Last Saturday, Lady Gaga visited the Brentwood School in Los Angeles for a young women’s conference, which was titled “It’s Our Turn,” as a mystery guest. In doing so, Gaga spoke of her experiences with being bullied and suffering from bulimia as a teenager. However, Gaga doesn’t go into nearly as much detail as Diane Keaton in struggling with bulimia, which makes me skeptical as to whether Gaga was actually bulimic. If you told me that she suffered from, say, exercise bulimia (or anorexia) today, I’d believe it … simply for the simple fact that Gaga lost a significant amount of weight in between her first and second albums. However, I tend to view Gaga as having an (all-seeing) eye towards her self-crafted “Born This Way” image, and perhaps that makes me think that she’s less than sincere when painting a picture of her past. I could be entirely wrong though, so let’s have Gaga’s words speak for themselves:

On Being Bullied: “I started having trouble with girls in middle school. I always knew that I wanted to do something very career oriented, and I always wanted to be a musician. That alone set me apart. I had such strong convictions and I was pretty delusional, in the same way that I am now … in wanting to change the world and end bullying in America and do whatever I can to promote peace around the world. It might sound kind of silly coming from someone in red lipstick with a bunch of jewels on my jacke. But that’s just the way I have always been. Being excluded is painful.

“It wasn’t until my senior year in high school when I finally confronted my main bully. She was always kind of mean to me, but I was always trying to be nice to her. And I said, ‘I am always nice to you. What is your problem with me? Maybe if you just tell me, we can figure this out.’ And she said something like ‘Well, I just don’t know why you’re so serious about music.’”

On Being Bulimic: “I used to throw up all the time in high school. So I’m not that confident. And maybe it’s easier for me to talk about it now because I don’t do it anymore. I wanted to be a skinny little ballerina but I was a voluptuous little Italian girl whose dad had meatballs on the table every night. I used to come home and say, ‘Dad, why do you always give us this food? I need to be thin.’ And he’d say, ‘Eat your spaghetti.’ It’s really hard, But … you’ve got to talk to somebody about it.”

Weight Is Still A Struggle: “Every video I’m in, every magazine cover, they stretch you’ they make you perfect. It’s not real life. I’m gonna say this about girls: The dieting wars have got to stop. Everyone just knock it off. Because at the end of the day, it’s affecting kids your age. And it’s making girls sick.”

On Bulimia’s Effects: “It made my voice bad, so I had to stop. The acid on your vocal chords — it’s very bad. But for those of you who don’t sing, you maybe don’t have that excuse until it’s too late. It’s very dangerous.”

On Self Esteem: “I’m encouraging you to know what you’re worth. And know that no matter who has more money in class, who has more stuff, who has a country house – nobody is worth more than anybody else.”

[From Huffington Post]

I like that Gaga is admitting to her young, impressionable fans that even her own videos and photoshoots are merely an illusion. The thing about Gaga is that everything is supposedly an illusion, so I have mixed feelings on the stances she’s expressed within this interview. Naturally, I agree that bullying is an excruciating experience for any child or teenager, but it’s also something of of a rite of passage as long as no valid, long-lasting harm is occurring. Learning to get along with a-holes is a part of life, right? Yes, bullying is a problem, and I too used to live in fear of the school bus ride home during middle school, but it seems like a disproportionate amount of celebrities are making an issue of bullying merely to explain their own (adult) behavior away. In Gaga’s case, I fear that she’s using her so-called experiences with bullying to sell records. With that said, it kills me to think of my own child being bullied even though I know it’s probably just a matter of time before it’s time to deal with that matter.

In other Gaga news, she’s unleashed her try-hard male alter ego, Jo Calderone, once again (photos here) for the most recent installment of the “You and I” fashion series. One of the photos features Gaga’s (mostly SFW) taped-up boobs. Presumably, that’s a pointed joke towards those hermaphrodite rumors from a few years back because — let’s face it — Gaga doesn’t have anything new to show us.

Gaga in B/W outfit at Tokyo Narita International Airport on 12/23/11; Gaga in gold outfit departing for NYE 2012 Performance in Times Square on 12/31; Photos courtesy of WENN.

I know many of you have probably seen this already, but I just couldn’t help myself. This is the official concert poster for Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way Ball” tour. Seriously, this is the poster. This is how Gaga presents herself. And if the poster is any indication, this is how her concert will feel too. Like your high school’s sponsored haunted house. Moms peeled grapes and you have to stick your hands in the bowl to feel the “eyeballs”. Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” is playing in the background. For Lady Gaga, every day is Halloween. Anyway, Gaga is currently confirming concert dates, so if you’re interested, just go to her Twitter to see if she’s coming to play near you.

Additionally, just before the Super Bowl, Gaga did a photo shoot with Terry Richardson – I’m including the football-themed photos here. Actually, it’s just one photo (Gaga was pro-Giants), and one photo of Gaga on a motorcycle. Meh.

Gaga is expected to perform at the Grammys this Sunday – there’s actually a report that she’ll be opening AND closing the ceremony, which… I’m not sure I believe. Most Grammy predictors (seriously, people predict the Grammys?) say Gaga and Beyonce are both going to lose big to Adele. Which I’m sure will cause another nasty kafuffle amongst the anti-Adele monsters. Hopefully, if the monsters go after Adele again, Gaga will actually practice what she preaches and shut it down.

Photos courtesy of Gaga’s Twitter and Terry’s Diary.

*Note: The above photo is from New Year’s Eve – Taylor Kinney is seen trailing behind Lady Gaga’s entourage.

Lady Gaga and Taylor Kinney have apparently been “dating” ever since they met on the video shoot for “You & I”. Kinney is a television actor who hails from Pennsylvania, went to college in West Virginia, and he’s 30 years old right now. There were rumors that Gaga was juggling both Taylor and her on-again/off-again piece, Luc Carl, but it seems like Taylor ended up winning that battle for Gaga’s heart. If you’ve ever seen a photo of Luc, you know why. He’s a stringy, dirty little hipster, and from what I’ve heard, he’s always drunk and/or high. Taylor Kinney’s sober dimples must be a breath of fresh air. Oh, and he’s got an amazing body too.

Anyway, now that Gaga and Taylor are officially a couple, they’ve been spotted together a few times. These photos are from New Year’s Eve, where Gaga performed in NYC, and Kinney was photographed walking behind her entourage. God, he’s cute. They were also spotted together in California (photo here), close to the rental that Taylor shares with some dude friends, and it‘s said that Gaga and Taylor might have visited his home state of Pennsylvania, and that Gaga is shopping for Pennsylvania real estate.

Taylor might be famewhoring this relationship a little bit – he’s already pap’d himself shirtless for the same agency that got the first photo of he and Gaga arm-in-arm. Maybe he really cares about her, though. I’m open to the possibility that it’s a mixture of things – he genuinely likes Gaga, but he’s also hoping to get a career boost out of dating her. As for what Gaga gets out of it – well, she gets to bone a hot piece. Atta girl.

Photos courtesy of WENN & Fame.

These are photos of Lady Gaga leaving Japan on the 23rd (the ones where she’s wearing a dress), and in Paris on Boxing Day (the ones where she’s wearing a leather jacket and barely anything else). If those Paris photos are giving you déjà vu, congrats. It’s like Gaga’s annual Paris tradition – she goes out shopping in Paris without pants. I don’t think she’s even wearing anything under the jacket, either. Anyway, Gaga is being sued by her former personal assistant, Jennifer O’Neill. O’Neill filed suit several days ago, claiming that Gaga is basically a monster employer.

Jennifer O’Neill, Lady Gaga’s former personal assistant has filed suit against her former employer, alleging that she was overworked and underpaid.

The 41-year-old worked for Lady Gaga for 13 months, accompanying the 25-year-old singer on her 2010 Monster Ball world tour. O’Neill alleges that she put in 7,168 hours of unpaid overtime and is owed more than $380,000, according to New York Post.

O’Neill says she catered to the singer’s eccentric whims and demands around the clock. She insists she had to ensure ‘the promptness of a towel following a shower” and acted as a “personal alarm clock to keep [Gaga] on schedule.”

She earned decent money — $75,000 a year– but alleges that she got no breaks for meals or sleep and had to constantly make sure that Gaga had ‘the availability of chosen outfits’.
The lawsuit was filed in Manhattan federal court last week against the superstar’s Mermaid Touring company for unpaid overtime.

This is not the first personal assistant to complain about working for Gaga. Former employee Angela Ciemny claimed she had to sleep with the singer most nights because she refused to be alone, according to Poker Face: The Rise and Rise of Lady Gaga.

A spokeswoman for Gaga has branded the lawsuit “completely without merit.”

[From The Hollywood Reporter]

On one side, I think $75,000 a year for a personal assistant gig is incredible. On the other side, it does sound like Gaga is a crazy (coked-up) employer and that $75,000 wouldn’t even begin to cover the pain and suffering of being Gaga’s on-call task-monkey 24-7.

Meanwhile, Gaga was just named #1 on Dosomething.com’s annual “Celebs Done Good” list. I looked at the list (here) and it doesn’t seem like the criteria is all that scientific. Like, they’re not going by who gave the most money or who spent the most time doing charitable work or anything. Anyway, Gaga was chosen as #1 for her work on the cause of “bullying” and for her charitable efforts to relieve the Japanese tsunami victims. You can read more here.

Photos courtesy of Fame & WENN.

Here is the 14-minute-long music video for Lady Gaga’s “Marry the Night”. Gaga directed this monstrosity and I… can’t even start. I’m so over Gaga at this point… how can you still put up her, little monsters? She’s TERRIBLE. Gaga has described this as “An autobiographical film recounting my past, revealing my struggles + love for showbiz.” OK, I’m seriously going to try to get through this (for you), and I’ll put down my thoughts as they happen:

0:26 – Gaga changed her speaking voice again. Now she sounds even more like Madonna, especially when Madge was doing her “I’m an English countrywoman” thing. Right? Gaga’s voice is more clipped and Englishy.

0:37 – Her past is an unfinished painting? Do we have to be coked out of our skulls to “get it”?

1:16 – “Mint” will be big next Spring. Taking notes.

2:40 – She’s just as bad of an actress as Madonna too.

3:00 – Gah, I’m just going to skip ahead. God, Gaga must think her poop is High Art too. Invest in an editor, bitch!

4:50-ish – The music seems to be starting. Oh, good. Crackie ballerina.

6:00-ish – So this must be her writing process, correct? She sits in a room, does drugs and just acts crackie and thinks that it’s all so f–king brilliant.

7:00 – Oh, Madonna is in this? Oh, wait.

7:12 – “But I still had my Bedazzler.” OH GAGA. You’re so funny. How delightfully low-brow.

8:00-ish – Finally, the real music seems to be starting.

9:00 – Yikes, this song sucks. What is with Gaga’s 1980s fetish? All of her music sounds like it belongs on The Karate Kid soundtrack.

10:20 – This part looks like that other Madonna video, the one she did in the leotard.

11:00 – God, this sucks so hard. Do you mind if I quit? I have better things to do with my day.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Ugh, I’m so sick of Lady Gaga being on magazine covers. Some of her photo shoots can be quite interesting, but she’s over-saturated the market with too many cover interviews – she doesn’t have anything new to say, and it’s especially rough because Gaga was just on the cover of Vanity Fair a little more than a year ago – and in that time, she’s appeared on multiple covers of Harper’s Bazaar, Rolling Stone, Vogue, etc. It’s too much. Oh, and Gaga isn’t just on the cover of the January Vanity Fair – she’s also on the cover of Elle UK. I’ve included some Elle images at the bottom of the post. Anyhoodle, here are some excerpts from Gaga’s latest VF interview:

Lady Gaga gets candid with Vanity Fair about her history with relationships: “I have never felt truly cherished by a lover. I have an inability to know what happiness feels like with a man,” the singer tells contributing editor Lisa Robinson. “I say this honestly, and this is my new thing as of the past year: when I fight with someone I’m in a relationship with, I think, What would my fans think if they knew this was happening? How would they feel about my work and about me as a female if they knew I was allowing this to go on? And then I get out.”

Will her rumored romance with Vampire Diaries actor Taylor Kinney be a departure from this disappointing history? “I have this effect on people where it starts out good. Then, when I’m in these relationships with people who are also creative, or creative in their own way, what happens is the attraction is initially there and it’s all unicorns and rainbows. And then they hate me.”

But her creativity is the one thing she says she will not compromise on, no matter the cost to her romantic life. “Perhaps it’s a whose-dick-is-bigger contest. If I go to the piano and write a quick song and play it back, they are angry with how fast and effortless it is. That’s who I am, and I don’t apologize for it. But it’s a hideous place to be in when someone that you love has convinced you that you will never be good enough for anyone. I had a man say to me, ‘You will die alone in a house bigger than you know, with all your money and hit records, and you will die alone.’”

In these dark moments, Gaga tells Robinson, she has found meaning in her work: “Even though I know it sounds a bit Hallmark, whenever I [was] in that kind of stressful, worthless moment, I would think, I’ll show you.’” Gaga continues, “I think what it really is, is that I date creative people. And I think that what intimidates them is not my purse; it’s my mind.”

Gaga says the weird thing is, after she’s left a few people, they’ve asked her to marry them. “How f–kin’ romantic, you a–hole. Sure, pop a ring on my finger and make it all better. I can buy myself a f–kin’ ring.”

Robinson spends time on the set of Lady Gaga’s most raw and personal video to date, “Marry the Night.” It is “autobiographical,” according to Gaga, and required the grueling task of “getting ready to relive the worst day of my life.” She has never talked about it before. Prior to filming a hospital scene in which Gaga, appearing bruised and drugged up, is wheeled on a gurney into a women’s clinic, she asks Robinson and a few others in her trailer how far she should go with the re-enactment; she decides to commit to it fully.
“It’s chaotic and sad. But I don’t want it to be safe,” she says.

[From Vanity Fair]

Do you think Gaga’s lovers are truly “angry with how fast and effortless it is” for her to write her music? Maybe they’re angry about how her music and her shtick is going downhill fast? Maybe they’re angry with how she’s jumped the shark? Maybe they’re angry with her Gwyneth-style humble-bragging? “I’m so very talented, that’s why all my lovers leave me!” No, it’s because you’re a narcissistic monster.

There are some other quotes floating around from Gaga, and I don’t know if they originated in VF or Elle UK or they’re just part of some other interview. Gaga talks about what a man needs to get in her the sack: “It ranges from a really big d-ck to a degree at Harvard. Talent and perseverance and pushing the boundaries of love and acceptance.” She also says she‘s not ready to be domesticated: “I’m not ready to buy a house. It feels like marriage or something. It’s such a commitment, I don’t like it. I do love being with my parents but I also just really fear domestication. I just don’t have a home, I am 25 and buying a house feels a little weird. I actually sleep at my best friend Bo’s apartment a lot. She kicks her boyfriend on to the couch and it’s really funny. We stay up and watch movies.” Blah. I told you – the well is dry. She really doesn’t have anything new to say at this point.

Photos courtesy of Vanity Fair & Elle UK, via The Fashion Spot.

Here are some photos of Lady Gaga at two different events in NYC yesterday. In the photos of Gaga in black, she’s attending the International Emmy Awards, and she’s standing with Nigel Lythgoe. There are other photos where you can see just how odd/gross/inappropriate this gown is – it has a huge “cutout” on the side, so that whenever Gaga turned a certain way, you could see her shadowy biscuit. Huff Po claims Gaga is wearing a thong, but I don’t see it. I think the bitch was going commando.

And then Gaga opened up “Gaga’s Workshop” at Barney’s. It was a ribbon-cutting ceremony and everything – thus, Gaga has those strange-looking oversized scissors in her hand. For this event, Gaga chose to wear a custom-made Chanel ball gown with a giant crinoline (and petticoat?). The top part looks like standard Chanel suiting, and I don’t really understand why this event called for a huge hoop skirt. Oh, and look at her gloves – they have built-in claws! So… here’s the question: which outfit is worse? Cracked-out Gone With the Wind or Biscuit-flasher? They both suck in different ways, right? I’m leaning more towards the shadowy biscuit-flasher dress as the worst.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Here are some new photos of Lady Gaga out and about in London over the weekend, where she made an appearance on the UK’s X Factor. She was holding a dainty tea cup and she made sure to look prim and lady-like. I guess when Gaga is in England, she tries to emulate the Queen…? I do like this wig that’s currently using. It flatters her face. Those sunglasses don’t do much for her, though.

By the way, have you heard that Gaga just fired her choreographer/collaborator/creative director and friend, Laurieann Gibson? Some are saying Gaga fired her for cause, because Gibson wasn’t helping the Gaga-brand, and because Laurieann seemed to be bad-mouthing Gaga and her monsters. Some say that Laurieann might be used as an excuse for why Gaga’s shtick is growing rather tired. Here’s EW’s exhaustive story:

It’s not looking pretty in Monster-land. This past weekend, it was announced that Lady Gaga has ended her partnership with her longtime creative director, Laurieann Gibson. The move is a shocking one for Lady Gaga, who is known for her loyalty to her friends in the Haus of Gaga. Indeed, Gibson has been with Gaga since the pre-Fame days, and is the choreographer behind all her big hits. Fans can rightly be concerned about this new direction, as Gibson should definitely be given credit for having a hand in essentially everything Gaga has done up until now in her videos.

Gaga, for all her vocal prowess, has said herself that she’s not a dancer, and Gibson has been able to work with that and still choreograph a distinctive style in “Just Dance” “Poker Face” “LoveGame” “Paparazzi” “Bad Romance” “Telephone” “Judas” “Alejandro” and “Born This Way.” (Yup, you read that correctly. It’s pretty much all the hits).

The reasons for the break up have not been officially commented on, but problems first became apparent to fans during the filming of the “Judas” (which Gibson also co-directed) video this past spring, where the religious imagery, particularly Lady Gaga as a sexified Mary Magdalene, made Gibson uncomfortable. “At one point, there was two completely different views and after the third glass of wine, I was like, ‘Listen, I don’t want lightning to strike me. I believe in the Gospel and I’m not going there,” Gibson said at the time.

Is this a battle of the egos? Many sources point to Gibson’s growing celebrity profile as the cause of the troubles — Gibson got her own show on E! this year, The Dance Scene, and she may not have been able to give Gaga the full attention she presumably demanded.

Also troubling was Gibson’s response to fans after the minimalist “Edge of Glory” video. She tweeted, “listen u disrespectful f**k they had an issue on set I don’t lie!!!!!” and “creative Changes happen always educate ignorant Monster’s!!!” It’s obvious Lady Gaga would be none too pleased about anyone saying anything negative to her fans, as they, and her relationship with them, is her life blood. Interestingly, Gibson recently deleted her Twitter account.

I personally think the kiss of death may have been Gibson’s Madonna comments, where she told the L.A. Times, “Listen, [Madonna] should be bitter because I did it [modeling Gaga's visual aesthetic on Madonna] on purpose, and you can quote me. I did it on purpose because for all those kids who believe that you can’t, I wanted to let them feel that you can. And that’s what I represent, that’s what Gags represents.”

While Gaga obviously draws some inspiration for both her look and sound from Her Madgesty, it’s a comparison she’s not wanting to encourage lately, as Internet haters have continually harped on her borrowing of earlier artists’ work.

Lady Gaga has tweeted that Richard Jackson, Gibson’s former #2, is now her new choreographer. “Warming up with my choreographer Richard Jackson, singing + pinning garments till the last moment. So excited for The Night, gonna Marry It.” It’ll be interesting to see the video for “Marry The Night” (which Gaga directed) released in the next few weeks, and how it differs from her previous work with Gibson.

This news comes at the end of a relatively disappointing year for Gaga. Although “Born This Way” was the number one song for six consecutive weeks, her other singles off Born This Way (most particularly “Judas”) have failed to hit number one. Of course, success at her level is all relative; she has had four top-ten hits in 2011 and cleaned up at the European Music Awards last week. But for many, this changes signals serious trouble in paradise.

[From Entertainment Weekly]

Ouch, the Madonna stuff is particularly tricky, and it does seem like Gaga might have fired her – partially, at least – because Gibson dared to mention the obvious: that Gaga jacks from Madge. Now, on one side, it seems like Gibson and Gaga hadn’t grown together as artists, which totally happens when you’re collaborating with two very different people. It also sounds like Gibson was acting unprofessionally. On the other side, if Gibson really was responsible for so much of Gaga’s image, choreography, etc, it’s going to get rough now that she’s gone.

Photos courtesy of WENN.

Last night, the MTV Europe Music Awards were held at the Odyssey Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland. I’ve already subjected you to Katy Perry’s 1950s-inspired, faux bobby-soxer, day-glo nightmare. Now here’s Lady Gaga, who struggled to hold all four of her awards (Best Song; Best Video; Best Female; and Biggest Fans) in her tiny little arms while wearing what I can only describe as a space-age chain mail getup. Here’s a clearer look at the dress itself, which is almost entirely see-thru but does take care to protect Gaga’s (nonexistent) modesty with some flesh-colored nip guards:

And of course, most of her ass was showing too. Sitting down in this dress must have made her cheeks look like Belgian waffles:

Justin Bieber took some time away from his enduring paternity drama to grab a few awards — Best Pop and Best Male — which goes to show everyone that European teens have equally horrific taste in teen idols as their American counterparts:

Meanwhile, Selena Gomez didn’t walk the pink carpet with her boyfriend, but that doesn’t mean anything. She was on hand to host the event and, from all accounts, performed her duties in a competent fashion while wearing a frou-frou mini-dress:

From the front, Selena’s dress was nothing more than a fussy affair, but it got a whole lot more interesting with a lovely back view:

Meanwhile, Bar Refaeli looked utterly disinterested (with hair to match) while wearing a hideous mullet dress. It seems like Bar really could’ve rocked this dress without the extra fabric hanging down behind:

Bar’s dilemma only grew worse when she poufed out the mullet, which someone really should’ve accidentally detached by stepping upon it:

Meanwhile, Hayden Panettiere was on hand to present Best Song and, while onstage, was interrupted by a fully nude male streaker. You can see the (obviously NSFW) video here. Hayden didn’t feign surprise very convincingly at the sight of her naked companion, and she also made the grave error of wearing a glorified Rorschach blot:

Jersey also represented by sending Jenni “J-Woww” Farley and Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi. All things considered, Snooki looks pretty good here, and I appreciate that her rack isn’t hanging out all over the place. As for J-Woww, this one-shouldered, shapeless dress was weighed down by her girls and does nothing to flatter her otherwise (bolt-ons notwithstanding) amazing figure:

Then there was Jessie J, who I simply don’t understand. She wore no less than three equally hideous outfits for the event:

David Hasselhoff must have a contractual agreement to appear every year at the EMAs. Fortunately and by all reports, he wasn’t drunk this time. Unlike in 2009. Go Hoff!

Photos courtesy of WENN and Fame

I always have to give Lady Gaga credit for putting a lot of thought and effort into her dealings with the press. Not just in interviews, but in simple press conferences too, Lady Gaga takes pains to deliver noteworthy moments so that the press corps has something to write about. Take these new photos of Gaga in New Dehli, India earlier today. She’s going to be performing in New Dehli at an after-party shoe for India’s Formula 1 debut. It’s a big deal, sure, but she didn’t need to make the press conference this kind of big deal, with the debut of a new multi-colored wig and a giant ball gown and a temporary tattoo in what looks like Sanskrit. I think she’s sitting on a throne, and she might be wearing real diamonds too. Also: she looks really puffy, right? Coke bloat? Or just weight gain?

Radar also has a story about PETA’s Indian activists who are trying to convince Gaga to do a special “vegetarian” meat dress for her appearance in a country with hundreds of millions of vegetarians:

Is Lady Gaga’s next outrageous outfit that of a walking salad bar? If PETA India activists get their way, absolutely: The organization is urging the Born This Way singer to wear a dress made of lettuce when she headlines an invitation-only show in New Delhi this weekend, following India’s first Formula 1 Grand Prix race.

The dress, Sachin Bangera of PETA said, would take about five to six hours to construct, as Gaga would be decked out with lettuce leaves held together by pins and threads.

“If she agrees, we’ll make her a dress entirely of lettuce and held together by pins and threads,” Bangera said. “It will be a full length gown, and we’ll make sure it looks sexy … someone will be on hand to spray the lettuce with water so that it doesn’t wilt.

Gaga famously wore a meat dress the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, which will be on display at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland until February.

[From Radar]

Blah. That’s pretty boring. Luckily, Star Magazine has a much more interesting story about Gaga’s love life. Apparently, she’s still boning Tayloy Kinney, that hottie from her “You & I” video. Star claims that Kinney has moved in with Gaga, but there’s trouble because Gaga is still casually seeing Ol’ Luc Carl. A source tells the mag, “She feels Taylor loved the real her. She’s given him the keys to her sprawling homes on both coasts, and if he’s not working, he’s with her. But… Gaga is still talking to and seeing Luc. They’re not over.” Why is doing this? Because, the source claims, “She loves pitting men against each other, feeling worshipped. She’s always messing with people’s hearts.” Um, srsly? Taylor is a hot piece, Luc is a scummy douche. It really is that simple. Still, the “source” believes that Taylor is just a phase and that Gaga will end up back with Luc.

Photos courtesy of WENN.