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Celeb News: L.A. Reid: "Why I dropped Gaga"
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L.A. Reid: "Why I dropped Gaga"
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
He’s signed pop superstars Usher, Pink, Justin Bieber and Rihanna, but music mogul and “The X Factor” judge L.A. Reid says there’s one monstrous artist he regrets letting slip through the cracks.
“This artist came to my office… she played piano, she had on white go-go boots – like, all the way up to here, thigh high boots — she sat down at that piano, she played and she sang,” L.A. told Access Hollywood’s Shaun Robinson during a new interview in Los Angeles on Tuesday. “When she was done, I said, ‘You are an amazing artist, a true star, and you will change music,’ and I signed her. Her name was Lady Gaga.
“Then, a few months later, I got her demos, and it was a work in progress, and I was having a bad day. I’m telling you, I was having a bad day,” he continued. “And I said, ‘You know what? I really don’t like it. Let her have her freedom, let her go find her career.’ It was the worst thing I’ve ever done.”
Though the former Island Def Jam Music Group chairman still regrets his decision to release the “You and I” singer, the discovery of a then-unknown Canadian teen helped to cushion the blow.
“I felt bad, but I swear to you, like a month later Justin Bieber came and redeemed me, so, you know, I survived it all,” L.A. told Shaun, of signing the then-14-year-old “Baby” singer shortly after sending Lady Gaga packing. “But I’m a little bit jealous, because the Twitter following, for example, the biggest ones are Bieber and Lady Gaga, so I would have felt like the king of the world! Instead I felt like half the king.”
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His timeline doesn't really make sense, but okay.  "I was having a bad day"???? Really???
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“I felt bad, but I swear to you, like a month later Justin Bieber came and redeemed me, so, you know, I survived it all,”
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Originally posted by Wilkes
He's so illiterate.
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the twitter following 
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Not surprising at all. What a cheap excuse to use Justin Bieber to comfort himself for dropping Gaga, though. We all know, including him, what will happen to his sales when today's 14-year-olds are 20. He'll forever regret dropping her.
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"It was the worst thing I’ve ever done."
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"It was the worst thing I’ve ever done.”
Imagine having both Gaga and Bieber signed to your label, though...
At least he's honest. 
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He was having a bad day!??
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Originally posted by Hustle.
"It was the worst thing I’ve ever done."
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Pretty much.
It's great that he got Justin Bieber, but who's career will last in the long run?
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Originally posted by Hustle.
"It was the worst thing I’ve ever done."
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Such a shocking statement.
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Not surprising at all. What a cheap excuse to use Justin Bieber to comfort himself for dropping Gaga, though. We all know, including him, what will happen to his sales when today's 14-year-olds are 20. He'll forever regret dropping her.
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We can also say this about little monsters.
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"It was the worst thing I've ever done"
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“I felt bad, but I swear to you, like a month later Justin Bieber came and redeemed me, so, you know, I survived it all,”
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Because trading Lady Gaga for Justin Bieber is, in fact, a good deal in the end. 
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What kind of reason is that?
Lol @ him only regretting it because of her success.
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I'm glad she did get dropped tho, things happen for a reason. She has allot of freedom at Interscope, it was LADY GAGA who created the brand. I really doubt she would have been this big with another label.
Before someone says she might have even bigger... I highly doubt that ********.
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This why I don't use him on X-Factor.
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