Well, whether it is or isn't about Gaga, that is what happened. Gaga did sabotage herself by putting out messages and meanings that went WAY over the heads of the general population. For instance, people related a song that was about falling in love with the wrong guy for you, to having sex with the man who betrayed Jesus. Why was that, I wonder? Hmm.
And yes, that was their literal interpretation of the lyrics.