Gene Simmons won’t give his children an allowance 'for being alive'
KISS star Gene Simmons has insisted he won’t give his children an allowance “for being alive” as that leads to "training losers".
Gene Simmons won’t give his children an allowance “for being alive”.
The 76-year-old KISS rocker insisted he won’t fund the lifestyles of his kids, Nick, 37, and Sophie, 33, and he thinks it is “woke” to do so.
Speaking to Us Weekly, while promoting his new movie Deep Water, he explained: “Well, the word ‘no’ means no. The word ‘no’ in these, let’s say, progressive times, and these woke times is children are allowed to roll their eyes or go into their rooms and slam the door, and that’s not allowed. It’s not your door. It’s my door. And every morsel of food you put into your little chubby cheek mouths is my food. Every breath of air you take is my air, at least in this house. So we had really strict rules. There was never any allowance. For doing what? For being alive? You’re training losers.
“When the kids were growing up, we had to negotiate. [They’d say], ‘Dad, I love you. Can I have 20 bucks?’ Um Okay? I appreciate the ‘love’ part. Yeah, that’s good. What do you want to do for the 20 bucks? What are you going to do? ‘Well, I’ll take the garbage out and then cut the lawn.’ Okay, well, let’s negotiate. How about 10 bucks? No, I think then you settle on 15. Life.
“You got to make sure they understand that money doesn’t grow on trees. And I didn’t make up these rules. I’m just aware of it, because sooner mom and dad, your safety net, go away, and we’re not going to be here forever, and then life doesn’t care that you’re a nice person. You got to show me what you got."
