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Gene Simmons Defends JoJo Siwa's KISS-Like Appearance at 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards: 'She Looks Cool'

"JoJo is cool. Anybody who doesn't get it is just jealous, period," said Gene Simmons in a new interview with TMZ after JoJo Siwa's look at the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards drew comparisons to KISS' signature style.

After Siwa sported an eye-popping black-and-silver outfit with heavy eye makeup reminiscent of a member of the "Rock and Roll All Nite" band to the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards in Los Angeles on Monday, Simmons offered his stamp of approval in a new interview with TMZ. Before the new song arrives, she spoke to PEOPLE at the 2024 GLAAD Awards about the upcoming transition — which was preceded by a "heads-up" on Instagram that her new content is "not made for children." "I feel like a lot of child stars started as a character then they grew into an adult as themselves," said the Dance Moms alum last month.

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