# Chelsea Handler "pwns" Gene Simmons **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 10, 2011, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chelsea-handler-pwns-gene-simmons/585010 "2011-06-10T18:42:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chelsea-handler-pwns-gene-simmons/585010/1 "2011-06-10T18:42:39Z")
[This is hilarious.](http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/43355901/ns/today-entertainment/) Gene comes on her show to promote his reality-TV and she launches and never lets up. She slags his hair, his selfishness, his ego - just funny. For a guy who wants to be Mr. Provocative, he must regret going on the show - and his partner Shannon Tweed is in the audience and doesn’t help him much, either 😉 ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chelsea-handler-pwns-gene-simmons/585010/2 "2011-06-10T18:50:17Z")
Someone needs to show that clip to Terry Gross. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chelsea-handler-pwns-gene-simmons/585010/3 "2011-06-10T18:51:53Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Someone needs to show that clip to Terry Gross. Indeed! ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chelsea-handler-pwns-gene-simmons/585010/4 "2011-06-10T19:38:23Z")
It’s as if she invited him on the show to tear him a new one. She was combative from the moment he walked out- not that I have a problem with it. It’s almost as if she’s getting him back for him hitting on her production assistant, or something. ---
**Author:** ![Profound\_Gibberish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Profound\_Gibberish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profound_Gibberish)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chelsea-handler-pwns-gene-simmons/585010/5 "2011-06-10T19:41:08Z")
I have been watching her on and off for awhile. She is a smart cookie dressed as a dumb blonde. And he fell into quite a trap! ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chelsea-handler-pwns-gene-simmons/585010/6 "2011-06-10T20:36:43Z")
I think that was completely staged - they were all laughing and kidding with each other. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chelsea-handler-pwns-gene-simmons/585010/7 "2011-06-10T20:47:23Z")
> [@dbx820](#): > > I have been watching her on and off for awhile. She is a smart cookie dressed as a dumb blonde. And he fell into quite a trap! Really? She doesn’t dress like a dumb blonde to me. I rather like her styling. Is any woman who is attractive and blonde automatically “dressed as a dumb blonde”? It’s not like she adopts a particularly trashy Hiltonesque look. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chelsea-handler-pwns-gene-simmons/585010/8 "2011-06-10T20:55:39Z")
What was the clip she kept referring to? She made it sound like he was having sex with another woman on it. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chelsea-handler-pwns-gene-simmons/585010/9 "2011-06-10T21:16:51Z")
Staged. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chelsea-handler-pwns-gene-simmons/585010/10 "2011-06-10T21:19:06Z")
> [@SykoSkotty](#): > > I think that was completely staged - they were all laughing and kidding with each other. > [@An\_Arky](#): > > Staged. I don’t think so. NO one likes Gene Simmons, especially tv/radio hosts. Handler doesn’t put up with much shit, and it sounded like he was the usual jackass last time he was on her show. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chelsea-handler-pwns-gene-simmons/585010/11 "2011-06-10T21:23:20Z")
Doubt it was staged. Simmons would never allow himself to be the repeated butt of a joke; his ego is way too big. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chelsea-handler-pwns-gene-simmons/585010/12 "2011-06-10T22:03:22Z")
I never watch her but I’m thinking staged. As an aside, does she usually go without makeup? ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2011, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chelsea-handler-pwns-gene-simmons/585010/13 "2011-06-10T23:43:39Z")
33% staged, 67% real. ---
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2011, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chelsea-handler-pwns-gene-simmons/585010/14 "2011-06-11T02:27:34Z")
It looked real to me. Simmons was visibly annoyed and tried to change the subject. I don’t anyone would have agreed jokes about his commitment to his long term girlfriend. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chelsea-handler-pwns-gene-simmons/585010/15 "2011-06-14T14:47:13Z")
Maybe it wasn’t staged. From [Gene Simmons And Shannon Tweed Romance Unraveling?](http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2011/06/13/gene_simmons_and_shannon_tweed_romance) > [@](#): > > Gifford and co-host Hoda Kotb began quizzing Simmons about the photo in question, and after he denied knowing the women, Tweed snidely said, “What he means is he didn’t know their names…” > > The presenters went on to ask how their relationship was now, prompting Tweed to reply, “It’s pretty much unraveled… He’s had a fling with many girls.” > > The awkward interview ended with the couple still at odds as Simmons shifted uncomfortably in his seat. They say there’s no such thing as bad publicity but this is beginning to push it. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chelsea-handler-pwns-gene-simmons/585010/16 "2011-06-15T00:21:55Z")
The clip won’t work for me, but I know a few people who have worked with Simmons on his reality show and apparently he doesn’t have a great sense of humor about himself (unless he can make some money off it). ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chelsea-handler-pwns-gene-simmons/585010/17 "2011-06-15T00:26:07Z")
> [@Nars\_Glinley](#): > > Maybe it wasn’t staged. From [Gene Simmons And Shannon Tweed Romance Unraveling?](http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2011/06/13/gene_simmons_and_shannon_tweed_romance)They say there’s no such thing as bad publicity but this is beginning to push it. Well, according to the previews I’ve seen of the new season of “Family Jewels,” this IS an actual bone of contention, apparently. Feel kinda sorry for the kids, of course. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chelsea-handler-pwns-gene-simmons/585010/18 "2011-06-15T01:00:03Z")
I’m two minutes in and so far Chelsea Handler sounds like a moron. Does it get better? ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chelsea-handler-pwns-gene-simmons/585010/19 "2011-06-15T01:42:03Z")
Wasn’t Shannon’s cancer scare last year? It seemed to bring her and Gene very close together. Sad to hear this couple is having major problems. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chelsea-handler-pwns-gene-simmons/585010/20 "2011-06-15T01:56:33Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > It’s as if she invited him on the show to tear him a new one. She was combative from the moment he walked out- not that I have a problem with it. It’s almost as if she’s getting him back for him hitting on her production assistant, or something. Gene Simmons is [an asshole of the highest order.](http://blogs.knoxnews.com/eder/2007/11/gene_simmons_charmer.html) He evidently can’t deal with the fact that his fans have given him as much money as they’re ever going to. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chelsea-handler-pwns-gene-simmons/585010.md?page=2)