And Now Let’s Go To Gene Simmons With The Weather: Cloudy With A Chance Of Fireballs
It’s been raining in Los Angeles this week — so let’s go to the God of Thunder for the weather. Take it away, Gene Simmons!
The longtime Kiss bassist and singer strutted onto the Fox 11 set Thursday to give viewers a fiery forecast that you can watch above.
As a pic of the sunset over Malibu graced the screen, the anchor promised “a weather report like you’ve never seen” and tossed to meteorologist Adam Krueger. “Gene has a little bit of weather experience — so Gene, you show us everything you’ve got when it comes to doing the weather here.” Enter the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, sporting a ballcap, dark shades, studs and leather pants. Dressed to kill, you might say.
“You look much better in real life than you do on TV,” Simmons immediately told Krueger, summoning storm clouds. “You look great in both,” the real weather guy replied. Which led the interloper to say, “I know that.”
The three-minute segment came on a chilly late-winter’s eve, scotching any notion that the forecast Doctor Love shouted out loud would be hotter than hell. It was more cold gin.
Simmons and Krueger engaged in some lighthearted patter as the Demon ad-libbed some shtick about temperatures and wind directions. Watch for a wee bit o’ — yes — rapping at the end.
Simmons co-founded Kiss in 1973 New York, and the band went on to sell more than 22 million records in the U.S. alone, all while selling out arenas with its pyrotechnic-heavy shows. He has a bit of time on his hands these days after Kiss played its self-described final show in December, after more than a half-century of moon boots and spitting fire.
But never one to stay offstage for long, he’ll be hitting the road for a solo tour that starts April 3 at the Anaheim House of Blues and runs through May 24.
