Gene Simmons Auctions Kidney Stone

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Gene Simmons Auctions Kidney Stone

06/05/09 4:54pm

by Kate Harper (CHARTattack)

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KISS singer/bassist Gene Simmons says he auctioned one of his kidney stones for $15,000 U.S. (about $16,700 Canadian) on eBay.

"I passed a kidney stone and I put it on eBay for charity," Simmons said on the Today show yesterday (Thursday).

He then told Today's Kathie Lee Gifford to "settle down" when she wondered what would happen if he put "other body parts" on eBay.

We don't know if this is true and a Google search yielded nothing, but Simmons (real name Chaim Witz) has suffered from painful kidney stones before. He admitted in the Q&A section on his website that he's missed meet and greet appearances because of kidney stones.

Honestly, though, we really wouldn't put it past Simmons to do something like this. It's Gene Simmons, for God's sake.

You can see Simmons' admission on the Today show below:

You can see the now kidney stone-less Simmons and KISS here:

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