2011: Donald Trump claims Miss Universe gave Lady Gaga her big break

[Born Brave 2,072]

I'll just leave this here 

Im not bashing Donald Trump and not trying to start a political discussion but I thought this was interesting... I wonder if he has a point? It was a huge performance for her in the early going. 

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Is there anything Donald Trump won’t take credit for?

“I own the Miss Universe pageant,” The Donald says in his new book, “Time to Get Tought: Making America #1 Again.” “About four years ago, during what you call half-time, we always have an entertainer. We’ve had a lot of great people, and you don’t pay them anything because it’s one of the biggest audiences and my people told me, ‘Nobody knows who she is but there’s this woman with good talent named Lady Gaga.’

“I said, ‘I don’t care … if you like her, put her on.’ So we put her on … it was live all over the United States and all over the world and the next day, nobody was talking about Miss Universe, everybody was talking, ‘Who was the woman, who was the entertainer? She was unbelievable.'”

We like how he works in that he got the future megastar for free. The pageant was held in Vietnam that year so at least she got a trip out of the deal. Gaga performed her hit “Just Dance” on television for the first time while the Top 15 finalists strutted their stuff in swimsuits. Miss Venezuela Dayana Mendoza took the crown but Lady Gaga got exposure.

“She’s been very gracious about it,” says Trump. “I don’t want to say we made Lady Gaga, but she was incredible and that was her break.”

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[erfaan 2,837]

i didn't even know she performed at that till like two years into career

[Zsolti 2,688]

she  performed there?

[XGirlfriend 950]

bye donald trump sis 

 

 

[djBuffoon 12,128]

I didn't know she performed there

[Born Brave 2,072]

I didn't know she performed there

I didn't either lmao. I just googled "Donald Trump Lady Gaga" when I saw the video this morning of Gaga being asked by the Paparazzi if she was a Trump fan and found this article lol. And on that topic, did the Paparazzi really expect her to give love to Donald??

[Fiona Apple 13,006]

It wasn't even an important performance lol

[Born Brave 2,072]

It wasn't even an important performance lol

He sure did make it out to be :P surprise surprise 

[Kulture Kiari 3,433]

Nah. Her big break had to be at the VMAs when she performed paparazzi. No one expected a performance like that, and that's what brought Gaga to the spotlight. His comment is as lame as Perez also claiming that thanks to him, she got famous.  

[SychosSoChic 9,995]

You know what

I officially stan for Donald Trump.

Clearly he's a stan, I mean I didn't even know she performed at that  

So slay sis

[NewYorkCity 10,536]

Lmao.

1. That performance wasn't that important. Prove is that 3/4 of the people who posted here didn't know about it. 

You know what

I officially stan for Donald Trump.

Clearly he's a stan, I mean I didn't even know she performed at that  

So slay sis

a stan? He didn't know who she was a put her there because "oh ok if you like her why not" lol

[PartySick 161,538]

she  performed there?

Mte, I had never even known about this. I thought releasing Just Dance was her "big break", not performing on a beauty pageant  

[Sia 314]

Donald low-key trying to win the gay vote threw gaga 

 

 

 

 

[craig 680]

Gotta give The Donald create for picking her in Summer 2008.

[Babel 41,498]

I knew who Lady Gaga was thanks to that performance. But it really wasn't her big break... Just Dance / Poker Face hit #1 worldwide months after that.