Hybrid AT 78 Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 Fun fact: I hated Gaga- thought she was corny- try hard-fake- was assigned to cover her for a story and wrote the first article on her for the US Government- lol- She was opening for Beyonce at a festival and only had a disco stick and clearly no budget. I was completely slapped in the face with her huge penis because it was straight up rock n roll live-complete opposite of the original marketing- everyone was so manicured back then and she came out with this insane spontaneous candor. FAST FORWARD: Obama became president and there was a chance to repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell and he didn't. Advisors toĀ him within the military said it wouldn't be a good strategy. LADY GAGA straight up is the ONLY reason DADT actually got repealed. People don't know this story but she bought tickets to state dinners and started scaring the **** out of politicians. Behind closed doors top officials genuinely became scared of her. She amped up the heat so hard and then dropped Born This Way. Before that it was totally uncouth to mention anything gay and all of a sudden we were discussing it in every morning briefing. I don't even think Gaga herself knows the impact she had internally with government affairs at that time.Ā Gaga could retire and be Stephanie G forever, rock that norm core everyday and sing songs with Barbra Streisand and I truly wouldn't give a ****- she genuinely saved my ass and other homo Marines from handcuffs and that's enough for me. Source:Ā https://www.reddit.com/r/popheads/comments/6m3s1h/discussion_whats_a_story_or_anecdote_about_a_pop/Ā (original Facebook post now deleted) Ā Ā Never forget what this woman has done to fight for equality and the impact that she has had in saving literally millions of LGBTQ+ lives around the world with her activism and advocacyĀ Happy Pride Month, y'allĀ Ā Ā "And I wrote that for you" (6:05)Ā Ā "I was protected by the monks of Azarath, I was raised by my friends. They are my family, this is my home and you are not welcome here." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JazzGa 14,451 Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 That whole thread was a fun read, thanks for sharing!! Here's another post from a journalist who sorta met Gaga Spoiler So ages ago I worked for my university newspaper and blagged my way into getting backstage passes to the MMVAs with all the real newspaper people. It was amazing. Met a bunch of famous people. Snoop Dogg. Selener Gomez. Bieber when he still had bangs.Ā Howie from the Backstreet Boys.Ā And most importantly, Lady Gaga. So Avril and a couple other people bailed on coming and talking to press people and so the last hour or so of our schedule was just written off, except for Lady Gaga. She was closing the show though so we had to wait until it was over before we could talk to her. The show runs over time, and then I guess she needs to unwind after singing and dancing, so it's another... half hour maybe? There's an open bar and no more food so everyone there isĀ pissed. The lady from CP24 was sitting next to me and we were just eye****ing Howie D from across the room because dude isĀ soĀ handsome in person. Anyways, Tracy Melchor comes back in and says Gaga's ready to come in. She does her photos then climbs on the podium thing, still in platform boots and full stage getup, and answers a couple of questions from City or whatever, and then Tracy goes "okay Gaga's tired get out" and Gaga chimes in. She knows how long everyone's been waiting and says no, she's fine to answer some more questions. She must answer a dozen more questions. Really good answers. It must be after midnight at this point and I think she both opened and closed the show (pretty sure?) so she was probably knackered but she was so good. Way better than every other person who came through there. So, that is the main part of the story, but as she was leaving I realized she was going to walkĀ right past meĀ and my heart was racing and I'd been drinking all night, so I just stuck my elbow out justĀ a little bitĀ so she'd brush against me. She did, stumbled a bit because I think she probably got some kind of psychic flash that I was an insane superfan, steadied herself on one of her bodyguards and went on her way. And we haven't met again since, but we will.Ā We will. tl;dr: I met Lady Gaga and touched her and she is amazing. Ā The event/performance from the story: Ā Ā Ā I've taken a few dips in the lady pond Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daylight Jokers 14,958 Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 I love this woman so much. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lampost 682 Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 Ugh so glad iĀ chose to stan the right pop starĀ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
martiniglistens 1,050 Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 OR GO HOME GO HOME GO HOME Ā Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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