Peter Criss' Ex-Wife Accuses Him Of Lying In New Book

[Magic]

Lydia Criss, the former wife of KISS drummer Peter Criss, has said that parts of his 2012 memoir, Makeup to Breakup: My Life In and Out of KISS, are false.

Speaking with Legendary Rock Interviews, Lydia said that Peter is not a trustworthy source.

"I know Peter, I was with him for 13 years, I've known him for 40 years," she said. "Peter is very dramatic, he's an exaggerator, he's a complainer, he's a liar."

One point of contention was that Peter claims in his book that he was never too infatuated with her.

"When we were married, there was a point where I was actually uncomfortable with him putting me on such a pedestal, and then his book comes out and he basically says he didn't care for me that much . . . Peter's book is not the truth and that's proven, even by stupid little things."


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[Khor1255]

An ex calling their former partner a liar?


I'm shocked!

 

[Magic]

I noticed the complaint she had pertained to her own vanity. It brought a chuckle out of me.

 

[Khor1255]

Oh yeah. It was an interesting read. Thank you.

 

[Magic]

I haven't read the book and don't plan on reading it. But I am sure a couple of our big KISS fans have.

 

[TheSound]

A woman scorned....though how come at no point does she say ... "he's so butt-ugly that I used to prefer it if he came to bed with his Catman makeup on" ?

 

[METALPRIEST]

 

[rtbuck]

I have no say in this because I'm sure Peter is probably the one person that may or may not know he was lying in parts. My take is that I don't know if Peter came flat out & lied but I'm sure he talked up some stuff. Also, it may be the way he recalls things and with how much he was into substances according to his book his point of view on things may have been altered.

That said...I kind of enjoyed Peter's book (definitely better than Ace's book) but I took his book with a grain of salt. I didn't care for a few of the stories which I really think he should've left out. Still, whether I believed what he wrote or not the book did keep my interest. The real book to read is Lydia's book as there are some good stories through her point of view & tons of photos. If you're a Kiss fan than this is a great book for you. She backed up a lot of things she wrote with photos.

 

[Khor1255]

Cool, thanks. I've been meaning to get around to reading a lot of this stuff one day. I think I'll start with one of Peart's books but I'd definitely like to read a few Kiss biographies as well.

 

[METALPRIEST]

I have no say in this because I'm sure Peter is probably the one person that may or may not know he was lying in parts. My take is that I don't know if Peter came flat out & lied but I'm sure he talked up some stuff. Also, it may be the way he recalls things and with how much he was into substances according to his book his point of view on things may have been altered.

That said...I kind of enjoyed Peter's book (definitely better than Ace's book) but I took his book with a grain of salt. I didn't care for a few of the stories which I really think he should've left out. Still, whether I believed what he wrote or not the book did keep my interest. The real book to read is Lydia's book as there are some good stories through her point of view & tons of photos. If you're a Kiss fan than this is a great book for you. She backed up a lot of things she wrote with photos.

I still need to get and read both....I did read Ace's though.

I can see Criss building things up a bit.