25 unexpected and strange facts about Lady Gaga (26 photos)

Most musicians are weird people, but Lady Gaga is ahead of the rest in this regard. As strange as she is, her life is even more amazing. Don't believe me? Take a look at this collection of unexpected facts!





1. The famous “meat dress” that Gaga wore in 2010 was preserved thanks to professional taxidermists - although the meat is now cured. 12 years later, the dress is still intact and on display in Las Vegas.



2. When 18-year-old Gaga was studying at New York University, her classmates created a Facebook group called "Stefani Germanotta, You'll Never Be Famous" in which they bullied her and called her an "attention-seeking whore." Gaga dropped out after a year to focus on her music career.





3. Lady Gaga admitted that Kiss FM was the only radio station that correctly “bleeped” the moment during the chorus when she sings “f*ck her face” instead of “poker face.” Although it is not in the official lyrics of the song, the substitution can be heard every other repetition of the phrase during the chorus.



4. Lady Gaga didn't get her driver's license until she was 30, and her first car (which she still drives today) was a 1993 Ford F-150 SVT Lightning.



5. Lady Gaga became godmother to Elton John and his husband David Furnish's son, Elijah. The pop singer is already godmother to John and Furnish's two-year-old son, Zachary, and the couple were so impressed by her involvement in parenting that they decided to double her duties.



6. A genus of 19 species of ferns is named after Lady Gaga.



7. Lady Gaga's stage name comes from the Queen song "Radio Ga Ga". “Rob Fusari once texted Germanotta under the pseudonym “Radio Gaga,” and the spellcheck turned “Radio” into “Lady.” Germanotta liked it, and Lady Gaga was born."



8. Lady Gaga once bought $1,000 worth of pizza for fans waiting in line.



9. Lady Gaga does not consider herself a feminist. When asked about feminism in an interview, she replied: "I'm not a feminist - I, I welcome men, I love men. I approve of American male culture, beer, bars and muscle cars...”



10. Lady Gaga began her career by starring in an episode of the HBO series The Sopranos.



11. A few years ago, the LAPD asked Lady Gaga to share information about upcoming road work with her 11.4 million followers.



12. Lady Gaga, like Brad Pitt, made money as a striptease in the past.



13. Kanye West and Lady Gaga were supposed to have a joint tour called “Fame Kills.” Gaga canceled her tour the day after West dissed Taylor Swift at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards.



14. Lady Gaga starred in an episode of the MTV reality show Boiling Point in 2005, three years before she rose to fame.



15. Lady Gaga wrote and recorded over 90 songs for her album ARTPOP, and only 15 of them made it onto the album.



16. Lady Gaga allegedly stopped Weird Al Yankovic from releasing a parody of her song "Born This Way." Then the artist posted the parody for free on YouTube, and the singer was delighted - it turned out that it was her manager who rejected Yankovic’s offer without informing the star about it.



17. The chorus of Kendrick Lamar's "Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe" was originally supposed to be sung by Lady Gaga, but was cut due to studio scheduling and an album deadline.



18. Lady Gaga ranked in the top 1% of applicants on university entrance exams, along with Mark Zuckerberg and Sergey Brin.



19. In 2011, a cup with Lady Gaga's lipstick on it was sold for $73,700, which was then donated to help victims of the tsunami in Japan.



20. Lady Gaga admitted in an interview that she used to hear voices in her head.



21. In addition to paying $23,000 in rent, Lady Gaga also donated $250,000 to help promote and restore Hearst Castle, where scenes for her "G.U.Y." video were filmed.



22. Lady Gaga briefly served as Polaroid's creative director for a special line of Polaroid Imaging products.



23. Lady Gaga attended the same all-girls Catholic school as the Kennedys, Hiltons and Vanderbilts.



24. Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett recorded a joint jazz album.



25. Lady Gaga got a tattoo from Kat Von D.