Maybe he didn't. In that case a consular official decided to do something completely unheard of. Maybe that's what happened.

Thinking Gene Simmons might be embellishing his story a little is not slamming America. I should not have got into such a stupid discussion about something as unimportant as the exact accuracy of part of a Gene Simmons interview. If I had known it was going to upset you so much, I wouldn't have.