Mirror: Gaga 'annoyed' Oscar bosses after turning down invite to perform HMH

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https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/lady-gaga-annoys-oscar-bosses-29432717

Lady Gaga has sparked the ire of Oscars bosses by turning down an invite to perform after keeping them hanging for months.

The star is the third favourite to take the gong for power ballad Hold My Hand from Top Gun: Maverick, behind favourite Naatu Naatu and Rihanna ’s Lift Me Up, from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.

But while the other competitors all confirmed their performances in February, Gaga kept frustrated bosses guessing by “going back and forth” on her decision.

She is said to have been undecided on whether she could squeeze in enough rehearsal time. But sources at LA’s Dolby Theatre said show chiefs were left “annoyed and disappointed” when the US superstar finally backed out this month.

Oscars bosses had invited all five nominees in the category to perform – and were expecting Gaga to accept.

But as the confirmations came in thick and fast, she remained on the fence before finally declining, citing filming commitments for Joker: Folie a Deux.

Gaga is starring as wildcard Harley Quinn in the movie, opposite Joaquin Phoenix.

Oscars executive producer Glenn Weiss confirmed the singer’s decision to pull out of the ceremony this week, and insisted the Academy has “a great relationship” with the star. But we hear it has been a different story behind the scenes.

One source told us: “There are a lot of annoyed and disappointed people.”

A second insider said: “There were lots of discussions between our camp and hers, but it was pretty late in the game that she decided it was a ‘no’, saying she wouldn’t be able to do it justice. She is very famously a perfectionist when it comes to her performances, but it still did not go down well with the bosses.”

Umbrella singer Rihanna, who performed at the Super Bowl half-time show last month ,was quick to confirm her attendance after her first awards nod.

Gaga’s first appearance on the Oscars stage came when she duetted with Julie Andrews on Sound of Music medley in 2015.

The following year, now-US President Joe Biden introduced her performance of Til It Happens to You from The Hunting Ground.

And in 2019, she and her A Star is Born co-star Bradley Cooper set tongues wagging with an intimate duet of the hit, Shallow.

Gaga went on to win an Oscar for the emotional ballad. But tomorrow, it will fall to others to bring the Oscars house down with belting performances. Over to you, Rihanna…

 

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[Stupid Oreo 14,196]

to be fair i kinda believe this and see it happening

[Gagaism 10,046]

Love her but honestly I can see that happening since she was the same one who was fighting to get all nominated performing there and all her “bond” with the academy through these last years would make it highly likely to make them invite her to perform 

[Borislshere 52,688]

@oscars bosses

[reysus 1,064]

can't stay mad at her for too long because she and liza saved their show last year. I'm glad ga knows her worth and knows that they need her, not the other way around. Obviously she's still respectful and probably wants that best actress award, but she's not going to do everything for them if she doesn't feel like it

[Gagaism 10,046]

4 minutes ago, reysus said:

can't stay mad at her for too long because she and liza saved their show last year. I'm glad ga knows her worth and knows that they need her, not the other way around. Obviously she's still respectful and probably wants that best actress award, but she's not going to do everything for them if she doesn't feel like it

I mean you can know your worth but it doesn’t mean you have the right to make people wait to give a response especially for such a thing. I mean, if you know you’re about to be very busy filming so then you can say no right away. 

[Gagaplayer315 13,593]

[nodandsmile 9,811]

Ga's FaceTime with the producers leaked

 

[Nite 4,970]

It sounds like she tried to make it work and then decided to pull out when she couldn't get the perfect result she was striving for. It doesn't sound unlike her that way tbh

[Red 95,063]

I guess she was annoyed too when she acted like an Italian crazy woman for months and you people snubbed her

[SummerBoy 57]

*LITTLE MONSTAGERS HAVE ENTERED THE CHAT*

[Anderson123 36,038]

I still think she has a good relationship with the Academy lol. Just last year she announced Best Picture with Liza. People need to stop trying to create unnecessary drama. 

[weed 71,405]

give her the Oscar to spite her, execs 

[Walk Fashion Birdy 50]

this made me worry a lot

[27monster27 11,517]

So I'm assuming our Oscar chances are lower now?