"Kiss" Star Gene Simmons the Alleged Subject of a New Celebrity Sex Tape

If there's any truth to the latest Gene Simmons scandal, video rental stores may have to create special sections exclusively for celebrity sex tapes. According to the Daily Telegraph, a sex video featuring a man who resembles Gene Simmons and a blonde woman identified only as Elsa has become available via the Internet. The video, which shows the man and woman engaged in various sexual activities, is available for purchase on a website called GenesSecret.com.

Simmons, 59, who stirred things up on the inaugural edition of "The Celebrity Apprentice," is the latest celebrity whose name and public image have been linked to a sex tape. Simmons also has been in a long-term relationship with Shannon Tweed and is said to be "fuming about the tape."

The Gene Simmons Sex Tape: Possible Publicity Stunt

To get a little more "exposure," some female celebrities have posed nude or semi-nude in special interest magazines such as "Playboy" or "Maxim." Lindsay Lohan even recently recreated a legendary Marilyn Monroe pictorial for the February 25 edition of "New York" magazine.

While there is some artistic merit to those types of photographs, it's hard to see how a graphic sex tape could do anything but damage a celebrity's credibility, especially for a man like Gene Simmons who has worked hard to establish himself as an entrepreneur.

Source: Associated Press,"Lindsay Lohan recreates Marilyn Monroe's last photo shoot," Deepti Hajela

The Gene Simmons Sex Tape: Bad Judgment

Over the last few years, video cameras have become small enough to stick in a shirt pocket and almost every cell phone contains a digital camera, which makes it easy for a member of the "citizen paparazzi" to capture a celebrity performing a sex act in public.

In early January, a male acquaintance of actress Vivica A. Fox allegedly recorded their sexual encounter on his cell phone and mailed it out to friends. Fox wasn't trying to create a sexually oriented video, but she became the unwilling subject of one.