KISS' Gene Simmons Backpedals on Comments About Prince’s Death

KISS' Gene Simmons Backpedals on Comments About Prince’s Death
Recording artist Gene Simmons of KISS attends the John Varvatos 13th Annual Stuart House benefit presented by Chrysler with Kids' Tent by Hasbro Studios at John Varvatos on April 17, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images
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Looks like somebody wants to kiss and make up.

KISS frontman Gene Simmons has apologized for his controversial comments about the death of legendary musician Prince where he referred to Prince’s death as “pathetic” in an interview with Newsweek.

“I just got such [expletive] from my family for my big mouth again,” Simmons wrote on Twitter on May 10. “I apologize -- I have a long history of getting very angry at what drugs do to the families/friends of the addicts. I get angry at drug users because of my experience being around them coming up in the rock scene.”

Simmons continued with, “Needless to say, I didn’t express myself properly here -- I don’t shy away from controversy, and angry critics really don’t bother me at all. If I think I’m right, I'll throw up a finger and dig my heels in and laugh. But this time, I was not. So, my apologies.”