SIMMONS And TWEED Put On A Good Face For "Family Jewels"
March 2, 2007, 17 years ago
The following report is courtesy of Gary Strauss from USA Today:
GENE SIMMONS and longtime companion Shannon Tweed were hoping to make the second season of A&E;'s half-hour reality series Gene Simmons Family Jewels, premiering March 25 (9 p.m. ET/PT), less intrusive for themselves and their two teenagers. So why did the KISS frontman and former Playboy Playmate of the Year decide to go for dual face lifts on two episodes airing April 1?
"Honest to God, it just sort of happened," says Simmons, 57, who had a face lift and liposuction, to be featured on two April 1 episodes.What you'll see, according to Simmons, is "like a biology class … more fascinating than gory."
Tweed, who turns 50 March 10, had her face lift done by the same Beverly Hills surgeon. "Plastic surgery was Gene's idea. But I wasn't going to let him look younger than me," she says.
Family Jewels averaged 1.3 million viewers last season, A&E;'s highest-rated original series since 2004's Dog the Bounty Hunter. That led to this new 20-episode season.
"They are an incredibly functional, loving family," says Robert Sharenow, A&E;'s chief of non-fiction programming. "It's surprising and unexpected."
