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  • 2019-02-26 (xsd:date)
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  • Did Lady Gaga Say She 'Had a Boyfriend Who Told Me I'd Never Succeed?' (en)
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  • Motivational quotes are rife online, but unfortunately inspirational words are often fabricated, misattributed, or attached to photographs of unrelated public figures. So when an image of Lady Gaga started to circulate on social media in February 2019 shortly after the singer won an Academy Award for Best Song, along with a bit of text supposedly spoken by her about an ex-boyfriend, some viewers were skeptical that the quote was authentic: The purported statement from Lady Gaga read: I had a boyfriend who told me I'd never succeed, never be nominated for a grammy, never have a hit & hoped I'd fail. I said to him someday, when we're not together, you won't be able to order a cup of coffee at the fucking deli without hearing or seeing me. These words were indeed spoken by Lady Gaga, although not during her acceptance speech at the 2019 Academy Awards or at any other time related to the February 2019 awards season. This quote was nearly a decade old at the time it was popularized, as it came from a 2010 cover story interview with Lady Gaga published by Cosmopolitan magazine: The full interview is not available online, but other web outlets such as Huffington Post and MTV published excerpts from it (emphasis ours): Lady Gaga was nominated for her first Grammy Award in 2008. By the time this interview was published in April 2010, her figurative trophy shelf was lined with five Grammy Awards. Lady Gaga's acceptance speech at the 2019 Academy Awards also centered on fighting for one's dreams, although it included no mention of any ex-boyfriends: Of course, we can merely verify that Lady Gaga quoted these words. Whether they constitute something a former boyfriend truly said to her, only she knows. (en)
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