Gene Simmons Does the Weather Report in Los Angeles: Watch

Gene Simmons partook in one of the most venerable local television news traditions we have: Celebrities doing the weather report.

On Thursday, March 13, the KISS frontman stopped by Fox 11 in Los Angeles to join — and repeatedly neg — meteorologist Adam Krueger for the weekend weather report. The segment opened with Simmons roasting Krueger (“You look much better in real life than you do on TV”), and the whole thing just got more bizarre, goofy, and slightly awkward from there. 

Simmons put plenty of his pizazz into his performance, even as he occasionally mixed up his words, like when he said, “Friday, it’s going to be a 90 percent chance of rain, Saturday it’s gonna be 60 percent sunshine.” Meanwhile, Kreuger did the classic local news reporter bit of slipping in relevant KISS puns and lyrics into the forecast, which Simmons seemed to begrudgingly play along with. (Kreuger, in particular, has shown a particular penchant for music-themed forecasts, using lyrics by Kendrick Lamar and Tyler, the Creator, among others.)

Amazingly, the whole thing ended with Simmons freestyle rapping. Seriously. As the segment ended, Kreuger gave Simmons a fist bump, prompting the musician to ask, “Are you kicking me out?” After Kreuger explained the producers were telling him to “wrap” in his ear monitor, Simmons immediately replied, “Rap? You go to 7-Eleven/I go to heaven.”

Meteorology has apparently become one of Simmons’ hobbies since KISS finished their (alleged) farewell tour in December 2023. Just last September, the musician appeared on another local news channel, KTLA 5, to deliver the morning forecast. Otherwise, Simmons is busy with the Gene Simmons Band, which is set to launch a North American tour on April 3.