SIMMONS URGES FANS TO GET THEIR WOMEN TESTED FOR CANCER
Rocker GENE SIMMONS is urging fans to persuade their girlfriends and wive s to get tested for breast cancer after his partner of 26 years found a l ump.
The Kiss star and girlfriend Shannon Tweed agreed to air segments from the health crisis on the fifth season of their reality TV show Gene Simmo ns Family Jewels - and the rocker insists he’s deadly serious about getti ng the message of screening out there.
Appearing on late-night TV show Lopez Tonight! on Monday (22Mar10), the bassist and singer, said, "I’m going to count to eight… One in every e ight women will get breast cancer. I urge you, the guys out there, to mak e sure your girlfriend goes to see a doctor today.
"If you catch it early she will live."
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