Lady Gaga Pours Drink Over Man Who Accuses Her Of Being A Hermaphrodite

[romantico]

Posted: 1/5/10 at 9:04pm

You Go Girl!!!


LADY GaGa reportedly threw a drink over a homophobic man who made offensive comments to her in a nightclub in Canada.

The singer, known for her outrageous costumes and risque comments, was allegedly in an Ottawa club with friends when an unnamed male made anti-gay remarks to her and fellow singer Adam Lambert, who is gay.

According to the National Enquirer newspaper in the US, he accused GaGa of being a man and called Lambert a derogatory word.

"Well, that's your opinion, isn't it? And I'm not about to waste my time trying to change it," GaGa is reported as saying.

The male then reportedly called the pair "freaks" and said they were going to hell, to which GaGa replied: "Okay, that's it. Call me anything you want, but when you start calling my friends names, it's over - it's war!"

Gaga, who is touring Australia in March and April, apparently then poured a drink over his head and made a quick exit from the venue.

GaGa, who has had to defend claims she is a hermaphrodite in August, has previously been an advocate of gay rights and urged President Obama to enforce equal rights at a recent march in Washington.

http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/lady-gaga-pours-drink-over-man-who-accuses-her-of-being-a-hermaphrodite/story-e6frfn09-1225816448040

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 1/5/10 at 9:08pm

I love Gaga's LGBT advocacy but when you start throwing drinks you are stooping to the level of the ignorant behavior. It's not classy and doesn't put anyone in a good light, but it makes the papers, which I'm sure is what she wanted.

[Q]

Posted: 1/5/10 at 9:16pm

Not to mention giving credence to the thought that it really is an insult - which it isn't.

I get the impulse, but that isn't noteworthy - at least to me.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 1/5/10 at 9:19pm

My first instinct was that her pouring the drink implied she was insulted, but that's not how I read it. I think ""Well, that's your opinion, isn't it? And I'm not about to waste my time trying to change it" is a fine response.

And why shouldn't she have poured a drink on him? When, oh when, has turning the other cheek ever really worked out for the one in the right?

[Yero]

Posted: 1/5/10 at 9:19pm

This story was originally printed in the National Enquirer. The words exchanged are completely ridiculous. I'm thinking this story isn't true.

[Q]

Posted: 1/5/10 at 9:20pm

Well, there was that one night in 2007 when I 'turned the other cheek', and I can't think of any way to describe the result than EXTRAORDINARY!

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 1/5/10 at 9:23pm

It's fine to throw a drink, but then you have given consent to whatever violence ensues. Throwing a drink is a violent act and ups the ante from an ignorant remark to an action.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 1/5/10 at 9:24pm

The National Enquirer usually prints true things. They have for years. They broke the John Edwards scandal.

[JohnBoy2]

Posted: 1/5/10 at 9:33pm

The National Enquirer is the only newspaper that does investigative reporting. Every other "news" source is just editorial, or reports what TMZ and The Enquirer find.

[ghostlight2]

Posted: 1/5/10 at 9:36pm

"Not to mention giving credence to the thought that it really is an insult - which it isn't".

No, it isn't of course, Q, but the man who said it clearly intended to be taken as one.

If this story is true, Lady Gaga initially tried to ignore the taunter, and threw a drink on him. Good for her.

"Throwing a drink is a violent act and ups the ante from an ignorant remark to an action".

Throwing a drink, unless you're throwing the glass with it, is not a violent act. It gets someone wet. Big deal. If he was harassing her, he had that and more coming.

PS: I can't stand Lady Gaga.

[romantico]

Posted: 1/5/10 at 9:38pm

The National Inquirer broke the John Edwards scandal,reported Tiger Woods was cheating about 2 years ago and The Rush Limbaugh Oxycontin story. The Inquirer no longer has the reputation they once had,even though many of their stories are reported on from "un-named sources" and here say. I find the Enquirer way more reliable than some other news sources like Fox News for example(then again I find Mad Magazine more reliable than Fox)

[Q]

Posted: 1/5/10 at 9:39pm

"Throwing a drink, unless you're throwing the glass with it, is not a violent act."

I disagree. Unwanted interference with your physical being is an act of agression, no matter what is involved.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 1/5/10 at 9:41pm

Aggression and violence aren't always one and the same, though.

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 1/5/10 at 9:43pm

Actually, both legally and according to Websters, throwing a drink is violence-an act of aggression with the intention to damage, injure or abuse. Also, an action intended to cause pain or suffering.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 1/5/10 at 9:50pm

Fine. Then so was the guy calling her a hermaphrodite. It was self-defense on her part, then.

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 1/5/10 at 9:52pm

Phyllis. I love you :) Actually in the article it says that she said she doesn't care what people call her, but she threw the drink b/c the guy called Adam Lambert a derogatory word, so the headline is a bit misleading.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 1/5/10 at 9:53pm

Well, she was defending an act of violence against Adam, then!

I don't even LIKE these performers!

[Q]

Posted: 1/5/10 at 9:56pm

Sticks and stones, blah blah blah.

Words are words - a line was crossed when physical reality was altered.

[Bettyboy72]

Posted: 1/5/10 at 9:57pm

Gosh Phyllis, I can only imagine how you'd defend a performer you did like

[Craww]

Posted: 1/5/10 at 10:00pm

Assuming this story is true...

The headline is stupid. It implies she poured a drink on him because of the insult, which makes her come off poorly. The story itself implies it was because he was repeatedly harassing her with a bevy of homophobic insults. In which case, well played Lady Gaga.

Even if throwing a drink counts as violence I don't think it's an invitation to legitimately violent retaliation, because no one in their right mind would say "she started it!" if the guy went on to beat the living hell out of her.

[Q]

Posted: 1/5/10 at 10:04pm

I don't excuse agression on any level - so no, I wouldn't defend his actions.

She let her anger get carried away, that's all. Is it a big deal? Hardly - and anyone who would try to use it as an excuse for escalating violence was prone that way to begin with.

However, I wouldn't mind a youtube of something like this leading to a full-blown TURNING POINT assault.

[snl89]

Posted: 1/5/10 at 10:31pm

I maybe mostly just love her for coming to Adam's defense like that :P

I do think throwing a drink on him probably wasn't the most mature way she could have handled it, but I certainly understand her motives! The guy was being an a*hole, to both her AND Adam.

She could have done it in a classier way, but I definitely admire her standing up to that kind of bigotry.

Updated On: 1/5/10 at 10:31 PM

[PalJoey]

Posted: 1/5/10 at 10:31pm

Is pouring a drink over someone's head less aggressive and/or violent than throwing said drink in his face?

Which did she do, anyway? Throw it or pour it?

[ghostlight2]

Posted: 1/5/10 at 10:53pm

"according to Websters, throwing a drink is violence-an act of aggression with the intention to damage, injure or abuse. Also, an action intended to cause pain or suffering".

Honestly? Websters discusses throwing a drink as an act of violence? Oh, the pain, the suffering and abuse of getting dampened! And just how does someone get damaged or injured by a thrown drink?

"Words are words - a line was crossed when physical reality was altered"

The line was crossed when the guy wouldn't leave her alone.

And kinda what Phyllis said: ever heard of "fighting words"? (Phyl, you know we're in trouble again, coming down on the same side of an issue. Plus, I can't stand either of those performers either).
Fighting words.

[Q]

Posted: 1/5/10 at 11:14pm

I have no interest in either of them - the only reason I know of them is because of what's been written here and elsewhere. I wouldn't know their music if I stumbled over it.

And yes, I DO make a distinction between verbal volleys and crossing the threshold into something that actually contains physical agression - I don't care if she threw feathers at him. It's an agressive act that takes it to the next level.

To take up your point, of course I've heard of 'fighting words' - they're intended to provoke the OTHER person into an agressive act. And she took the bait.