And I used to be blindsided by the cellphone name as a result of I noticed his title come up on my cellphone. And I spoke to him 100 totally different instances on that quantity, and that may be verified by Verizon, who’s my cellphone service. I figured he was calling me perhaps to apologize or not less than clarify why he stated that. Maybe he meant it actually extra in the direction of Peter [Criss, original KISS drummer] than me, and regardless of the case could also be. But as an alternative of an apology, I obtained a five-second cellphone name which stated, \u2018Fuck you, Ace. I\u2019m not gonna apologize,\u2019 and hung up. He wasn\u2019t even man sufficient to let me give a rebuttal and clarify why I\u2019m so upset or something like that\u2026 It wasn\u2019t a textual content. It was a cellphone name. And the one motive I picked up it’s as a result of it stated \u2018Paul S\u2019. When it involves the blokes, I by no means write their full title [into my phone]. God forbid any individual finds my cellphone. They could not determine that it\u2019s Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley, and I might by no means give out their cellphone numbers.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Then, Trunk requested Frehley if he was certain the decision got here from Stanley, to which the guitarist replied:<\/p>\n
\nAbsolutely. And I did screengrabs from Verizon on\u2026 It\u2019s the identical day as our [previous] interview, and it says [the call lasted] 5 seconds\u2026 Some fool on the market would possibly say, \u2018Oh, well. Ace is a graphic artist. He\u2019s actually good at Photoshop. He may have in all probability Photoshopped it.\u2019 Well, guess what. It\u2019s nonetheless on the servers, and I\u2019m nonetheless gonna get a invoice from Verizon that\u2019s gonna say a five-second cellphone name from \u2018P.S.\u2019, Paul Stanley. And God forbid I sue them for defamation of character, a decide can organize them to tug it off the servers, as a result of it\u2019s nonetheless there.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Apparently Frehley has additionally been in contact with the band\u2019s longtime supervisor Doc McGhee, who denied Stanley had known as. \u201cI told Doc McGhee this whole story, and you know what he came back with? He said, \u2018Paul said he never called you,\u2019 number one. Number two, Doc said to me [Paul] uses AT&T \u2014 not realizing that it really doesn\u2019t matter if he calls me from Tokyo from [some foreign] cell phone company,\u201d Frehley stated. \u201cMy carrier documents every phone call I get. I can\u2019t believe Doc said that to me. I thought he was a little smarter than that when it came to cell phones.\u201d<\/p>\n
Frehley added that he \u201cwould have been happy if Paul had just called me one on one like a man and apologized. That would have sufficed. But after cursing me out on the phone, the gloves are off\u2026 And I\u2019ve known Paul for almost 50 years, and we\u2019ve always had a really good rapport on the cell phone. But I recognized his voice. If you know somebody 50 years, you know their voice. I would never lie about something like that, and I can prove it. We\u2019re living in a world with technology that has footprints.\u201d<\/p>\n
As for his risk to launch a \u201c120-page manuscript\u201d that might \u201cruin\u201d Stanley and Simmons\u2019 careers, Frehley has determined to not go that route in any case. <\/p>\n
\n\u201cI spoke to several good friends of mine who are God-fearing people and I go to AA [alcoholics anonymous] meetings with, and they said, \u2018Don\u2019t ever sink to their level. That\u2019s what they do. That\u2019s what they\u2019ve been doing for years. Why are you goonna sink to their level?’\u201d he stated. \u201cSo, then I got here to the conclusion that I don\u2019t even need to carry up something that I’ve hidden away in my legal professional\u2019s secure deposit field. I can simply discuss issues that they\u2019ve stated about me in black and white. They can\u2019t come after me after that as a result of they stated it \u2014 it\u2019s in black and white.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Still, Frehley, who has reunited with KISS up to now, most just lately on the 2018 KISS KRUISE, admitted that he would carry out with KISS on the band\u2019s closing exhibits in December if requested. \u201cMoney motivates me, just like it motivates them,\u201d he stated. \u201cBut I don\u2019t put money before God. If I got a quarter of a million dollars a night, and I can make half a million dollars for playing three or four songs, five songs, I\u2019d take the money. [I\u2019d] buy a Ferrari\u2026 buy a Maserati. [Laughs] I don\u2019t really wanna play with those guys ever again after what they\u2019ve done, but money can change my mind.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n