a tax deduction. By the way, who else has been in here? What do you mean? Of note. Uh-huh. I mean who went viral 14 years ago. No, no. Of note, somebody we would all know. Yeah, he had like a video where they got like a hundred million views. A hundred million. Yeah. We have long neck coming in. Who? After this long neck. Long neck. Yeah. We had a gambler, a gambler who says he beat the casino. Do you want? He said he beat the casinos. I mean, in the pop culture entertainment world, anybody we'd know or sports? Um, no. What the fuck am I doing here? I really was surprised when you said you were going to do it. I was so excited. I was oblivious. They just give me stuff. And I go, okay, I've got Monday open. I'll try it. That's great. Well, I appreciate your booker. I'm glad I traveled a hour and a half to come here. It's one of the best decisions you've ever made. It's an experience you'll never forget. That's, that's possible. You recently went viral for running around Hollywood Boulevard with a fake gun threatening to shoot tourists here for the World Cup. Why did you do that? Were you high? I've never been higher or drunk in my life, actually. I heard that story online, but I don't believe it. Okay. So then why did you do it? Well, life is too short. Life is too short to try to convince anything to anybody. If they believe it, fine. If they don't, that's okay. My life. That in its own way is trying to convince me, by the way. So you're actually you're being a hypocrite. I'm being a hypocrite. You're saying life is too short to try to convince anybody of anything, which is what? I don't get paid enough for this shit. I look like a clown and every Sunday. Fuck. We fucking lost him. Are you serious? I need that guy. Did you do that? Did you fucking? Yeah, I did that. Did you do that? You said that up with him before? Sure. Why did you do that? To mess things up, to mess up your manager. But that's my manager. What's your name again? What do you think? He's from fresh and fit. He what? You keep calling a Myron. Well, he doesn't look like a viral. Viral, flooring. He makes floors go viral and then explode and go viral on social media. Oh, I see viral. Viral. Yeah. You recently went viral. Back to that question. Why did you do that? How did I go viral? You ran around Hollywood Boulevard with a fake gun threatening to shoot Tories for the World Cup. Well, that's clearly not true, but if you believe it is, good luck. Why is that clearly not true? Well, something simply is or isn't. Yeah, but it might not be clear. And again, you're doing semantics. If I have to call it out, it's like semantics after semantics after semantics. It's like, all right, we get it. This is why we usually are cautious when we interact with you people, but anyways, yeah, it's always tricks and schemes and little word differences. Well, it's not my language. It's yours. Yeah, you take advantage of it. That might be the case. How about another five minutes? How about another three hours? I think we'll do this as the longest show I've ever done. We'll beat the record or the shortest. Oh, well, we've already passed that. Oh, there's been somebody shorter? There's been a minute and a half. What's a million and a half? Dollars. It's a large amount of money. No, no, we're talking about the time spent on this. Oh, one minute and a half. A minute and a half. I thought you said a million and a half. Yeah, well, that wouldn't make any sense, right? That one. Somebody with your level of grammar would know that. Yes. With your level of hearing, it doesn't work. I'm still still curious to find where you're from, where that accent is from. Los Angeles buildings. I say Albania. Albania. Eastern European. I actually kind of take that as an insult. Those people kind of act like animals sometimes. They do? I mean, they live amongst like dogs. That's where like the dogs walk around the streets and they're like completely undemesticated. Am I wrong? Yeah, I think so. By the way, do people know where this wonderful office is? Your fans? Why would I tell them where my office is? Do you get groupies and stuff? Is that a thing? What does that mean? A groupie? You don't know what that is? No. Somebody male or female, I guess, or they them who is such a fan of yours that they give themselves to you. Like, they'll work for me or this is like a **** thing. That seems kind of gross. I mean, generally, I like the idea of taking advantage of somebody when you're in a position of power and you have leverage over them, but that almost just seems kind of sad because really they're getting a much better story out of it than you. I wasn't talking about me. I was talking about you. Even then, I was also talking about myself. So there's no dress code. You can work here with shorts on. Is that a thing? If you're not being paid, I believe so. Oh, it doesn't get paid for that. I understand. Would you trade your current car for a new, more expensive car that you can't use and has to be immediately traded for a cheaper, shithier car? Which car? I've launched the cars. Yeah, I guess I didn't think about that. I don't know, one of your cars, this question would work for any of your cars, unless you have the most expensive car in the world, which you do not have way there. One of them is one of the most expensive cars, but still there's one that's more expensive and newer. Oh, yes. Well, there you go. Then the question still works. They're always is. So what I exchange that for a cheap car. No, that's not the question. Oh, would you exchange that for a newer, more expensive car that you cannot use that has to be immediately traded for a cheaper, shithier car? It's far too complex for a simple mind like myself. I take my car, which is worth X and I trade it in or buy up, spend more money for more expensive car. But you get a more expensive newer car for free. But that car has to be immediately traded for a cheaper, shithier car. That probably wouldn't work because no matter how you get there, I've got an expensive car and I wind up with a shithier car. But you, for some moment, have a completely unusable car that has to be immediately traded. Well, if there's a tax advantage, I might do that. And how much is this most expensive car you own? How much is it worth? About 750. 750,000 or 750,000. Can I get a photo of you guys doing that, where you stick your tongue out? I know the floor is too dirty. Not for free, pitch. What do I have to give you? Money. How much? Well, let's start with a number on the table. We'll see how I react. I don't know, for a photo where you stick your tongue out like three dollars, I guess. No. More than three bucks? There's nothing for three bucks. That's not true at all. Not even water. Water is like closer to ten. Free if you're black. How did black get into this? You know what I mean. You want to act so clever, you want to act like you understand grammar and English and joke so well, but you can get the most simple racist joke that I could come up with. Come on, you get it. Let's move on. You are famous for having a long tongue. Yeah. Don't you think you could make a lot of money by selling it? Well, I, I do and I have for half a century every time I cutting out your tongue and selling. Oh, you didn't mention cutting it out. I probably could. I probably could make a lot of money doing that. So why don't you do it? You could probably buy another car. Because you don't have to buy the cow. You can just continue renting it. So every time I stick my tongue out, they pay me. But you could just get a big load of money up front. You're going to get more money for your tongue right now than you will probably for sticking it out, whatever, so on and so forth for a couple of years, maybe. You sold your gum for 250,000 for a bunch of dumb people who couldn't find a job. 147,000 dollars. Yeah, you take a lot of pride in that I can tell well I went to a good cost children's hospital. No, it went to youth unemployment Well, it didn't but I understand. No, that's go on your phone. That's exactly what it said I'll be sure to do that as soon as I'm off this wonderful program Well, hopefully that's not any time soon because I think this is I know we have three hours to go I know by the way to speaking of my tongue I would stick my tongue out but the floor is a little dirty I try to stop you from doing that. I like I got at the floor and you still had to do it anyways I only know five things I told you I just keep moving them around like a deck of cards Yeah, you're at four right now, so I'm waiting to see the last one I'm breathless If you found a giant oil reserve in your backyard. Yeah, would you inform the government? What legally you have to yeah, why? So that you don't wind up in jail and become somebody's girlfriend. That's why Why that seems like a ridiculous law that probably doesn't exist Oh, I'm sure it does you can't make buddy to my oil I own the land. Why can I own the oil but even if you own land There are property taxes and everything gets taxed Okay, well, I it's still my oil. I'll pay the property taxes and then I'll have a trillion dollars from oil Right, but The fact that you're making money in first capital gain and so you will be charged as much as 40 even more percent Okay, well, this is a completely different topic now you're just explaining taxes to me as if I would pay them I'm asking if you would inform the government that there's oil there to begin with because they might seize it from you by law You have to that's that's ridiculous like I think you should argue with the government and elect officials that What about elbow the government? I'll find a low-level politician elbow. Yeah, what do you mean elbow? I think we have a minute left Only one more yeah, it has to be a good one then what doesn't I have to be Easy true that there's pineapple juice inside a minute head inside of Lincoln's head a minute head a message. Yeah, yes It's kind of repetitive because we just got there like through nonsense conversation. You wrote all of these yourself. I did yeah, you should Yeah Well, I just want to thank you for you done. Oh, yeah, I was a wonderful experience. Okay Well, thanks for coming on. We have to fill with long neck now He's singing you saw [BLANK_AUDIO]

Podcast Summary

Key Points:

  1. Gene Simmons, a former rock star and self-described "big deal," speaks primarily English with a Germanic accent and claims to be fluent in multiple languages, though he admits to limited language skills beyond English.
  2. The conversation features a mix of humor, absurd debates, and personal anecdotes, including claims of viral fame, a fake gun stunt in Hollywood, and a controversial $247,000 auction of chewed gum.
  3. The dialogue includes sharp critiques of cultural norms, semantics, racism, and social issues, such as blackface, youth unemployment, and the ethics of fame, while highlighting Gene’s provocative and often contradictory statements.

Summary:

The podcast features an extensive, chaotic, and self-referential conversation between Gene Simmons and his manager, Fire Flooring (a likely metaphorical or comedic reference). The exchange blends satire, absurdity, and sharp commentary on identity, fame, and social behavior. Gene Simmons deflects questions with humor, making claims about his multilingual abilities, past viral stunts, and his career, while pushing boundaries through provocative and often offensive jokes—such as mocking blackface, criticizing youth unemployment, and joking about selling his tongue or chewing gum.

The discussion veers into philosophical and absurd territory, including hypotheticals about head exchange, oil ownership, and social morality. Amid the nonsense, underlying themes emerge around power, perception, and the nature of influence. The conversation is structured around recurring linguistic and cultural debates, with Gene frequently using semantics and irony to deflect criticism.

The interview ends with a mix of self-awareness and chaotic humor, underscoring its satirical tone. While the content is unstructured and often nonsensical, it reflects a larger critique of how fame, language, and power operate in public discourse. The episode is sponsored by Rumble Wallet, Factor, and Chubby’s, with light references to financial and lifestyle products.

Overall, it presents a comedic yet incisive exploration of identity, language, and the absurdities of celebrity culture.

FAQs

Gene Simmons claims to speak four and a half languages, but he primarily speaks English. He also mentions speaking Arabic and has a German accent, though he does not speak German fluently.

Gene Simmons stated he did it to mess with his manager and to show that life is too short to try to convince anyone of anything, though he denies the story is true and claims it's a prank or misrepresentation.

Gene Simmons auctioned off a piece of chewed gum for $247,000 to raise money for a charity focused on youth unemployment, though he later questioned the charity's purpose and effectiveness.

Gene Simmons identifies as German, not Jewish, and has made comments about cultural appropriation, including blackface, but he has not spoken about being Jewish or having Jewish heritage.

Gene Simmons attributes his accent to Los Angeles and mentions he once said he was from Albania, though he later calls that an insult, indicating it may be a misstatement or joke.

Gene Simmons jokes about groupies, describing them as fans who give themselves to him, but he also criticizes the idea as potentially exploitative or gross.

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