Gene Simmons Apologizes for Calling Prince's Death 'Pathetic'
Last week, in an interview with Newsweek, Kiss bassist Gene Simmons made remarks about the death of Prince, many of which were criticized as callous by his family, friends and fans. Simmons' take on the music icon's premature passing—the cause of which has yet to be confirmed by medical authorities—was indeed terse, as he chalked it up to drug and alcohol abuse.
"How pathetic that he killed himself,” Simmons said, before surmising "that’s what he did." He added that drugs and alcohol abuse is tantamount to a "slow death."
20m
45m
45m
24m
21m
1h 34m
45m
20m
41m
54m
3602s
20m
58m
44m
43m
44m
41m
7m
37s
1h 2m
1m
44m
22m
20m
1h 21m
7m
2m
20m
24m
20m
1m
1h 21m
42m
23m
2m
8m
2m
1m
3m
2m
5m
2m
1m
1m
1m
30s
21m
3m
47m
24m
20m
41m
3m
20m
10m
20m
1m
1m
1m
1m
4m