{"id":2080863,"date":"2025-10-10T02:09:53","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T02:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2080863"},"modified":"2025-10-10T02:09:53","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T02:09:53","slug":"kiss-rocker-gene-simmons-recovering-after-crashing-suv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/kiss-rocker-gene-simmons-recovering-after-crashing-suv\/","title":{"rendered":"Kiss rocker Gene Simmons recovering after crashing SUV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>MALIBU, Calif. \u2014 Kiss rock star\u00a0Gene Simmons\u00a0is recovering after he fainted while driving along the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu and crashed his SUV into a parked car, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>Simmons, a co-founder and bassist for the\u00a0legendary band, was evaluated at a hospital Tuesday before being released. He posted on social media that he was doing well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThanks, everybody, for the kind wishes. I\u2019m completely fine. I had a slight fender bender. It happens,\u201d he said on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/genesimmons\/status\/1976017428686786749\" target=\"_blank\">X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thanks, everybody, for the kind wishes. I\u2019m completely fine. I had a slight fender bender. It happens. Especially to those of us were horrible drivers. And that\u2019s me. All is well.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gene Simmons (@genesimmons) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/genesimmons\/status\/1976017428686786749?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 8, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The 76-year-old&#8217;s SUV crossed several lanes before hitting a parked car along the highway, agencies that responded to the crash told several media outlets. Simmons was then transported to a hospital, the Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department said.<\/p>\n<p>Kiss retired from a half-century of\u00a0touring in 2023, but Simmons and his bandmates plan to play in November at a special event in Las Vegas. In August, President Donald Trump announced that Kiss will be among this year&#8217;s\u00a0Kennedy Center honorees.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source spectrumnews1.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MALIBU, Calif. \u2014 Kiss rock star\u00a0Gene Simmons\u00a0is recovering after he fainted while driving along the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu and crashed his SUV into a parked car, authorities said. Simmons, a co-founder and bassist for the\u00a0legendary band, was evaluated at a hospital Tuesday before being released. 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