Lady Gaga Wants You To Stop Asking: She's Not Dating Bradley Cooper
For the last time, Lady Gaga is not dating Bradley Cooper.
No matter how authentic their chemistry on "A Star Is Born" or how fiery their duet of the film's song "Shallow" was at the Oscars, Gaga assured Oprah Winfrey in a recent interview that any romantic speculation on the media is "very silly."
"I mean, we did a love story," the "Bad Romance" singer told Winfrey for an Elle story that was posted on Wednesday. "As a performer and actress, of course we wanted people to believe that we were in love and to feel that love at the Oscars."
"We wanted it to go through the lens of that camera and all of the televisions that she saw herself on," she added. “And we worked hard on it for days. We planned everything, it was orchestrated as a performance ”.
Even though it was supposedly a calculated charade, the immediate fervor that followed the couple's performance, laden with public displays of affection, was not lost on the co-stars, who, according to Gaga, later exchanged a few platonic pats on his back for successfully executing his trick.
"Actually, when we talked about it, we said, 'Well, I guess we did a good job,'" she joked.
It is not the first time that Gaga has been forced to speak of the gossip surrounding her close relationship with Cooper. Shortly after the Oscars airing, she debunked conspiracy theories on "Jimmy Kimmel Live."
"Social media, frankly, is the toilet of the Internet and what it has done to pop culture is just abysmal," she told Kimmel. “Yes, people saw love, and guess what? That's what we wanted you to see. "
The conversation with Winfrey about Cooper's acclaimed directorial debut, which ended up winning an Oscar for "Shallow," became more serious when Gaga's layered approach to her starring role as Ally was discussed, struggling to cope with alcoholism. of her lover after he turns her into an overnight sensation. For the veteran interpreter, the trauma and recovery motives of her story hit her close to home.
"I was raped when I was 19, repeatedly," she said Gaga. “Over the years my career has traumatized me in multiple ways due to many different things, but I have survived and moved on. And when I looked at that Oscar, I saw pain. "
In her famous therapeutic style, Winfrey encouraged the singer to reflect more on how her past experiences with her sexual abuse have shaped her, prompting a candid response from Gaga about the battle she continues to fight.
“I have PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). I suffer from chronic pain. Neuropathic pain trauma care is a part of my day-to-day life. I am taking medicines; I have multiple doctors, ”Gaga said. “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 has been through so much, I want them to know that they can move on, that they can survive and that they can win their Oscar. "
Gaga, who is known for being outspoken about the challenges in her life, also opened up about additional struggles with fibromyalgia, a chronic disorder related to muscle pain, and a heartbreaking moment in her past when she suffered. a psychotic break.
"It was one of the worst things that ever happened to me," she said of the crisis. “I didn't understand what was happening, because my whole body was numb; I completely disassociated myself. She was screaming. "
Between promoting her new beauty line driven by her empowerment and the Born This Way Foundation, the artist also offered some tips to others to combat her personal demons.
"If you are not yet out on who you are, I would pity yourself because you are not ready yet, and I would take action every day," she said.
After wrapping up its lengthy Las Vegas residency next spring, the Triple Threat is set to return to the film industry, teaming up with "Alien" director Ridley Scott for a new film about the Gucci family and the murder of the Gucci's grandson. founder of the fashion empire, Guccio Gucci.
