Years later, however, in May 2022, Simmons seemingly likened Trump's camp to "cockroaches" and said he was "out for himself" when speaking to SPIN. "Look what that gentleman [Trump] did to this country and the polarization — got all the cockroaches to rise to the top," the singer said at the time.

President Donald Trump will announce the first Kennedy Center Honors recipients Wednesday since he fired Democratic members of the board and took over as chairman in February, which the center has hinted will include a “country music icon, an Englishman,” and a “New York City Rock band.”