Lady Gaga’s body may or may not look slightly different lately. That’s her business. Who cares? Oh, wait: The tabloid papers and gossip sites do. Reports claim that she’s “piled on 30 pounds” and has a “fuller figure.” But what’s piling on is the bullshit: Body scrutiny like this is cruel and pointless.
First of all, when the artist stepped on to the scene in 2008, no one noticed her body. The buzz was about her outrageous style and catchy songs; her physique wasn’t worth mentioning. Slender, sure, but not what the tabloids call “scary skinny”; a dancer, not one of those ladies in the Hollywood bones show. As she became more and more famous, she slimmed down, as one would expect, since she was touring, making videos, constantly on the go. She began to be questioned about her body… and also began volunteering personal information about her physique. In 2010, Gaga was dating Luc Carl, who wrote a book called The Drunk Diet; the same year, she told New York magazine that “pop stars should not eat.” In 2011 she explained:
“I am on the drunk diet,” Gaga said. “I live my life as I want to, creatively. I like to drink whiskey and stuff while I am working. But the deal is I’ve got to work out every day, and I work out hung over if I am hung over. And it’s about the cross-training and keeping yourself inspired. I have to say, I do a ton of yoga.”
In February of this year, she spoke openly about her bulimic teenage days:
“I used to throw up all the time in high school. So I’m not that confident,” said Gaga. “I wanted to be a skinny little ballerina but I was a voluptuous little Italian girl whose dad had meatballs on the table every night.”
She also admitted:
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