In an interview with Fab Magazine, 22 year old Lady Gaga admitted to stripping and working as a waitress for money, despite her priviledged upbringing. Showing up an hour late and unapologetic for it, her first words were, "Shall we start?"She attended the same private school that Paris Hilton attended and without an ounce of humility she said she knew she was destined for success:
"A graduate from the Tisch School of Arts (think The Brit School for New Yorkers), Lady GaGa – real name Stefani Joanne Germanotta – has written songs for Britney Spears and The Pussycat Dolls before deciding she wanted a taste of the limelight too. So she gave herself an image overhaul, transforming herself from a brunette in braces and jeans to the bleached blonde siren we know today."
What Gaga told Fabulous Magazine:
“I have a strong sense of my own sexuality. I love the naked human body and I have huge body confidence,” she says.
“I was working in strip clubs when I was 18. Girls from my background weren’t meant to turn into someone like me. I come from a wealthy Italian family, went to a good school [she was at the same super-rich Manhattan Catholic girls’ school – Convent Of The Sacred Heart – as Paris Hilton]. You’re meant to live with Mom and Dad until they die. I went against all I was brought up to be; I moved out of home, wouldn’t take any help from my parents [her internet entrepreneur dad and his business partner wife] and supported myself with waitressing jobs and stripping.
“My act was pretty wild. I’d wear black leather and dance to Black Sabbath, Guns N’ Roses and Faith No More. Very rock ’n’ roll.
Probably more rock ’n’ roll than she’ll admit, as it was around this time she got heavily into drugs – but she quit when her father read her the riot act.
“I don’t like to talk about it too much but there were drugs, serious drugs. I wouldn’t want to inspire other people to do the same.
On Stripping:
“I discovered a real personal freedom through it. Obviously my parents didn’t like it. I was drawing huge crowds, setting hairspray alight on stage and dancing madly. My dad thought I’d lost it. With the drugs it was his reaction that pulled me back. I didn’t go to Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous. I did it myself. I have such a fear of failure, I didn’t want anything to make me fail. So I stopped. I still drink and party, but there’s no darkness now. Just a lot of fun.”
On Men:
“My problem area is definitely men. I’ve only ever really been in love once. He didn’t want me to do this job. He wanted me to stay at home, so I left. It broke my heart, but also made me realise music is my first love.
My music’s never going to roll over in bed one morning and tell me it doesn’t love me any more. I have a problem with rejection.
March 16, 2009
Lady Gaga: Privileged Child Turned to Stripper
In an interview with Fab Magazine, 22 year old Lady Gaga admitted to stripping and working as a waitress for money, despite her priviledged upbringing. Showing up an hour late and unapologetic for it, her first words were, "Shall we start?"She attended the same private school that Paris Hilton attended and without an ounce of humility she said she knew she was destined for success:
What Gaga told Fabulous Magazine:
On Stripping:
On Men: