‘We wanted people to believe we were in love’: Lady Gaga poses in a black bra for striking ELLE cover as she insists she and Bradley Cooper ‘orchestrated’ romance rumours
- Gaga has discussed the romance rumours surrounding her A Star Is Born co-star Bradley as she wowed for a striking ELLE December cover
- The Bad Romance hitmaker, 33, revealed to guest interviewer Oprah that she and the actor, 44, wanted fans to believe that they ‘were in love’
- Gaga added that they ‘orchestrated’ the romance rumours as a performance and mapped ‘the whole thing out’
- The two stars created a buzz with their chemistry-packed performance of Shallow at the 91st Academy Awards in February
- In June, just four months after the routine, Bradley separated from his model partner Irina Shayk while Gaga split from her fiancé Christian Carino in February
They created a buzz with their chemistry-packed performance of Shallow at the 91st Academy Awards in February.
And Lady Gaga has discussed the romance rumours surrounding her A Star Is Born co-star Bradley Cooper as she wowed for a striking ELLE December cover.
The Bad Romance hitmaker, 33, revealed to celebrity guest interviewer Oprah that she and the American Sniper star, 44, wanted fans to believe that they ‘were in love’ and to feel their ‘orchestrated’ chemistry during their Oscars performance.
Wow: Lady Gaga has discussed those romance rumours with her A Star Is Born co-star Bradley Cooper as she wowed for a striking ELLE December cover
In June, just four months after the routine, Bradley separated from his model partner Irina Shayk while Gaga split from her fiancé Christian Carino in February.
Gaga told the magazine: ‘I mean, we made a love story. For me, as a performer and as an actress, of course we wanted people to believe that we were in love. And we wanted people to feel that love at the Oscars.
‘We wanted it to go right through the lens of that camera and to every television that it was being watched on. And we worked hard on it, we worked for days. We mapped the whole thing out—it was orchestrated as a performance.’
Gaga added that she and Bradley got the exact reaction they were looking for, she admitted: ‘It did. In truth, when we talked about it, we went, “Well, I guess we did a good job!”‘
What a woman: The Bad Romance hitmaker, 33, revealed that she and the American Sniper star, 44, wanted fans to believe that they ‘were in love’ and to feel their ‘orchestrated’ chemistry during their Oscars performance
‘Love story’: Gaga told the magazine: ‘I mean, we made a love story. For me, as a performer and as an actress, of course we wanted people to believe that we were in love.’
The award-winning artist won the Oscar for Best Original Song at the ceremony for Shallow and Gaga reflected on her ‘painful’ win during the interview.
She said: ‘When I won the Oscar for Shallow, I looked at it, and a reporter asked me, “When you look at that Oscar, what do you see?” And I said, “I see a lot of pain.” And I wasn’t lying in that moment.
‘I was raped when I was 19 years old, repeatedly. I have been traumatised in a variety of ways by my career over the years from many different things, but I survived, and I’ve kept going.
‘And when I looked at that Oscar, I saw pain. I don’t know that anyone understood it when I said it in the room, but I understood it.’
Electric: They created a buzz with their chemistry-packed performance of Shallow at the 91st Academy Awards in February (pictured)
‘Kindness’: Gaga also spoke about her mission in life, admitting that she has a ‘responsibility to the world’ to show kindness
Gaga added that she battles post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and ‘chronic pain’. she continued: ‘I have PTSD. I have chronic pain. Neuropathic pain trauma response is a weekly part of my life.
‘I’m on medication; I have several doctors. This is how I survive. But you know what, Oprah? I kept going, and that kid out there or even that adult out there who’s been through so much, I want them to know that they can keep going.
‘They can survive, and they can win their Oscar. I would also beckon to anyone to try, when they feel ready, to ask for help. And I would beckon to others that if they see someone suffering, to approach them and say, “Hey, I see you. I see that you’re suffering, and I’m here. Tell me your story.”
Gaga added that she has fibromyalgia, which is a long-term condition that causes pain all over the body, and that it goes ‘hand-in-hand’ with her trauma response.
She said: ‘The fibro for me is a lighter pain; the trauma response is much heavier and actually feels the way I felt after I was dropped on a street corner after I’d been raped repeatedly for months. It’s a recurring feeling.
‘Painful’: The award-winning artist won the Oscar for Best Original Song at the ceremony for Shallow and Gaga reflected on her ‘painful’ win during the interview (pictured)
Survival: Gaga added that she battles post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and ‘chronic pain’. she said: ‘Neuropathic pain trauma response is a weekly part of my life. ‘I’m on medication; I have several doctors. This is how I survive.’
‘So I had a psychotic break at one point, and it was one of the worst things that’s ever happened to me. I was brought to the ER to urgent care and they brought in the doctor, a psychiatrist. So I’m just screaming, and I said, “Could somebody bring me a real doctor?”
‘And I didn’t understand what was going on, because my whole body went numb; I fully dissociated. I was screaming, and then he calmed me down and gave me medication for when that happens — olanzapine.
‘So I take methocarbamol, and olanzapine, which is probably the most important — it helped me that day, and that man and all my friends, they saved my life.’
Gaga went on to say that she used to self-harm ‘for a long time’ as she was trying to show that she was ‘in pain’ instead of ‘asking for help’.
She added: ‘When I realised that telling someone, “Hey, I am having an urge to hurt myself,” that defused it. I then had someone next to me saying, “You don’t have to show me. Just tell me: What are you feeling right now?” And I could just tell my story.’
Candid: Gaga added that she has fibromyalgia, which is a long-term condition that causes pain all over the body, and that it goes ‘hand-in-hand’ with her trauma response
Gaga revealed that she is ‘grateful’ that she doesn’t self-harm anymore and she does not wish to ‘glamorise’ it.
The Oscar-winning star spoke to the magazine as part of the launch of her new make-up line, Haus Laboratories, which the singer described as being ‘for everyone’ regardless of gender, race or age.
Gaga also spoke about her mission in life, admitting that she has a ‘responsibility to the world’ to show kindness.
She said: ‘I actually said this the other day on social media. I said, “I didn’t do this for fame, I did it for impact.”
‘I recognised very early on that my impact was to help liberate people through kindness. I mean, I think it’s the most powerful thing in the world, particularly in the space of mental illness.’
Asking for help: Gaga went on to say that she used to self-harm ‘for a long time’ as she was trying to show that she was ‘in pain’ instead of ‘asking for help’
Gaga added that her kindness mission started with her fans, she said: ‘Looking out into the audience and seeing so many people who were like me, people who felt different, who didn’t feel seen or understood.
‘And then also seeing a lot of kids who felt afraid to be open about who they were, it became sort of an existential experience for me, where I thought about what it means to be an individual—I wanted to fight for those individuals.’
She added: ‘I believe life is asking of us to accept the challenge. Accept the challenge of kindness. It’s hard in a world the way that we are; we have a very, very grave history.
‘We’re in trouble, and we have been before. But I think life asks us amid these challenges, this hatred, this tragedy, this famine, this war, this cruelty: Can you be kind and can you survive?’
The singer also admitted that she used to feel under pressure to constantly ‘outdo’ herself but doesn’t do that anymore.
Headlines: In 2010, Gaga made headlines across the world when she wore a dress made out of meat to the MTV Video Music Award (pictured)
‘Shocking’: The singer admitted in her interview that she didn’t think it would be that ‘shocking’ as she has an ‘eccentric brain’, while she revealed the reason behind the fashion statement
She said: ‘Not anymore. I used to, though. Oprah, I’ve got to level with you 100 percent: I used to try to wrap my brain as heavy as I could around what I could do to…
‘Instead of being shocking (I used to say “shock art” or “performance art”), I would use the word “bemuse,” which is basically putting the audience in a state of confusion where they can’t look away. I used to just go, “What am I going to do next to get people’s attention?”‘
In 2010, Gaga made headlines across the world when she wore a dress made out of meat to the MTV Video Music Award.
Oscar-winning role: Gaga pictured in a film still with Cooper in their hit movie A Star Is Born
The singer admitted in her interview that she didn’t think it would be that ‘shocking’ as she has an ‘eccentric brain’, while she revealed the reason behind the fashion statement.
Gaga said that she had been to an event with soldiers who were discharged from the army over their sexuality or gender identity, so the item of clothing, to her, was to represent ‘flesh is flesh’.
Reflecting on her previous outfit choices, she added: ‘I have to say, it was quite recently — after doing A Star Is Born, and working with Bradley Cooper, and my experience even with winning an Oscar.
Split: In June, just four months after their Oscars routine, Bradley separated from his model partner Irina Shayk (pictured with their daughter Lea October 2018)
Break-up: Gaga split from her fiancé Christian Carino in February, she confirmed the reports in June (pictured together in January)
‘I sort of just went to myself, “You have a much greater mission on this earth than to freak the hell out of people. Your mission is to give people a form of love through your art that lifts them up.”‘
Gaga looked sensational for her ELLE cover, wearing a racy lace bra and oversized fedora hat for one look.
While other ensembles saw the singer in a flamboyant ruffled pink dress, a striking yellow skirt suit with a purple neck scarf and a jewel encrusted cape.
Read the full interview in the December issue of ELLE.
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Read more: Read the full interview in the December issue of ELLE
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