Gene Simmons and the Art of Authenticity

The Hollywood Godfather Podcast

GRI Entertainment

Society & Culture, Film Interviews, True Crime, Tv & Film

4.7 • 811 Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

In this episode,, Gianni recalls his fascinating encounters with Gene Simmons and Mel Gibson. Gianni recounts how he first met Gene Simmons at one of his shows and later at a fan convention. He shares Simmons' impressive ability to sell memorabilia and his genuine personality. The conversation then shifts to potential collaborative projects involving Russo's life story and possibly bringing Mel Gibson on board as a director. They also touch on current social issues, including violence and societal turmoil.

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0:00.0	Von Sinatra swing to Brando stage.
0:03.0	Maryland's grace to J.F.K's age.
0:08.0	It's Johnny Russo, Hollywood's own.
0:13.0	The Jeannie Raymond's secrets are shown.
0:17.0	Hollywood Godfather. Welcome everybody. It's time for another Hollywood Godfather podcast. Let me introduce
0:31.7	by gorgeous co-host, Jeannie Raymond. How are you, darling? Hi, I'm very good. How are you? I've been traveling.
0:41.0	I've been meeting people on can't wait to talk about Gene Simmons. This guy blew me away.
0:48.7	It's so funny because I met him. He came to my show, actually.
0:55.0	Oh, wow. Years ago at Herb Alpert's place in Bel Air.
1:00.0	Oh, wow.
1:01.0	I didn't know he was even in the audience.
1:04.0	He came with Mel Gibson and their wives and a couple other people.
1:09.0	And they were looking right at me.
1:11.1	They were on the balcony,
1:11.8	and I'm looking right and I'm saying,
1:14.6	how could you miss this guy?
1:15.9	He's like sick to me.
1:17.6	He's got this mop of hair.
1:20.1	And I'm saying about that could be him.
1:22.0	So I just went on and did my show.
1:24.6	Right.
1:25.2	And after they sent a message,
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