Lady Gaga and Perez Hilton | 34

Diss and Tell

Wondery

Society & Culture, Comedy

4.2 • 777 Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

When Perez Hilton invited the then-rising star Lady Gaga to his 2008 Las Vegas Fourth of July bash, he couldn't have predicted that she would rocket to stardom and transform into his arch-nemesis. From besties to battling it out on Twitter, the friendship of these pop culture icons spectacularly imploded. This episode delves into their dramatic fallout and examines how social media can serve as a battleground where supporters become soldiers in the online battle.

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0:00.0	A listener note, this episode includes strong language.
0:09.5	All right, off the top of your head, give me three Lady Gaga facts.
0:13.9	Three Lady Gaga facts.
0:15.2	Yeah.
0:16.0	One, Stephanie Germanata is her real name.
0:18.6	Correct.
0:19.4	Number two, I have eaten at her family's restaurant.
0:23.7	What is it called?
0:25.0	Joans, I think.
0:25.9	Yes.
0:27.1	Number three, people at NYU never thought she would be famous.
0:32.2	Yeah, she did have that Facebook page that said, like, Stephanie Germanada, you will never be famous.
0:37.8	Bizarred.
0:38.3	Gay people love to bring that out.
0:40.6	Here's the thing.
0:41.4	The one fact that you conveniently forgot to mention is that about a decade ago, Lady Gaga broke
0:48.3	her hip.
0:49.0	Did you know this?
0:50.2	I do remember this.
0:51.9	Yeah, it was a big thing.
0:53.5	She was on a world tour for her album, Born This Way.
0:57.4	And if you don't know, it's a very, like, intense, kind of physical, rigorous tour that she was on.
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