"Dancing With the Stars" pro Brandon Armstrong broke his silence about the comments Gene Simmons made about his partner, Chandler Kinney.

Brandon Armstrong and Chandler Kinney weren't expecting guest judge Gene Simmons' strong reaction to their Dancing With the Stars performance. "I'm getting blasted for that already," Armstrong, 30, exclusively told Us Weekly on Tuesday,

Instead of setting heaven on fire, Gene Simmons ignited X (formerly Twitter) ablaze ... but for all the wrong reasons. While appearing as a guest judge on Tuesday night’s “Hair Metal Night” episode on “Dancing With the Stars,