Kiss frontman Paul Stanley talks about gay rumours

KISS frontman Paul Stanley can’t escape rumours suggesting he’s gay. He’s finally opened up about them in a candid interview.

'Kiss' onstage during their Melbourne concert at Etihad Stadium. Guitarist Paul Stanley thrills the crowd

KISS frontman Paul Stanley can’t escape rumours suggesting he’s gay.

The rocker has always found the speculation about his sexuality “odd and interesting”, and admits he no longer cares what people think.

“If I were (gay), I’d be proud to be whatever I am,” he tells New Zealand broadcaster Robert Scott. “As long as you’re a good person, sexual orientation and stuff like that is totally irrelevant.

Musician Paul Stanley of KISS has always had his sexuality questioned.

“That being said, besides having four children, honestly, I never saw a guy where I said, ‘Gee, that’s a close second to a woman’. Honestly, I never looked and said, ‘You know, if I can’t have that girl over there, I’m taking the bloke’, you know what I mean? So that’s always been really interesting — that some people can’t find a way to take my comfort with sexuality to misreading it as something it’s not.

“I more scratch my head at that. So that’s always been something that was, and is, persistent. And I just kind of go, ‘Well, the boys may not understand, but the women always did’. They got it in more ways than one!”

Paul Stanley au nauturale.

Paul Stanley in full get-up.

Originally published as Kiss frontman Paul Stanley talks about gay rumours