Lana wears decoy mask on IG Live; in public

[StrawberryBlond 14,874]

10 minutes ago, Regina George said:

I said “she is giving me republican vibes” aka “she is behaving like an republican”... She can be liberal for all I know or care but her behavior right here is something a republicans would do. That’s all. It’s not that deep. I think you misunderstood my og post. 

My original post got misunderstood too. People jump way too far into conclusions.

8 minutes ago, Franz Ferdinand said:

oh yeah bc GGD is such an impactful source 

I meant saying it about anyone, anywhere. People have a habit of just believing something because they heard one person make the suggestion.

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5 minutes ago, StrawberryBlond said:

I meant saying it about anyone, anywhere. People have a habit of just believing something because they heard one person make the suggestion.

If she acts like a Karen and talks like a Karen and quacks like a Karen... 

Maybe people wouldn't make those suggestions if there wasn't something there.

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I've been a fan of Lana's since she started, but this isn't really defendable. It's disappointing to see her be messy like this. She should be more responsible.

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4 minutes ago, Franz Ferdinand said:

If she acts like a Karen and talks like a Karen and quacks like a Karen... 

Maybe people wouldn't make those suggestions if there wasn't something there.

I don't like the viral nature of the name Karen as an insult but that's beside the point. When Lana gets a blonde bob and  starts causing a scene at a store asking to see the manager then we'll talk. As it is, she just wore an ill-advised mask and she's worn proper ones before now. She likely just wanted to be glamorous and match her outfit and didn't think it through. Let's not act like none of us have ever made a mistake. We're lucky we're not making it in the public eye, so I say give the girl a break. It apparently doesn't take much to make you a monster in 2020 and it's getting ridiculous now.

[Sister 9,907]

Lana is being dragged all over the interwebs, Gagadaily is hardly her problem. When people act foolish, it gets talked about no matter who it is. I can't see her thinking that this book signing was a good idea, no matter how I think about it. This is probably her worst mistake yet but then she adds this playground mask into the mix, she deserves all of this ridicule. I can't feel sorry for her. 

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1 minute ago, StrawberryBlond said:

I don't like the viral nature of the name Karen as an insult but that's beside the point. When Lana gets a blonde bob and  starts causing a scene at a store asking to see the manager then we'll talk. As it is, she just wore an ill-advised mask and she's worn proper ones before now. She likely just wanted to be glamorous and match her outfit and didn't think it through. Let's not act like none of us have ever made a mistake. We're lucky we're not making it in the public eye, so I say give the girl a break. It apparently doesn't take much to make you a monster in 2020 and it's getting ridiculous now.

This is a reach. No one is calling her a monster, but it’s super irresponsible to wear a mesh mask (there’s no evidence of a plastic sheet inside it,) and interact with fans. She deserves to be criticized because this was extremely dumb and shows a lack of consideration. Not everything she does is worthy of defending, even if you’re a big fan.

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Queen of not wearing a mask 

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34 minutes ago, Franz Ferdinand said:

If she acts like a Karen and talks like a Karen and quacks like a Karen... 

Maybe people wouldn't make those suggestions if there wasn't something there.

I feel kinda bad for the good people who unfortunaly are named karen 

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1 hour ago, StrawberryBlond said:

I wasn't putting any blame on Gaga, if you'd read what I said carefully. What is with people jumping to conclusions around here? I was just pointing out theat there's a double standard. Of course you just assumed that Gaga took all the right precautions before being mask-less, why not assume it of others? My point was merely that there's double standards when you automatically assume the worst of certain people.

There’s a BIG difference between working with specific people without a mask (cast/crew of the video) versus meeting a bunch of random people in a bookstore

it’s assumed that Gaga took appropriate precautions because that situation allowed for precautions. It’s just not possible with the situation Lana was in and that’s why she doesn’t get the benefit of the doubt. It’s not a double standard. It’s common sense 

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1 hour ago, Sister said:

Lana is being dragged all over the interwebs, Gagadaily is hardly her problem. When people act foolish, it gets talked about no matter who it is. I can't see her thinking that this book signing was a good idea, no matter how I think about it. This is probably her worst mistake yet but then she adds this playground mask into the mix, she deserves all of this ridicule. I can't feel sorry for her. 

All of the ridicule? Even the people calling her selfish and stupid? It always pains me when I hear a woman being called stupid, especially when it's someone who is clearly educated with amazing poetic talent like her. Lana's struggled for so long for respect and she doesn't deserve to have it all gone down the tubes because of one mistake. She had a test just before the signing. That makes a big difference to my mind at least.

1 hour ago, HeavyMetalLover said:

This is a reach. No one is calling her a monster, but it’s super irresponsible to wear a mesh mask (there’s no evidence of a plastic sheet inside it,) and interact with fans. She deserves to be criticized because this was extremely dumb and shows a lack of consideration. Not everything she does is worthy of defending, even if you’re a big fan.

It's an expression. I swear I saw some pictures where it looked like there was a clear sheet inside it. She tested negative, so if someone's wearing a mask around her, there literally is no issue as they're breathing in their own germs. It cancels itself out. Ok, don't defend it but I think some of the things people have said about her have gone too far. When you repeatedly attack someone over a period of time, they're more likely to slip up. Out of all the celebrities out there, Lana is one of the last people that deserves a tongue-lashing from the public. And this thread is 14 pages now. I think the message is clear. What more needs to be said?

57 minutes ago, blankpaper said:

There’s a BIG difference between working with specific people without a mask (cast/crew of the video) versus meeting a bunch of random people in a bookstore

it’s assumed that Gaga took appropriate precautions because that situation allowed for precautions. It’s just not possible with the situation Lana was in and that’s why she doesn’t get the benefit of the doubt. It’s not a double standard. It’s common sense 

Good point, so I don't really have anything to say in response to that. But let's face it, we're much harsher on those we don't like when they slip up, right? I've found the wisest thing to do in this pandemic is mind your own business. People who gloat have ended up catching it so just focus on personally doing the right thing.

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21 minutes ago, StrawberryBlond said:

It's an expression. I swear I saw some pictures where it looked like there was a clear sheet inside it. She tested negative, so if someone's wearing a mask around her, there literally is no issue as they're breathing in their own germs. It cancels itself out. Ok, don't defend it but I think some of the things people have said about her have gone too far. When you repeatedly attack someone over a period of time, they're more likely to slip up. Out of all the celebrities out there, Lana is one of the last people that deserves a tongue-lashing from the public. And this thread is 14 pages now. I think the message is clear. What more needs to be said?

Yea, I get the aesthetic but it's a bad move. I was looking for proof of it having an insert, but I couldn't find anything. The closest was a possible strip of tape on the bridge of her nose. With her influence, it's a really bad message to send. I like Lana a lot and it's disappointing to me that she's done this. She shouldn't be demonized, and yea it goes too far at times. I see it as her making poor choices, and this is hard to defend. But she's not a criminal or anything.

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@StrawberryBlond I know that you want to handle Lana with kid gloves, because she is your fave, but you are also on a public forum of another celebrity who went the fullest of extremes to Lana and publicly made endless comments at events of recent, making it her personal service announcement to everyone, to "mask up" and that it is showing kindness and respect, so of course we here on this forum will take special notice of Lana doing the extreme opposite of Gaga. Celebrity lives aren't any more special than the rest of us and Lana put lives at risk, she was even laughing about it all while walking out to her car, maybe if she has been seeing this backlash against her online, she will have learned something from it and be brought back down to earth. Lana will live and learn, hopefully. What if she comes down with Covid? Or even someone in her camp or family? A fan she took a selfie with there? It's just ignorance. California still has restrictions, that is why I can't understand her thinking process here. Would you have gone to this event if you were in California?

Would you risk your health and the health of your loved ones, just to be by Lana's side?

Maybe imagine this being done by some random celebrity that you dislike and you might see it differently and not make excuses for it.

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2 minutes ago, Sister said:

@StrawberryBlond I know that you want to handle Lana with kid gloves, because she is your fave, but you are also on a public forum of another celebrity who went the fullest of extremes to Lana and publicly made endless comments at events of recent, making it her personal service announcement to everyone, to "mask up" and that it is showing kindness and respect, so of course we here on this forum will take special notice of Lana doing the extreme opposite of Gaga. Celebrity lives aren't any more special than the rest of us and Lana put lives at risk, she was even laughing about it all while walking out to her car, maybe if she has been seeing this backlash against her online, she will have learned something from it and be brought back down to earth. Lana will live and learn, hopefully. What if she comes down with Covid? Or even someone in her camp or family? A fan she took a selfie with there? It's just ignorance. California still has restrictions, that is why I can't understand her thinking process here. Would you have gone to this event if you were in California?

Would you risk your health and the health of your loved ones, just to be by Lana's side?

Maybe imagine this being done by some random celebrity that you dislike and you might see it differently and not make excuses for it.

I just don't see any problem with just simply telling her that she did wrong calmly and respectfully. A deluge of comments calling her dumb and selfish does nothing to make a person change. People are relishing in the fact that it's Lana and she's been slammed hard lately for her Insta essay and being body shamed, so they're just latching onto existing hate against her which is really sickening to see.

Would I have gone to the event if I were there? Maybe, I'd wear a mask and take hand sanitiser. If she wanted to stand close to me for a photo, again, I'd be wearing a mask, so I wouldn't worry. I'm lucky that I haven't been required to go out basically the entire length of lockdown because everyone else to doing shopping and whatnot, so I don't know what it's like to go out wearing a mask but way back when lockdown had just started I ended up at the supermarket in the days before masks were required or they were widely available. I wore gloves and that was it. Was a lot closer to people than the ones here and there were a lot more so I've already put my health at worse risk before. No one was wearing masks initially and not everyone caught it when we were going through a peak so protecting yourself more than that now will make us a lot safer than we were back then, so yeah, mask and hand sanitiser will do it. I've had family who've had no choice but to work. I'd still be working myself in a supermarket if I were still employed. How is that any different to going to this store meet and greet? It's like the weird standard of we can go to the supermarket but we can't send kids to school - literally, what is the difference? There's definitely more people from more households mixing in a supermarket. And 2 metres apart? An airborne virus will travel to anyone in the vicinity regardless of this rule. But I digress. The virus is smarter than any measure we have, basically. I'd maybe take the risk for this one moment. I've been indoors for months and did everything right. If it was in the middle of peak corona, maybe not.

I already said earlier that my reaction would be the same even if it was someone I didn't like. If she wasn't wearing a mask at all or was calling the virus a hoax, it would be a different matter. I blame the problem at the source - the fact this event was allowed to happen at all without stricter measures. Barnes and Noble should've taken more responsibility.

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3 hours ago, StrawberryBlond said:

I wasn't putting any blame on Gaga, if you'd read what I said carefully. What is with people jumping to conclusions around here? I was just pointing out theat there's a double standard. Of course you just assumed that Gaga took all the right precautions before being mask-less, why not assume it of others? My point was merely that there's double standards when you automatically assume the worst of certain people. In case you haven't noticed, the mask issue is different all over media, there's all different procedures in place. I just assume everyone's been briefed correctly and leave it that, I don't know the inner workings of it all and just mind my own business. I think people are just in a hurry to jump down Lana's throat at the minute and I'm tired of seeing people be so disrespectful of her when there's far worse people you should really be directing criticism at.

Uh, no, you’re the one making assumptions like how you assumed Gaga’s crew weren’t wearing masks on set.

“Gaga clearly shot the 911 video with all different people from all different families and no one was wearing a mask.”

No one is assuming anything about Lana, this thread was simply discussing the nature of these photos at this event. There’s nothing to misconstrue so stop trying to twist it into something else. She didn’t wear a proper mask around a crowd of people and that’s that. It was stupid, irresponsible, and careless.

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3 minutes ago, modern ecstasy said:

Uh, no, you’re the one making assumptions like how you assumed Gaga’s crew weren’t wearing masks on set.

“Gaga clearly shot the 911 video with all different people from all different families and no one was wearing a mask.”

No one is assuming anything about Lana, this thread was simply discussing the nature of these photos at this event. There’s nothing to misconstrue so stop trying to twist it into something else. She didn’t wear a proper mask around a crowd of people and that’s that. It was stupid, irresponsible, and careless.

I didn't say that at all. I said the cast weren't wearing masks (which is a fact we can clearly observe, of course I can't speak for the backstage crew). Not overly clear but that's what I meant. Weirdly, I see this a lot in backstage footage - the crew are mostly wearing masks but some aren't, which is so odd. And people are assuming Lana hasn't been tested or taken no other precautions, etc. I still like to think there was a clear covering inside the mask as there's no reason why she would have pulled it down to talk if it were completely meshed. I've been over this a few times, anyway, I've said my piece, there's only so many more ways I can say it.