Lady Gaga's former tour manager David Ciemny revealed this week that Gaga, whose real name is Stefani Germonatta, was hospitalized 6 times in 2009 due to her radical diet.
Ciemny claims that Lady Gaga goes to extreme measures to fit into her outrageous stage costumes. "When I say she was sick, I mean physically and mentally," David revealed in the new book, "Poker Face: The Rise and Rise of Lady Gaga."
David, who went on tour with Lady Gaga, claims the singer would binge on junk food, then not eat for weeks to fit into her elaborate wardrobe, one time losing 20 pounds between fittings. Below is a video of Lady Gaga, performing in Cleveland wearing one of her costumes.
David's wife Angela Ciemny also revealed strange behavior from the "Bad Romance" singer, claiming Lady Gaga would constantly require her presence. "I would say, ‘Gaga, I have a husband to go home to. I'll be in the room next door,'" Angela claimed.
"She'd call and text me, ‘I miss you, Ange, can you come back?' So I would," Angela continued. "We literally would do our make-up together every morning and get ready for bed together at night."
According to RadarOnline, Lady Gaga, 24, has revealed in the past that she battles with her insecurity. The singer also claims that she dabbles in cocaine once in awhile.
Check out more photos of Lady Gaga's costume choices below. What are your thoughts on Lady Gaga being hospitalized 6 times due to her dangerous diet? Leave your comments below.
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i mean...it sure as shit doesnt LOOK like she starves herself haha. she's got some chub on her AND IM NOT SAYING THAT IN A BAD WAY. personally i think its refreshing to look at her in a bikini and not see her rib cage, but instead a curvy figure and evidence of a few beers
"She's got some chub on her"? Are you seeing the same person I'm seeing? She is definitely the farthest from "chub" or anything remotely resembling that. She's just a few pounds away from being skeletal, and she was skeletal just a few months ago. Not to mention that she has passed out several times throughout her tour. I actually believe that the claims about her are indeed true, as it goes right in line with her inexplicably shrinking frame, and her own confessions of insecurities. She admits to having been taunted for her weight and looks throughout her high school years, it's no surprise that she still bears the psychological scars of those taunts, as do many people who have had to put up with school bullying. And to all the blind Gaga fanatics below ready to declare anyone not singing her high praises a "hater", I'd like to point out that a "hater" would write disparaging things about Gaga to put her in a bad light. This book merely points out how self-destructive Gaga is being, but in no way does it portray her as a bad person. And considering the woman herself just admitted to snorting cocaine "a couple times a year" (yeah, right), it doesn't sound out of the ordinary at all that she would go to the extremes that she is said to have gone to all in the name of vanity. She sounds like an emotionally disturbed person, someone's who's in constant need of reassurance. I sincerely hope she seeks psychological help for her personal problems, because it seems that she's liable to go down the path of Janis Joplin and Kurt Cobain, two other people with deep-rooted insecurities that played a huge role in their early demise. I admit that I am not a fan of her music, and I do find her a bit overrated, but as a fellow human being I really wish her the best. I never want to wake up reading headlines of her being found dead in her hotel room of an apparent drug overdose.
i feel so bad honestly......she's caving in to pressures from her record company to lose weight so she'll fit their "image" that their pushing of her. Honestly, i liked her look from poker face, paparazzi, lovegame, and just dance, when she actually looked healthy and beautiful; but now she's skinny, unhealthy, and i really hope she gets help because she seems like such a sweet person, even if she is very erratic.
the thought of her being fat has never occured to me. she looks great
I agree, people have a tendency to embellish. They probably only know part of the story, and came up with their own conclusions from pieces. Gaga had always been honest and open about what she goes through, so, untill I hear it from her, I remain a skeptic.
sounds like she has an eating disorder, and body image problems. check out www.diet-myths.com if you want to learn how to lose weight and be HEALTHY
Gaga is refreshingly open and honest, so I suspect that if these stories were true, we would have heard it from her. Her former manager is clearly trying to make a buck off of her, and to do so, the stories about her need to be compelling (a.k.a. fabricated). Hugs and Love to my grrl Gaga forever! There are a lot of haters out there.
I'm about the same size as Gaga, in terms of thinness, but I eat constantly (3 big meals a day plus a couple of snacks). It's a matter of eating healthy foods-- no fast food and lots of veggies and lean protein like beans and lentils. But that requires a lot of planning ahead, which is difficult to do when one is really busy and I'm sure she's constantly on the run and working. She needs to put some healthy food on her tour rider and then take it on the bus with her so she can eat after the show and in the morning. I'm guessing she skips the good meals at the venue because it's right before she performs and no one wants to eat right before that. I wish her all the best, and I'm confident she'll get it together, but her tour manager is going to have to step up to the plate and help her.
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