{"id":14890,"date":"2025-08-13T14:43:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T19:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=14890"},"modified":"2025-08-13T14:43:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T19:43:43","slug":"gene-simmons-paul-stanley-and-ace-frehley-comment-on-kiss-being-picked-to-receive-kennedy-center-honor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=14890","title":{"rendered":"GENE SIMMONS, PAUL STANLEY And ACE FREHLEY Comment On KISS Being Picked To Receive Kennedy Center Honor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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KISS<\/strong>\u00a0members\u00a0Gene Simmons<\/strong>,\u00a0Paul Stanley<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Ace Frehley<\/strong>\u00a0have commented on today’s announcement that the legendary rock band will be recognized as\u00a0Kennedy Center Honors<\/strong>\u00a0recipients as part of U.S. president\u00a0Donald Trump<\/strong>‘s first turn as the chairman of the board of the Kennedy Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simmons<\/strong> told TMZ<\/a>: “KISS<\/strong> is the embodiment of the American Dream. We are deeply honored to receive the Kennedy Center Honor<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stanley<\/strong> stated: “From our earliest days, KISS<\/strong> has embodied the American ideal that all things are possible and that hard work pays off. The prestige of the Kennedy Center Honors<\/strong> cannot be overstated and I accept this on behalf of the long legacy of KISS<\/strong> and all of the band members who helped create our iconic band.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frehley<\/strong> called the honor “a dream come true that I never thought would materialize.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also scheduled to be honored at the first awards gala held since Trump<\/strong>‘s overhaul of Washington’s prominent arts destination are country music star George Strait<\/strong>, “Rocky”<\/strong> actor Sylvester Stallone<\/strong>, singer Gloria Gaynor<\/strong> and actor-singer Michael Crawford<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump<\/strong> announced the honorees during a press conference at the performing arts center on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The 48th Kennedy Center honorees are outstanding people, an outstanding group \u2014 incredible,” Trump<\/strong> said. “We can’t wait to celebrate the Kennedy Center Honors<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump<\/strong> will also host and produce the show, which recognizes and celebrates individuals who have made significant contributions to American culture through performing arts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The annual ceremony traditionally takes place in Washington, D.C. in December and airs on CBS<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Kennedy Center previewed the announcement Tuesday, writing in a post on X<\/strong>: “A country music icon, an Englishman, a New York City Rock band, a dance Queen and a multi-billion dollar Actor walk into the Kennedy Center Opera House…”<\/p>\n\n\n

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KISS\u00a0members\u00a0Gene Simmons,\u00a0Paul Stanley\u00a0and\u00a0Ace Frehley\u00a0have commented on today’s announcement that the legendary rock band will be recognized as\u00a0Kennedy Center Honors\u00a0recipients as part of U.S. president\u00a0Donald Trump‘s first turn as the chairman of the board of the Kennedy Center. Simmons told TMZ: “KISS is the embodiment of the American Dream. We are deeply honored to receive the Kennedy Center Honor.” Stanley stated:… Read More »GENE SIMMONS, PAUL STANLEY And ACE FREHLEY Comment On KISS Being Picked To Receive Kennedy Center Honor<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14892,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14890"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14894,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14890\/revisions\/14894"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}