Lady Gaga covers the December issue of Elle Magazine to promote her Haus Laboratories beauty line. Y’all know I’m not here for every celebrity woman doing a makeup line. Rihanna was one thing, and Kylie Jenner was another thing, but it’s just… too much. Celebrity makeup lines have oversaturated the market. And Gaga’s “thing” is that HER makeup is for everyone, men, women, children, drag queens, beauty queens, whoever. Except that… all makeup lines are for everyone. Anyone can literally buy any makeup they want! Anyway, I’ll stop bitching about this, I swear.
As for this Elle interview… it was conducted by Oprah, who I love but… Oprah has lost the knack for interviewing people. It’s a skill that you can develop and one you have to practice, and Oprah is out of practice and it shows. The bulk of the interview is about Lady Gaga’s various mental health and physical health issues and when Gaga isn’t talking about that, she’s saying the same old sh-t about her fans and how she’s doing this makeup line for the FANS and how the FANS mean everything to her. There was only one part which was in the least bit gossip-y or juicy, and that was when Oprah brought up Bradley Cooper. Here’s that section:
Oprah: I have to ask you one question about Bradley. I was sitting in Bradley’s kitchen the other day, and he was taking care of his daughter, and we ordered takeout, and it was just wonderful to see him lean into the dad thing.
LG: He’s a beautiful father.Isn’t he a beautiful father? He’s all the way in. We were talking about all the rumors about you guys last year. He said if they had been true, he never would have been able to look you in the eye sitting at that piano.
Absolutely. Absolutely.He said his Catholic guilt would have never let him be able to look you in the eye at that piano. How did you feel about all of that at the time? You handled it so well.
Quite frankly, I think the press is very silly. I mean, we made a love story. For me, as a performer and as an actress, of course we wanted people to believe that we were in love. And we wanted people to feel that love at the Oscars. We wanted it to go right through the lens of that camera and to every television that it was being watched on. And we worked hard on it, we worked for days. We mapped the whole thing out—it was orchestrated as a performance.You were orchestrating it as a performance to evoke exactly what it did.
It did. In truth, when we talked about it, we went, “Well, I guess we did a good job!”So well received. You put so much energy into that film, and then it became one of the biggest movies of the year. What was it like when it was all over? How did you say goodbye to the character of Ally and the whole experience?
Well, actually, the character of Ally stayed with me for a long time. I had to relive a lot of my career doing that role. I don’t know how you feel when you’ve acted, but for me, I don’t view it as filming a movie. I film it as living the character, and it’s a moment in my life, so I relived it all again, and it took a long time for it to go away. When I won the Oscar for “Shallow,” I looked at it, and a reporter asked me, “When you look at that Oscar, what do you see?” And I said, “I see a lot of pain.” And I wasn’t lying in that moment. I was raped when I was 19 years-old, repeatedly. I have been traumatized in a variety of ways by my career over the years from many different things, but I survived, and I’ve kept going. And when I looked at that Oscar, I saw pain. I don’t know that anyone understood it when I said it in the room, but I understood it.
This part is odd in so many ways. I’m prepared to relitigate this sh-t to infinity: A Star Is Born was a bad movie and Gaga and Bradley are BAD in it and they really don’t have chemistry. But… they did have chemistry together on stage at the Oscars when they performed “Shallow,” and I really did love that performance. But that’s all it was, a rehearsed stage performance for the Oscars. They didn’t fall in love, people. Gaga sounds like she can still barely stand him. And she didn’t break up his relationship with Irina Shayk! As for Bradley’s Catholic guilt… for the love of God, what are we even talking about at this point??
Cover and photos courtesy of Elle Magazine.
I was never a fan of Oprah’s interview style. She always interrupted too much and put too much of herself into her interviews (i.e, felt the need to relate every interview back to her own experiences). I actually don’t see that here in this excerpt so I don’t have an issue with it. Also – besides Haus Labs – which hasn’t been received well and has gotten bad to mixed reviews- what else does Gaga have to talk about??
“I was sitting in Bradley’s kitchen the other day…” didn’t really seem necessary to me.
For anyone else I would probably say she was just name dropping but this is Oprah that is just a normal sentence for her.
That didn’t bother me because at least it was in relation to the question. As opposed to a whole story about something in HER life. Which she used to do all the time and it drove me nuts.
Um, it has been received well. Look up the reviews….otherwise, agree about Oprah’s interview style. I love Oprah, but her interviews aren’t always the greatest.
Oprah could have only focused on the make up, Gaga’s charity, her Vegas residency, her next album, or even her new boyfriend….etc. I listened to this interview as a podcast instead of reading it, and you could tell Gaga was annoyed AF and tried to redirect the interview after Oprah brought up that she was eating with Bradley Cooper and talking about the performance with him.
Lol. I’m LITERALLY talking about reviews but sure.
Forgive the automatic eye-roll that this comment from Oprah induced: “I was sitting in Bradley’s kitchen the other day”
Never change Gaga.
+1. I like Gaga. She’s always up to something interesting! And she is a consummate performer. I’m really looking forward to seeing what she does next.
Was Oprah interviewing him too, or just hanging out in his kitchen because they’re BFFs?
Kind of funny Gaga is doing a makeup line, as I’ve always thought she was so much prettier without makeup. But I guess everyone’s hopping on board for those deals.
It makes perfect sense because she wears a lot of makeup and is always changing her look. Too bad her makeup line is essentially a cash grab and isn’t very good. It could have been amazing if they had put the effort into it.
ive read lots of good reviews about her make up. She worked on it for a long time and has a qualified team behind her and tests all her make up out on her and her dancers. when she goes on stage to ensure it lasts. Her eye liner just won the best new eyeliner of the year in Bustle
@Denise Im a makeup enthusiast. I buy a ton of makeup and I watch and read tons of reviews. A lot of them done by makeup artists and beauty influencers. And the general consensus is that the line is sub-par. The liner is good – not great- but the liquid eyeshadows aren’t. Not to mention the way the line is sold and the fact that it doesn’t seem to have much of a POV for something creates bu Gaga who has such a strong aesthetic. So while that’s great that Bustle liked it – Bustle isn’t exactly a leading site for beauty and makeup.
I’ve watched a lot of reviews too and most like it. The only criticism was they wanted a whole range.. She’s mainly doing eye and lip make up. And I mean, you’re not a leading make up expert either. Just sayin lol
Wut? The reviews are good. Jeffree, etc.—all the big MUAs like it.
@Div please never mention Jeffree Star as an example to me. He’s hot garbage.
@Valiantly Varnished.
Oh man. I only sporadically keep up with MUAs, and somehow I missed all the gross sh*t about him. Ugh. Completely agree with you he’s rancid garbage.
For me she would be the advertisement for what not to do with makeup. Kind of like Gwen Stefani or Christina Aguilera — women who completely hide their real faces under a mask.
Yes, those are good comparisons. I always felt the same about Christina, she was so naturally pretty, but hid it under a lot of makeup.
Makeup is based on preferences which is why there are tons of makeup brands to choose from for however anyone likes to do their makeup. There is nothing wrong with how Gaga, Gwen or Christina do their makeup. There is no right andwrong with makeup.
Yeah I never bought into the Bradley/ Gaga rumors. I think he might have been into her, but I can’t see her giving him the time of day.
And yes, the movie was bad. As most remakes tend to be. I’m sure there are good remakes out there, but I can’t think of any. Maybe the Birdcage with Robin Williams – i did enjoy the heck out of that movie.
The Huston/Bogart Maltese Falcon was a remake. Can’t get much better than that. I haven’t seen the Janet Gaynor ASIB, but I’ve seen the last three. They’re all bad, although James Mason was wonderful in the 50s version.
Oprah and Bradley are actually friends, btw. I’ve heard of fan sightings of them out to breakfast and stuff together- no cameras, no press stuff, just quietly hanging out. So I can genuinely believe when she casually talks about hanging out in his kitchen. I even believe him when he says if he had really been having an affair with Gaga he never would have been able to do the performance that way (I think anyone with a BRAIN would never have done it that way had they really been having an affair.) What I can’t believe is that anyone out there still thinks that was anything but a performance and it still needs to be addressed! I know people STILL do, I’ve seen the comments on social media. I just can’t believe anyone really still thinks that!
Idk, I’m not a huge fan of either but I thought their performances were good, they had chemistry, and I cried at the end. It was what it was.
Meh, it’s less that Gaga’s still talking about it, as the headline implies, and more like Oprah’s dragging it up and Gaga seems annoyed AF as you pointed out in the body of the post. I listened to the podcast of this interview, and you can tell by hearing it she’s even more annoyed than she comes across in print.
I thought the movie was good, but I never bought the affair rumors either. I just remember some tabloid was like “they were all over each other and she’s kneeling at him” at some performance she gave in Vegas, and then people were pointing out she was putting a sound pac on him for the sound to work but that got ignored in favor of the “handsy” rumors. I feel like a lot of that type of sh*t was taken out of context, and the fact that Gaga’s always extra, by the tabloids.
Also, while I think they were friends…I wonder if they are still friends. I sort of buy Lainey’s theory that BCoop kind of threw Gaga under the bus to distract from the rumors we all have heard about him and his preferences, or because there was something more juicy about his break up with Irina. People Magazine kept hinting that there was something there when he broke up with Irina, and it was all sources from his side. I know Gaga likes attention, but she mostly seems to stay out of the tabloids and there was absolutely no benefit for her from those rumors—especially after the Oscars after she already won her big prize. Then Gaga really made it obvious she had a new man, and it kind of seemed like her way of shutting it down once again.
So, rumors of him being a cheater (especially with a young child) are better than rumors about his sexuality?
@Melanie
Of course not on a moral level, but in Hollywood PR terms…probably.
Hollywood, despite being liberal, is still homophobic and even more so against men. Can you name an A list actor who headlines blockbusters and Oscar bait movies who is openly gay? Plus, I think Lainey mentioned it but it might have been another gossip blogger…but apparently he’s sensitive about the gay rumors unlike other stars who take it as a compliment and openly address them (e.g. George Clooney, etc.). Meanwhile, 99% of the time people don’t care when men cheat even if women get stuck with a scarlet letter. I mean, Tom Hanks openly admitted to leaving his first wife and kids for Rita and it’s never brought up…meanwhile it’s always brought up against Sienna, Angelina, Kristen, etc.
Div: Wow. I guess I never followed Tom Hanks’ personal life that closely. I knew he was married before, but I never knew he admitted to leaving his first wife for Rita.
I never thought they were having an affair simply because she is soooo not his type. He likes the young models.
Gaga sucks as an artist…can’t stand her whole schtick!
And yet she’s an amazingly talented singer and songwriter. Go figure
We all have our personal preferences, but I honestly don’t get these type of comments about singers. Unlike actors, with singers it’s pretty easy to objectively judge them based on their range and training. You can think Gaga’s music sucks (I like her music, but fair play…she’s polarizing and some don’t), but objectively she’s an excellent singer. She has tremendous range, and she’s well trained and knows al the technical tricks, etc. Of all the A list singers, Beyonce is on the very top but Gaga is definitely in the top five along with Ariana.