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"UPDATE: Simmons has clarified his remarks about depression on his Facebook&amp;#xA0;page, noting that, &amp;quot;I was wrong and in the spur of the moment made remarks that in hindsight were made without regard for those who truly suffer the struggles of depression. I sincerely apologize to those who were offended by my comments. I recognize that depression is very serious and very sad when it happens to anyone, especially loved ones. I deeply support and am empathetic to anyone suffering from any disease, especially depression.&amp;quot;\r\nNo one will ever accuse Kiss&amp;apos; Gene Simmons of not speaking his mind. One day after Simmons and his Kiss Army were ordered to surrender by the Black Lips, resulting in an ill-fated &amp;quot;learn English&amp;quot; jab by Simmons, the bassist made some irresponsible comments about depression that have angered M&amp;#xF6;tley Cr&amp;#xFC;e&amp;apos;s Nikki Sixx, Loudwire reports.\r\n\r\nIn an interview with Songfacts.com, Simmons essentially dismissed depression as a mental disorder. &amp;quot;For a putz 20-year-old kid to say, &amp;apos;I&amp;apos;m depressed. I live in Seattle.&amp;apos; Fuck you, then kill yourself. I never understand, because I always call them on their bluff. I&amp;apos;m the guy who says &amp;apos;Jump&amp;apos; when there&amp;apos;s a guy on top of a building who says, &amp;apos;That&amp;apos;s it, I can&amp;apos;t take it anymore. I&amp;apos;m going to jump.&amp;apos; Are you kidding? Why are you announcing it? Shut the fuck up, have some dignity and jump! You&amp;apos;ve got the crowd,&amp;quot; Simmons said. &amp;quot;By the way, you walk up to the same guy on a ledge who threatens to jump and put a gun to his head, &amp;apos;I&amp;apos;m going to blow your fuckin&amp;apos; head off.&amp;apos; He&amp;apos;ll go, &amp;apos;Please don&amp;apos;t.&amp;apos; It&amp;apos;s true. He&amp;apos;s not that insane.&amp;quot;\r\nM&amp;#xF6;tley Cr&amp;#xFC;e bassist Nikki Sixx chastised&amp;#xA0;Simmons on his Sixx Sense&amp;#xA0;radio show. &amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s pretty moronic because [Simmons] thinks everybody listens to him, that he is the God of Thunder. He will tell you he is the greatest man on earth, and to be honest with you, I like Gene. But in this situation, I don&amp;apos;t like Gene. I don&amp;#x2019;t like Gene&amp;apos;s words,&amp;quot; Sixx said. &amp;quot;There is a 20-year-old kid out there who is a Kiss fan and reads this and goes, &amp;apos;You know what? He&amp;apos;s right. I should just kill myself.&amp;apos;&amp;quot;\r\nSixx added, &amp;quot;For people who are depressed, there is a way out. There are many, many ways out. And I don&amp;apos;t want people to listen to an interview from a rock star, who&amp;apos;s telling you the only way out is out.&amp;quot; Sixx is just the latest person to get mad at something Simmons has spouted. Previously, the Kiss bassist&amp;#xA0;generated some controversy when he said he supported Donald Sterling&amp;#xA0;in the fight over the Los Angeles Clippers, adding that while what Sterling said was &amp;quot;heinous,&amp;quot; he shouldn&amp;apos;t be castigated for remarks made in private."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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