GENE SIMMONS has been convicted of making “offensive” and “sexist” comments while a guest judge on Dancing With The Stars

KISS Bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons also served as a guest juror Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli And Derek Houghfor Tuesday night's (October 8) episode of “Hair Metal Night.” “Dancing with the Stars”. In this episode, the eleven couples returned to the dance floor with routines to legendary rock 'n' roll anthems.

The evening began with the opening dance KISS'S “Rock And Roll All Nite”which was choreographed by Pasha Pashkov and presented WHITESNAKE And TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA guitarist Joel Hoekstra.

The dancers performed to classic hair metal songs from the 1980s, among others BON JOVI'S “Living by a Prayer” And “You’re giving love a bad name.”, AEROSMITH'S “Go this way”, WARRANTY'S “Cherry Pie”, EUROPE'S “The final Countdown”, TWISTED SISTER'S “We won’t take it”, QUIET UPRISING'S “Cum on, feel the noise”, POISON'S “Nothing but a good time”, WHITESNAKE'S “Here we go again” And SCORPIONS' “Rock You Like A Hurricane”.

Accordingly Forbes, Simmons He was later criticized for his comments throughout the night, with some viewers labeling him “creepy” for at times giving superficial feedback, mostly focused on his looks and appearance. The musician gave Phaedra Parks a five, while the other judges all gave her sevens, causing the crowd to boo Parks and her partner, Val Chmerkovskiymade incredulous faces. SimmonsThe result was all the more confusing because he didn't give Parks any negative feedback. He told Parks And Chmerkovskiy that he was “a big fan of the bad boy and the bad girl” dynamic of their routine. Simmons also received a chorus of boos after revealing his score Reginald Vel Johnsonwho danced a cha-cha to it “I wanna Rock” from TWISTED SISTER with professional partner Emma Slater.

“Hey Reggie“You have a beautiful woman right next to you who can twist and turn anything and knows how to move it and so on.” Simmons told VelJohnson before the count is announced. “But I want to tell you that as a man who has been performing around the world for half a century, I am a big deal. Reggie. It depends on the attitude. And you have something in that beautiful face. They love you.

To X (earlier Twitter), was hacked by a user Simmonswriting: “Hey gene! I just want to remind you that this is a dance show, NOT a beauty pageant. With respect never come back please and thank you #DWTS.” Another user wrote: “Phaedra got a 5, but he gave Streams a 10… Gene Simmons Count your days. weird and disgusting comments all night #DWTS”.

Some blamed it “Dancing with the Stars” to invite Simmons in the show at all. “You can really tell that this guest judge is racist and sexist by the points he gives out!” one person wrote. “This is absolutely ridiculous and a disgusting disgrace for you to have him as your judge!”

“Dancing with the Stars” will be broadcast simultaneously ABC And Disney+ Tuesdays at 8:00 p.m. ET. You can watch episodes on Disney+ The next day.