KISS legend Gene Simmons and his spouse Shannon Tweed not too long ago sat down with Sky Information Australia host Piers Morgan to debate their marriage, youngsters and extra. Requested what “real love” means to him, Gene replied (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “Shamefully, I by no means confronted myself about that and barely stated ‘I really like you’ to my mom. Stunning and shamefully… I used to be afraid of being weak and never… I by no means opened myself to that. You already know, the ‘knight in shining armor’ factor — no less than you could have safety round you. And I by no means wished to be damage ever once more… What can I say? There is not any faculty for all times and there isn’t any faculty that claims, ‘Okay, that is what marriage is. That is what a relationship is.'”

Simmons‘s father left him and his Holocaust-survivor mom when he was a baby. Talking later, he commented on his refusal to contact his dad whereas his dad was alive: “I wished to show to myself and to all people else and to my father that I did not want him, so as soon as I proved it and have become profitable, I wished to face stubbornly on my satisfaction and never transfer.”

Gene married Shannon in 2011 after 28 years of relationship. The marriage at The Beverly Hills Lodge was attended by 400 company, together with their two youngsters, Nick, born in 1989, and Sophie, born in 1992. On the reception, Simmons and his KISS bandmates carried out.

The now-73-year-old musician proposed to his longtime girlfriend in Belize, saying, “I include a lot baggage, however you are the one pal I’ve bought, you are the one one I’ve ever liked.”

A short while earlier than his proposal, Gene and Shannon bought right into a nasty tiff on “The Pleasure Behar Present” when he joined in a joke about his previous philandering methods, ticking Tweed off. She stormed off the set.

Tweed, who was named Playmate Of The Month by Playboy journal in November 1981 and later, Playmate Of The 12 months in 1982, first met Simmons on the Playboy Mansion by Hugh Hefner, whom she briefly dated.

Gene and his household have been the celebs of the truth tv collection “Gene Simmons Household Jewels”, which premiered on A&E in August 2006. The present ran for seven seasons.