Lady Gaga Bravely Opened Up About Her Rape At Last Night’s Billboard Women In Music Event
We’ve always thought that Lady Gaga was a pretty amazing lady, but after she bravely opened up about getting raped in her teens at the Billboard’s 10th Annual Women in Music awards last night – well, we pretty much think she’s superhuman.
The singer – who walked home with the Woman of the Year award – spoke to those folks at TalkTimes about the background to her song, ‘Til It Happens To You’, which highlights the pain of sexual assault.
“I didn’t know how to even think about it, I didn’t know how to accept it, I didn’t know how to not blame myself or think it was my fault. It was something that really changed my life. It changed who I was completely. It changed my body, it changed thoughts.”
“After it happened, I’m like 'But what did I do in my life to bring this upon myself?’ There was some sort of maybe religious guilt attached to it that I had somehow inspired the violence. Because of the way that I dress, and the way that I’m provocative as a person, I thought that I had brought it on myself in some way - that it was my fault.”
“When somebody says to me, 'Oh, that happened to you?’ 'Oh, did that damage you?’ I’m thinking to myself, 'You don’t know who the f**k I am now! You don’t want to meet me in an alleyway. What I’ve been through.”
"You can own your pain and it can be a good part of you.”
Gaga – who this week got nominated for a Grammy AND a Golden Globe – also said that she was speaking out about it for the benefit of her young fans:
“I’m here because when I look out onto the sea of beautiful young faces that I get to sing and dance for, I see a lot of people who have secrets that are killing them.”
“We don’t want you to keep your pain inside and let it rot like an old apple on your counter, you know? It’s like, just get rid of all that trash. Let’s get rid of it together.”
What a lady, huh?
Just two days ago Lady Gaga received the ‘Best Actress In A Mini-Series Or TV Movie’ nomination for her role in American Horror Story: Hotel.
The iconic star will be going up against some acting legends, including Kirsten Dunst, Felicity Huffman and Queen Latifah.
