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Lady GaGa is opening up about THAT old rumor… And why she never cared to clarify it!
The 13-time Grammy winner is featured in Netflix’s new series What’s Next? The Future with Bill Gates, and during it, she dives head first into the rumor that followed her throughout the early days of her career: that she was actually a man. In conversation with Bill, she explained:
“In my early 20s there was a rumor that I was a man. And I went all over the world. I mean, I traveled for tours, for promoting my records, and almost every interview I sat in, they said, you know, well there was this imagery on the Internet that had been doctored, and they were like, ‘You know, there’s this rumor that you’re a man. What do you have to say about that?’”
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She continued:
“The reason I didn’t answer the question is because I didn’t feel like a victim with that lie. But I thought about, like, what about a kid that’s being accused of that, that would think a public figure like me would feel shame … I guess what I’m saying is I’ve been in situations where fixing a rumor was not in the best interest of the well-being of other people.”
Wow, what a queen! Instead of reacting to the rumor with shame or anger, she took it as an opportunity to show strength for young people who were possibly going through similar situations. To show them that it doesn’t matter what people say — what matters is your integrity! And that’s exactly why she’s such an icon! Particularly for the LGBTQIA+ community!
The Oscar winner added:
“In that case, I tried to be thought-provoking and disruptive. I tried to use the misinformation to create another disruptive point. People, I think, assume that someone like me that performs, that my performance is what’s not real. But to me, that’s the most real thing that you’ll see about me. That is so much more real than all of the rumors that are designed to orbit me to gain more clicks.”
Watch the full clip (below):
“People assume […] that my performance is what’s not real. But to me, that’s the most real thing that you’ll see about me.”
Lady Gaga talks about how she's handled misinformation in her career in What’s Next? The Future with Bill Gates. Now playing. pic.twitter.com/legQm24FEA
— Netflix (@netflix) September 18, 2024
Legend status!
In a 2011 interview with Anderson Cooper, he asked her about the rumor that she had a “male appendage,” and she famously responded:
“Maybe I do. Would it be so terrible? Why the hell am I going to waste my time and give a press release about whether or not I have a penis? My fans don’t care and neither do I.”
the time lady gaga embarrassed anderson cooper for making weird questions pic.twitter.com/XAAyT291KD https://t.co/bThqGMygnn
— leon (@skyferrori) August 20, 2024
Never change, Lady GaGa! Never change!
[Images via MEGA/WENN]
