'You're training losers': Gene Simmons defends not funding his children's lifestyles KISS star Gene Simmons has insisted he won't give his children an allowance "for being alive" as that leads to "training losers". 9 May 2026 Gene Simmons won't give his children an allowance "for being alive". 'You're training losers': Gene Simmons defends not funding his children's lifestyles The 76-year-old KISS rocker insisted he won't fund the lifestyles of his kids, Nick, 37, and Sophie, 33, and he thinks it is "woke" to do so.