Lady Gaga 'Not Fooling Me, She Was Not A Misfit' - Former Classmate Claims
Posted on Sep 08, 2010 @ 01:45PM
Born Stefani Germanotta, she has evolved into the most iconic pop star of the 21st century known as Lady Gaga, but some people are stepping forward to claim her image is a hoax.
In Maureen Callahan’s much-anticipated tell-all book, Poker Face: The Rise and Rise of Lady Gaga, former classmates knock Gaga, saying she was not the “freak” she says she was but that she was “normal.”
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“When she says in interviews, ‘I live and breathe fashion’ – she may be fooling other people, but she’s not fooling me,” said Jon Sheldrick who knew Gaga when she attended New York University.
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“I don’t mean to sound demeaning, but she was really normal. She wasn’t super-outspoken or into really edgy clothes. She was wearing T-shirts and sweatpants and sh*t. She was not a misfit.”
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The book goes on to describe Gaga as a “fresh-faced girl, perpetually smiling, surrounded by other, perpetually smiling young girls” during her years at Covent of the Sacred Heart, an exclusive all-girls Catholic school also attended by Paris and Nicky Hilton.
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“I’m a friend of hers on Facebook still; she still has her original profile up. She only has, like, four hundred friends,” said Seth Kallen, fellow musician at NYU.
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“At first it was like, half her Lady Gaga pictures and half normal pictures. I remember having a sort of revelation – ‘Wait a minute, she’s getting extremely famous.’ And I checked her Facebook profile, and the normal pictures disappeared.”
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One former schoolmate even goes so far as to describe Gaga as “a very suburban, friendly, social party girl.”
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“I would hate for that to be an image,” college student Gavin Dell said of Gaga. “My worst nightmare…is that that’s an image. It seems so genuine. I hope to God it’s true.
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It is sad to think she has to act and dress so obnoxious to get noticed. She will never hold a candle up to real female talent, such as PJ Harvey, Bjork, Tori Amos or Kate Bush. Just fade way, you're like a bad trend.
Posted Thu, 09/09/2010 - 6:35am
She's an entertainer! Of course she has changed. Here is a novel idea....How about transforming those flapjacks into something less gross.
Posted Thu, 09/09/2010 - 1:39am
She's sooo gross. She gives me the creeps. She belongs in a circus side show, freak show. ACK!
Posted Thu, 09/09/2010 - 12:41am
It's kinda like how Marilyn Manson was a normal dorky kid before he became a total freak to be rich and famous! You can find a whole bunch of these people that cashed-in their dignity for fame.
Posted Thu, 09/09/2010 - 12:12am
I remember when it was Nirvana vs Pearl Jam and I found out Eddie Vedder lived in a nice neighborhood, was a cheerleader etc... singing like he grew up in the slums... I was all anti PJ after that lol
Posted Wed, 09/08/2010 - 9:51pm
She was NORMAL?? (gasp!) Deal breaker! Quick, delete my LG songs from my iTunes! Seriously tho, she’s changing & evolving as an artist & person (aren’t we all?) So sad these people are selling her out. Hope she deletes this dude from her FB
Posted Wed, 09/08/2010 - 7:27pm
its freking lady gaga who cares what she was like before shes talented!
Posted Wed, 09/08/2010 - 4:55pm
I guess these people think they know how someone else feels, and don't college students usually wear sweats and t- shirts. Everyone needs to get their 5 minutes I guess!
Posted Wed, 09/08/2010 - 3:29pm
Answer me this, everyone who went through high school and college at one time or another felt like a freak or a misfit, if they say they never felt that way their LYING!!!!
Posted Wed, 09/08/2010 - 2:47pm