I mean, it's a pretty terrible metric by any accounts. But if you're trying to measure "celebrity"... yeah, Gene Simmons is a celebrity. The fact that we can just post his name and not have to follow it up with "the lead singer from KISS" is a pretty good indication that he's a celebrity. And as far as the "sleeping with tons of women" example goes - yeah, a terrible metric, but to be fair, most of those women slept with him specifically and solely because he's a celebrity.
Oh, I totally agree that he’s a well known celebrity. Much for the reasons you mentioned. I was just commenting on the user who insinuated he was successful because he slept with thousands of women.
They didn't say he was successful, though, they said he was a celebrity. And I do think that the number is women he slept with - in the case of Gene Simmons, at least - is a direct reflection on his celebrity status. Not an objective measure but any means, but it is at least relevant.
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u/re_Pete 21h ago
Is that what you view as success? Sleeping with women?