GENE SIMMONS: Raising KISS Empire, Coming Clean to Shannon & Tasting Jam for the First Time

Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum

Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum | Daylight Media

Tv & Film, Comedy

4.9 • 11K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2026

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Gene Simmons (KISS, Deep Water) joins us this week for a wide ranging and surprisingly tender conversation about the mother who shaped him, the bandmate he wishes he had saved, and the work ethic that still has him producing films at 77. Gene opens up about his Hungarian mother surviving the concentration camps, the moment he tasted jam for the first time in America, and why he believes the race only speeds up as you near the finish line. We also get into the painful truth about Ace Frehley, the intervention that should have happened decades ago, his new film Deep Water with Ben Kingsley and Aaron Eckhart, and the night in Belize at 62 when he dropped to his knees and finally came clean to Shannon. Thank you to our sponsors: EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/inside Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee __________________________________________________ 💖 Patreon: ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/insideofyou⁠⁠ 👕 Inside Of You Merch: ⁠⁠https://store.insideofyoupodcast.com/⁠⁠ __________________________________________________ Watch or listen to more episodes! 📺 ⁠⁠https://www.insideofyoupodcast.com/show⁠⁠ __________________________________________________ Follow us online! 📸 Instagram: ⁠⁠https://instagram.com/insideofyoupodcast/⁠⁠ 🤣 TikTok: ⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@insideofyou_podcast⁠⁠ 📘 Facebook: ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/insideofyoupodcast/⁠⁠ 🐦 Twitter: ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/insideofyoupod⁠⁠ 🌐 Website: ⁠⁠https://www.insideofyoupodcast.com/⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum.
0:04.9	You know, it's been 14 days, Ryan, since I had neck surgery.
0:08.6	They cut me open through here, cut me open through the back, took bone graft out of my hip.
0:14.0	It's been a hell of a journey.
0:16.0	And I'm only two weeks in.
0:17.6	So, you know, if I look pale, if I look shitty, you know, what can you do?
0:24.0	But it's, it's a lot, dude. It's a lot going through these surgeries, man. It takes so much out of you.
0:30.7	I mean, uh, it's just everything seems like it's too much, you know, like today we're going to do
0:37.2	these intros. I'm like, oh my God. Because you don you know, like today. We're going to do these intros.
0:38.0	I'm like, oh, my God.
0:39.9	Because you don't really feel like yourself, that's for sure.
0:42.5	But I appreciate everybody's love and warm, welcoming, you know, texts and messages.
0:50.1	And I appreciate it.
0:51.1	It really helps knowing that there's people out there that want me to get better.
0:55.5	And I want to get better.
0:56.8	So it's slow, slowly, but surely.
0:59.3	What can I tell you?
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