Once upon a time, at the start of her career, the Applause hitmaker was championed by gossip blogger Perez Hilton. But all courtships of convenience must come to an end, and the pair had a bitter feud. Predictably, Perez thinks the main reason they fell out was because fame changed her. He wasn't being an ass at all.
The blogger, real name Mario Lavandeira Jr, claims he was hanging out with Gaga in Sydney, Australia when they fell out and she was taking part in a special he was filming, which included a cooking demonstration with the 28-year-old star.
During a recent appearance on Australian talk show Mornings, he told hosts Sonia Kruger and David Campbell: "Actually, all the drama went down in Australia in the summer of 2011. She proceeded to get obliterated drunk, drinking Jameson, and she was a surprisingly functioning drunk woman."
He insists he was sober during the interview and Gaga became upset over a question about her song Judas and another question regarding her boyfriend.
He said: "The [question] framing made her real angry. The fact that I brought up her boyfriend made her livid and she stormed off the set and stopped the interview."
When asked if he thought it was the alcohol which made her react the way she did, he replied: "No, I think it was fame that just poisoned her. She had an album Fame Monster, her second album, and she became consumed by that which she was fascinated about. You know, fame can be a very deadly drug and it has damaged her personally."
Perez now claims he has "zero interest" in being friends with her again and insists he doesn't need people like her in his life, which is ironic given his career of choice.
He added: "I think she has unfortunately become a victim of this character she created. Instead of being an artist she became this freak and this cartoon character and so unrelateable to people."
People in glass houses and so on...
