Last week, Ace Frehley demanded that Paul Stanley publicly apologize to him for negative comments Stanley made. If he didn’t, then Frehley was going to release a 120-page manuscript in which he points out all the negative things Stanley and Gene Simmons have done.
Yesterday (Wednesday), Frehley said that Stanley did call shortly after his initial appearance on the show. “I was blindsided by the phone call… I figured he was calling me maybe to apologize or at least explain why he said that. Maybe he meant it more towards [original KISS drummer] Peter [Criss] than me.
“Instead of an apology, I got a five-second phone call, ‘[Screw] you Ace, I’m not going to apologize’ and hung up. He wasn’t even man enough to give me a rebuttal and explain why I’m so upset or anything like that.”
Frehley insists that it was Stanley’s number, but he says that KISS manager Doc McGhee denies that Stanley called. “I’ve been in touch with Doc for at least three or four times between our last interview and today… I would’ve been happy if Paul just called me one on one like a man and apologized. That would’ve sufficed, but after cursing me out on the phone the gloves are off.”
But, after saying he could sue his former bandmate for defamation of character, he toned it down and said he will not release the manuscript. “I spoke to several good friends who are God-fearing people and I go to AA [Alcoholics Anonymous] meetings with and they said, ‘Don’t ever sink to their level. That’s what they do. That’s what they’ve been doing for years. Why are you going to sink to their level?’ So, then I came to the realization that I don’t even have to bring up anything that I have hidden away in my attorney’s safe deposit box. I can just talk about things that they’ve said about me in black and white. They can’t come after me after that because they said it — it’s in black and white.”
What upset Frehley was Stanley telling Stern that he and Simmons decided against performing at their Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction in 2014 with Frehley and Criss because it “would be demeaning to the [current KISS] band, and also would give some people confusion. Because if you saw people on stage who looked like KISS but sounded like that, maybe we should be called PISS.”
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