Gene Simmons Recalls Sticking His Tongue ‘Almost Down’ Adam Sandler’s Throat Because He Wanted ‘to Turn Adam Into My Bitch’

Rachel DeSantisThu, March 12, 2026 at 5:22 PM UTC

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Gene Simmons in New York in June 2021; Adam Sandler in Los Angeles in November 2025.Credit: Monica Schipper/Getty; Phillip Faraone/Getty -

Gene Simmons recalled a moment where he stuck his tongue "almost down" Adam Sandler's throat

The incident happened at a party some years ago

Sandler previously gave his version of the story on Conan

Gene Simmons isn’t one to not kiss and tell.

The KISS rocker, 76, opened up about a moment with Adam Sandler some years back in which he planted a big one on the unsuspecting actor at a party.

Simmons said in an interview with actor Adam Lupis on Thursday, March 12 that he was at a charity event hosted by Sandler, 59, in which a band was playing on stage.

The Happy Gilmore actor asked the rocker if he’d get up and do a song or two, and he obliged — though Sandler was entirely unprepared for what happened next.

“Adam’s in there because he’s a real rock fan, jumping up and down, and somebody was taking a photo of us,” Simmons recalled. “I wanted to turn Adam into my bitch, so I stuck my tongue almost down his throat.”

Gene Simmons in Las Vegas in October 2021.Credit: Ethan Miller/Getty

The star has a famously long tongue, which he often shows off during his performances. For his part, Sandler recalled his side of the story in humorous fashion on Conan in 2019, though in his telling, it happened at one of Sandler’s Christmas parties.

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“We’re on stage playing a KISS tune, [and Simmons] pulls out the tongue. The tongue comes out, 7-incher,” Sandler said. “[He] starts coming at the Sandman with the tongue, and I’m like, playing along, and then I’m like, ‘Oh man, he’s getting real close.’”

He continued: “Came at the Sandman, big tongue right to me. I think he gave me a couple of licks. I took it like a man.”

Simmons made headlines earlier this week during an interview with TMZ in which he said celebrities should “shut the f---” up when it comes to politics.

“Do your art and shut up. Nobody’s interested in their opinions. That includes me, who I vote for, who I like. Who the f--- do you think you are?” he said. “People in America work hard for their living, and they don’t want to be lectured to by people who live in mansions and drive Rolls-Royces. It’s time for everybody in the entertainment industry to shut their piehole and just do your art. Nobody cares what you think. I don't."

The declaration comes after years of Simmons speaking out, with opinions both positive and negative, about President Donald Trump.

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