Lady Gaga has appeared in an honest and revealing interview about her late teenage years and her battle with a cocaine habit.
The 25-year-old sat down with The Conversation’s Amanda de Cadenet to talk about how her decision to pursue music at 19 years old led her to a period of depression, loneliness and an addiction to cocaine.
She also talked about love, sex, marriage and how she doesn’t have a home. She said:
“I was very depressed when I was 19 because I decided to pursue music, decided to drop out of school, told my parents I didn’t want any money from them. I got three jobs, and I just hit the ground running, did it on my own. And I would go back to my apartment every day and I would just sit there. It was quiet and it was lonely. It was still. It was just my piano and myself.”
“I had a television and I would leave it on all the time just to feel like somebody was hanging out with me. And especially during the period when I was doing cocaine. It was like the drug was my friend. And I never did it with other people. It’s such a terrible way to fill that void, because it just adds to that void, really, because it’s not real. It’s endless and at a certain point, I just began to feel sick.”
“I sort of f**king woke up one day and was like, ‘You’re an a**hole. You’re not an artist. If you were a real f**king artist, you’d be focused on your music. You wouldn’t be spending your money on the white devil.'”
“There’s this perception and romanticism around the drug, that it’s sexy or that it’s so artistic or that your troubled and you’re going to make great music, when really, you’re just a f**king loser. I just stopped and focused 150 per cent of my energy on my happiness.”‘
You can watch the full interview here.
Last week we shared another video from The Conversation where Gwyneth Paltrow talked about her battle with postnatal depression and dealing with the loss of her father. You can view that video here.
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i dont buy her BS. just last year she was glorifying drugs and saying that she was an adult and could do what she wanted and it helped her write her music, so what is the truth?
"A little mdma [ecstasy] once in a while never killed anybody, but I really don't do drugs. I don't touch cocaine any more. I don't smoke. well, maybe a single cigarette - with whiskey - while I'm working, because it just frees my mind a little bit..."
She's an idiot, a little ecstasy never killed anybody? I'm sure Anna Wood's parents would have something to say about that. I think she's a terrible role model and a notorious liar about her past. She glorifies being comfortable with herself, yet, before she became noticed she was looking lovely singing in piano bars showing off her real talent that was undistracted by her stupidity.
She began to get attention because she started dressing stupid FOR attention and who she TRULY was ceased to exist.
I call bullshit on Lady Gaga.
Wow...
lol well Jess, she's in her mid twenties, she's a multimillionaire, she's extremely talented and hardworking and her music makes a difference in the world.
I think you also have to take into account the degree that the media twists and edits the context in which things are said.
She may say some dumb shit but I think that is far outweighed by the good work she does in areas such as AIDS and bullying and gay rights.
What have you done that is even remotely as impressive as that?
I love her. She's SO mature for her age and wise beyond her years. When Madonna accused her of being 'reductive' and copying her that was really not called for and she should take a leaf out of her book and use her message for good.
Anyway, I'm loving these conversation videos, they are so raw and honest. Cannot wait until I see Gaga when she comes to Sydney in June.