Lady Gaga gives candid interview being raped as a teenager
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While promoting The Hunting Ground, a documentary on campus rape, she told TalkTimes on Thursday: 'The only person in this scenario that can heal you is yourself, and that is the complicated process.'
Gaga, now 29, said she kept the harrowing incident to herself for years, admitting she didn't know how to cope with the emotional turmoil.
'I didn't tell anyone for I think seven years,' she explained.
'I didn't know how to even think about it, I didn't know how to accept it, I didn't know how to not blame myself or think it was my fault. It was something that really changed my life. It changed who I was completely. It changed my body, it changed thoughts.'
Gaga also admitted there were times she blamed herself for the attack.
She shared: 'After it happened, I'm like, 'But what did I do in my life to bring this upon myself?' There was some sort of maybe religious guilt attached to it that I had somehow inspired the violence.
my biggest fear is being raped. I know I wouldn't survive. It's great she talks about it. Especially for women who went through the same thing. Strong women
Does anyone else low-key cringe when she says things like "I'm a new yorkerr I'll knock yo' teeth in!" and "You don't want to meet me in an alleyway."?
Does anyone else low-key cringe when she says things like "I'm a new yorkerr I'll knock yo' teeth in!" and "You don't want to meet me in an alleyway."?
It just seems so... out of place and contrived.
i know what u mean. i think its a form of protection. like often times ppl who have suffered abuse try to put up a tough frunt to protect themselves. sort of like what Rih did during the Rated R/Hard era and Gaga sometimes does in interviews. I was bullied as a kid for a couple of months and then I rebuilt myself as a super tough person so that no one could ever hurt me again. it's a form of verbal protection I suppose.
Does anyone else low-key cringe when she says things like "I'm a new yorkerr I'll knock yo' teeth in!" and "You don't want to meet me in an alleyway."?
It just seems so... out of place and contrived.
I don't think that drawing focus away from the topic in order to criticize her attitude (as perceived by you) is appropriate in this particular context.
Does anyone else low-key cringe when she says things like "I'm a new yorkerr I'll knock yo' teeth in!" and "You don't want to meet me in an alleyway."?
It just seems so... out of place and contrived.
She's always been that way honestly. I noticed it when she talked to Howard Stern, in an interview. She said if she was in a bar and if you'd talk to her that way she'd punch you in the face It's just the way she is.
Just keep noticing the continued similarities, that's all.
similarities between Madonna's rape experience and Gaga's? of course it's similar. sexual abuse is often experienced the same way. in their case they were violated as young girls by a man. isn't that how the majority of rape cases go?
similarities between Madonna's rape experience and Gaga's? of course it's similar. sexual abuse is often experienced the same way. in their case they were violated as young girls by a man. isn't that how the majority of rape cases go?
Oh! Mess.
Not sure how Madonna being sexually assaulted has anything to do with Gaga's experience either. I'm sure Madonna wouldn't make light of it. It happens to a lot of women in the industry, and tbqfh we don't even know all that much about the men in the industry besides the kids in boy groups. It's a serious issue, but of course on ATRL we can make light of it.
my biggest fear is being raped. I know I wouldn't survive. It's great she talks about it. Especially for women who went through the same thing. Strong women 
It's just the way she is.
