Sloan discusses working with Gaga and Richy

[Ashley 8,865]

1 hour ago, A Very Gaga Holida said:

So the Dive Bar Tour and Joanne 2 were basically cancelled because Richy hadn’t prepared the choreo for the Joanne World Tour omg

Do you mean there was supposed to be an extended Dive Bar tour that didn’t happen?

1 hour ago, faysalaaa said:

- Laurieann set the tone for that toxic environment, and when Richy took over, it became worse.

- Richy would make Gagas dancers come to rehearsals and sit for 8 hours doing nothing

- Richy would do open calls for new dancers and make them wait outside in the sun for 12 hours.

- Richy would take down signs that says "water break" and shout at dancers saying he never took water breaks when he was a dancer

- He constantly made meetings about dancers salary and told them they shouldnt ask for more because they arent worth it, and they are replacable

- He would exclude one dancer from shooting music videos and big projects with no communication or explanation if they dont behave right

- He would tell dancers to cut off their friendships with other dancers, and blamed one of the dancer for making the other dancer fat

- Gaga was close to Sloan, so she would ask Sloan to help her privately with some dance moves, and Richy hated that, and kept asking Sloan why is Gaga asking for her

- Sloan says she has nothing but love for Gaga, and she doesnt blame Gaga for any of this, and that Gaga was always nice and kind. She also says Gaga and her whole team are good, it was only Ricky that was the issue, so she would have continued working working with Gaga if it wasnt for Richy.

- She texted Gaga a nice text after quitting the Chromatica Ball, but Gaga did not respond to her

- Bobby eventually made one on one calls with the dancers, but nothing came out of it

He sounds totally unprofessional and I’m glad Parris seems like the complete opposite of him.

Withholding water from the dancers so awful, he could’ve seriously hurt one of the them had they passed out from dehydration.

The part about Laurieann reminds me of a comment Gaga made before about Laurieann making her dance in heels until her feet bled. Compare that to Parris who has her dancing barefoot or in flat shoes and she’s dancing better than ever before. I think that kind of ruthless mentality was normalized in the dance industry before and I hope it’s changing for the better.

[Bradley 58,137]

1 hour ago, A Very Gaga Holida said:

So the Dive Bar Tour and Joanne 2 were basically cancelled because Richy hadn’t prepared the choreo for the Joanne World Tour omg

Wait? Joanne 2? What's Joanne 2?

[Prigari 820]

8 minutes ago, Ashley said:

Do you mean there was supposed to be an extended Dive Bar tour that didn’t happen?

She was supposed to play a Dive Bar Date on July 13th 2017 but that was cancel due to the JWT rehearsal. 
Not sure if it was cancel for this particular reason  tho, as the date was way later the previous ones. 

Edited 8 hours ago by Prigari

[27monster27 11,942]

3 hours ago, A Very Gaga Holida said:

So the Dive Bar Tour and Joanne 2 were basically cancelled because Richy hadn’t prepared the choreo for the Joanne World Tour omg

Is this in reference to the Joanne B-side that was floating around in 2017?

[27monster27 11,942]

3 hours ago, faysalaaa said:

- Richy constantly made meetings about dancers salary and told them they shouldnt ask for more because they arent worth it, and they are replacable

Did he graduate from the Abby Lee Dance Company?

[Putang Ina Mo 2,078]

5 hours ago, A Very Gaga Holida said:

So the Dive Bar Tour and Joanne 2 were basically cancelled because Richy hadn’t prepared the choreo for the Joanne World Tour omg

Holy shiit, I read somewhere from fan that went backstage during JWT that Gaga wanted to release a Joanne BSide that will feature Frankensteined (correct me if im wrong tho). So i directly, Richy was the reason why Frankensteined was unreleased lmao

 

[CELINE 580]

Richy seems to be horrible at handling projects and executing Castings or Go-sees.  Despite his past works or affiliation with Gaga, I hope the industry avoids hiring/booking him. He's a professional disaster and based on what we have here, you can't leave him alone and expect to finish a job. 

He reminds me so much of people in the fashion industry who have big egos but are incredibly incompetent and short-sighted  

 

[SharkmanthaC 111,731]

5 hours ago, A Very Gaga Holida said:

I mean that’s my understanding of the situation but it’s accurate with what she said. Back when they cancelled the Dive Bar Tour where she was supposed to debut new music, they said they needed more time to rehearse for the JWT, so yeah…

I remember thinking “why would they need more time to rehearse?? Didn’t they plan the rehearsals in their plans or something?” Now we know 

He needed more time to develop the DIC routine. 

[SharkmanthaC 111,731]

Since he’s out of the picture can we bring some of the “old” dancers back please?

[cachapatratorian 350]

Sloan is so beautiful and very well spoken. I hope Gaga X Parris hire her again. She is fire on the dance floor. 

[LG2008 3,778]

6 hours ago, A Very Gaga Holida said:

So the Dive Bar Tour and Joanne 2 were basically cancelled because Richy hadn’t prepared the choreo for the Joanne World Tour omg

In summary, he treated dancers like sh*t, didn't want any of them to have direct contact with Gaga, he pushed Gaga way too much because he did everything at the last minute and that ended up with Gaga hospitalized, JWT dates postponed and later cancelled, Rock in Rio cancelled, Dive Bar Tour cancelled and Joanne B-Sides cancelled too... 

So he's not only bad at his job but also lazy? They should've fired him right there... 

 

Edited 3 hours ago by LG2008

[LG2008 3,778]

8 hours ago, A Very Gaga Holida said:

She had the greatest memories of Gaga, she really is the kindest even though there are “snakes in the garden”, she says

She said "snakes"? Maybe Richy and Nicola? Neither of them is working with Gaga anymore...  I didn't want to but I need to watch the full video

I'm glad she's getting away from toxic people. 

EDIT: She mentioned some "minions" that were really close to Richy... Christopher "War" Shazar being one of them. What a mess  Like you literally see and hear how that man is mistreating your team mates and you support him

Edited 1 hour ago by LG2008

[ChvVolk 2,023]

Honestly, if they had to cancel things for his incompetence, then after Joanne, she should've cut ties with him. 

[nexus 483]

I'm sooo glad he's gone, what a nightmare  I guess this was filmed awhile ago, so I hope Sloan knows he's gone now and maybe she can come back for the next tour

[Oriane 20,071]

Richy's an asshole who got what he deserved, but unlike most people here, I always like his choreos. If he turns out he's the one behind the choreos that everyone attributes to Laurieann, I will have to laugh.