I wont pile on Simmons unlike the other threads. I have friends at the Hollywood USO who told me GS always lends a helping hand to vets and he’s been doing it for many years without any need for “glory”.
There are many people who buy into the Covid false narrative, especially celebrities. I wish him a quick recovery. Most 72 year old men do not have a difficult time with it.
I recall a documentary on him that aired about 10 years ago. He’s quite the entrepreneur — very industrious.
One might suspect that the long term use of face paint hasn’t caused him some type of difficulty after all of these years. Fortunately Max Factor came out with non lead oxide based clown paint was in the 1920s. Before that many clowns had difficulty with lead poisoning.