The band's longtime stylist David Mathews claimed he was wrongfully terminated for pushing back against "unsafe" practices on tour

KISS members Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley fired their longtime hairdresser David Mathews in 2022, shortly after Mathews complained about “unsafe working conditions” related to COVID-19. In 2023, Mathews filed a wrongful termination lawsuit,

KISS members settle a wrongful termination lawsuit by a former hairstylist who complained about ‘unsafe working conditions’ during the COVID pandemic. KISS members Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley have settled a wrongful termination lawsuit filed by their longtime hairstylist.

In his Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit, David Mathews alleged he was wrongfully fired from his job as a hairstylist in 2022 after he was incorrectly accused of being the source of a magazine article talking about lax coronavirus protocol within the band.