KISS bassist Gene Simmons is planning to take his hit TV series, Gene Simmons Family Jewels, on the road to Newfoundland. In an interview with the Georgia Straight preceding his visit to Vancouver on Friday (September 14), Simmons revealed that he can't stand hunting. When asked if he was bringing his reality series to Newfoundland to bring attention on that province's notorious seal hunt, he replied, "I'm not allowed to say."

Simmons then added, "The idea that anybody would call that a sport is delusional."

Last year, singer Paul McCartney attracted worldwide publicity when he and his then-loving wife, Heather Mills, arrived on the ice floes to protest the seal hunt. The led to a debate on the Larry King Show on CNN with the duo pitted against Newfoundland Premier Danny Williams, a staunch defender of the annual seal hunt. Some Newfoundland residents make a few extra bucks by killing seals for their pelts.
Simmons's long-time live-in companion, former Playboy centrefold Shannon Tweed, was born in St. John's Newfoundland. Simmons said he has been told to set aside three weeks for his visit, but wouldn't say when he would arrive in the province.

In his interview with the Georgia Straight, Simmons discusses fashion, his expanding business empire, EcoDensity, and his claim that he has had sexual relations with approximately 4,800 women in his life. For more details, check out the next edition of the Georgia Straight, which will be available in Vancouver and across the Lower Mainland on Thursday (September 13).