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Lady GaGa confesses to snorting bags and bags of cocaine
By Mark Blunden, London Lite Last updated at 12:47pm on 08.09.09Lady GaGa has admitted spending long periods snorting cocaine alone in her cramped New York apartment, playing music by The Cure.
Wacky: Lady GaGa at a party in Berlin last night
The Poker Face singer was giving a frank account of her abuse of the Class A drug before she became famous. She says friends and her father saved her from addiction.
GaGa, whose real name is Stefani Germanotta, said: “My cocaine soundtrack was The Cure. I loved all their music, but I listened to this one song on repeat while I did bags and bags of cocaine.
“Whatever I do, it's not enough. Isn't that funny?”
The 23-year-old began taking cocaine regularly in 2005 after dropping out of a music course at New York University to find fame.
She said: “I didn't think there was anything wrong with me until my friends came over and said, Are you doing this alone?' Um, yes. Me and my mirror'.”
In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine earlier this year, GaGa also said she used drugs to drive the inspiration for her futuristic hair and make-up.
She said: “It was quite sick. I suppose that's where the vanity of the album [The Fame] came from.”
She also credits her father, Joseph, with helping her kick the habit, after he told her: “You're screwing up, kid”. GaGa said: “We never talked about it again, but I was able to stop.”
After her confession, GaGa was in good spirits last night when she appeared in a wacky outfit at a party hosted by Dr Dre in Berlin. She wore a latex dress, mask and a Marilyn Monroe wig.
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Reader views (5)
Most people don't admit to having had a drug problem until after they've kicked it. Why should that be different for the rich and famous?
- Dj Particle, Minnesota, USA
And what's more: apparently bears defecate in the woods, and the pope has Catholic tendencies
- Andy, London, UK
Frank Ryan and NJ
If you read the article you will see that she was neither famous, rich or a pop star when she did the cocaine, which kind of removes your reasons to complain.
- Peter, London
A pop star using cocaine? Now I've heard it all!
- Nj, London
Why is it all these pop stars or celebrity’s always talk about their drug habits "after" they have kicked them.
Its saying “hey I’m cool cos I took drugs once and can relate to your mundane lives whilst you pay $’s to pay for my nice rich lifestyle”
If you were to believe all of them they all seem to be clean living and so glad their bodies are free from abuse. If they wish to abuse their bodies that’s up to them but it’s the hypocrisy I don’t like such as ignoring the real effect of drugs on those in society who have no nice education to fall back on.
Lady GaGa should go visit those who have not had privileged lives and take drugs because they see no future, not because the Cure record might need changing!
- Frank Ryan, Woodford, Essex
