THE FAME KILLS: Lady Gaga, Famous Transsexual
Eating For Free
Joan Summers and Matthew Lawson
4.8 • 535 Ratings
🗓️ 24 October 2024
⏱️ 95 minutes
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Summary
In our finale to THE FAME KILLS series, we explore Lady Gaga's connection with the gay community and the scandal that rocked her early days in the press.
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Hosted by journalists Joan Summers and Matthew Lawson, Eating For Free is a weekly podcast that explores gossip and power in the pop culture landscape: Where it comes from, who wields it, and who suffers at the hands of it. Find out the stories behind the stories, as together they look beyond the headlines of troublesome YouTubers or scandal-ridden A-Listers, and delve deep into the inner workings of Hollywood's favorite pastime. The truth, they've found, is definitely stranger than any gossip.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | No? |
| 0:01.0 | Because you're not worried that they'll just check out the sexual references and not care about |
| 0:06.3 | music. |
| 0:07.3 | Is that something about you? |
| 0:08.3 | No. |
| 0:09.3 | Not at all. |
| 0:10.3 | I've got three number one records and I've sold almost 4 million albums worldwide. |
| 0:14.9 | So what's the biggest thrill of your career so far? |
| 0:18.5 | The gay community. |
| 0:19.5 | Oh, wow. |
| 0:20.5 | Why can you? Because I love them so much. Because they don't ask them. your career so far? The gay community. Oh, wow. Why? |
| 0:21.6 | Because I love them so much, because they don't ask me questions like that. |
| 0:26.6 | Because they love sexual, strong women who speak their mind. |
| 0:31.6 | You see, if I was a guy and I was sitting here at the cigarette in my hand, grabbing my crotch |
| 0:36.6 | and talking about how I make music because I love fast cars and fucking girls. |
| 0:42.5 | You'd call me a rock star. |
| 0:44.9 | But when I do it in my music and in my videos, because I'm a female, because I make pop music, you are judgmental. |
| 0:54.0 | And you say that it is distracting. I'm just a rock star. |
| 1:00.5 | Are you also a feminist? I'm not a feminist. I hail men. I love men. I celebrate American male |
| 1:08.5 | culture and beer and bars and and muscle cars. |
| 1:13.6 | But that's not what you asked me. |
| 1:15.6 | You asked me if my music was distracted by my sexuality and it's not. |
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