Gaga delivers speech about US situation and ICE at MAYHEM Ball Tour

[monketsharona 87,233]

 

Edited Thursday at 12:29 PM by Moderator

[Lextyr97 20,463]

She 100% saw the backlash lol but it really was a great speech.

[nATAH 52,829]

Just now, Lextyr97 said:

She 100% saw the backlash lol but it really was a great speech.

or she just wanted time to prepare what to say

[LunaUniverse 4,302]

Where’s everybody that said she doesn’t feel anything about issues anymore? 

She isn’t one of those artists that rushes out to make a statement at the beginning, she collects her thoughts before saying something and I think that’s better. Honestly I feel like that’s the opposite of performative 

[MDevacelli 1,683]

You guys are so insufferable for thinking she'd never say anything about it. And even if she didn't, I really think she's working on something behind the scenes, she has a whole humanitarian foundation for God's sake

Edited Thursday at 12:14 PM by MDevacelli

[dynamite 63,028]

Now can everyone stfu 

Edited Thursday at 12:15 PM by dynamite

[Starmie25 20,659]

24 minutes ago, Lextyr97 said:

She 100% saw the backlash lol but it really was a great speech.

Mate she actually spoke about the US situation in the previous show aswell.

[dynamite 63,028]

The guy answering everything she says

"I know we're not in America right now"

"No we're not!"

[ANVEEROY 62,336]

Minnesota technically her in-laws state (Michael is from Minnesota)

[Sarah H 4,025]

12 minutes ago, dynamite said:

Now can everyone stfu 

You'd hope. But as you can see, people now say she's only mentioning it due to backlash. She really can't win. It's tiring. 

Edited Thursday at 12:27 PM by Sarah H

[Head Empty 25,766]

12 minutes ago, Lextyr97 said:

She 100% saw the backlash lol but it really was a great speech.

If she didn't want to speak about this subject, random Gagadaily and Twitter backlash probably wasn't gonna convince her.

Gaga has become careful and reluctant when it comes to things like this. Probably for a few reasons:

- fear of becoming a target (trauma)

- fear that positive intentions will backfire 

- trying to be a pacifist (not wanting to cause further polarisation)

- conflicting private interests (family/money) 

Although I wish she'd speak out more, I think there are valid personal reasons to not step into the front line, like she used to. She's treading carefully.

[DESTROY UR DISEASE 14,265]

15 minutes ago, dynamite said:

Now can everyone stfu 

that would be lovely but I don't think that's gonna happen 

[Morphine Prince 108,294]

Katy's impact! She is the blueprint 

[Starmie25 20,659]

1 hour ago, Head Empty said:

fear of becoming a target (trauma)

Some fans be forgetting that one. 

Edited Thursday at 01:39 PM by Starmie25

[Starmie25 20,659]

19 minutes ago, Morphine Prince said:

Katy's impact! She is the blueprint 

This is really not it.