Lady Gaga has spoken out about the time there were rumors she was “a man”.
The born this way hitmaker, 38, spoke candidly about the speculation during a sit down with Bill Gates for his new Netflix series, What’s Next? The Future with Bill Gates.
Gaga, who was born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, said despite being at the start of her career and having great success, all the media could ask her about were the rumours.
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Gaga said she refused to answer the question as she’s a role model to young kids and didn’t want them to feel ”shame” if they’re being asked the same thing.
The topic came up as the pair spoke about the “misinformation” out in the world.
“When I was in my early 20s there was a rumor that I was a man,” Gaga began.
“I went all over the world. I traveled for tours and for promoting my records and almost every interview I sat in they said… there was this imagery on the internet that had been doctored.
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“They were like, ‘There’s rumors that you’re a man. What do you have to say about that?'”
She went on to call the claim a “lie” and said she thought about other people in not answering the question.
“The reason why I didn’t answer the question is because I didn’t feel like a victim with that lie but I thought about: What about a kid who is being accused of that who would think that a public figure like me would feel shame?”
She added: “I’ve been in situations where fixing a rumor was not in the best interest of the well-being of other people.”
“In that case, I tried to be thought provoking and disruptive in another way. I tried to use the misinformation to create another disruptive point.”
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She previously told CNN in 2011: “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.”
it comes after Gaga responded to a nasty Facebook group claiming she would ‘never be famous’ years later.
”Some people I went to college w made this way back when👏👏👏👏this is why you can’t give up when people doubt you or put you down – gotta keep going,” Gaga wrote.
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