Lady Gaga has revealed she was raped as a teenager.
The
28-year-old singer admits she 'went through some horrific things' when
she was 19 and relied on 'a lot of mental and physical therapy' to help
her to heal.
Talking on The Howard Stern Show, Gaga confirmed she was raped by a music producer 20 years her senior.
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When asked about the rape she initially said: 'I don't...I don't want to... Happy times! Let's talk about happy things!'
But
when the radio host pressed her on the issue, she said: 'I went through
some horrific things that I'm able to laugh [at] now, because I've gone
through a lot of mental and physical therapy and emotional therapy to
heal over the years.
'My music's been wonderful for me. But, you know, I was a shell of my former self at one point. I was not myself.
'To
be fair, I was about 19. I went to Catholic school and then all this
crazy stuff happened, and I was going, "Oh, is this just the way adults
are?'...I was very naive."'
Opening up: Gaga is interviewed by Howard Stern
Asked
if she had ever confronted the rapist, who was 20 years older than her,
she said: 'I think it would terrify me. It would paralyse me.
'I
saw him one time in a store and I was so paralysed by fear. Because it
wasn't until I was a little bit older that I went, "Wow, that was really
messed up."'#
The
blonde beauty, who is dating actor Taylor Kinney, didn't tell anybody
about the incident at the time, but eventually decided to seek help.
She said: 'I don't know what I was thinking. I didn't tell anybody.
'And
I didn't even tell myself for the longest time. And then I was like,
"You know what? All this drinking and all this nonsense, you have to go
to the source, otherwise it just won't go away. It will not go away."'
Stepping out: Lady Gaga was seen out in New York on Monday
Out and about:
Lady Gaga stepped out sporting a grey maxi dress with metallic red
pattern wig and dramatic make-up on Tuesday night, several hours after
her revelation she was raped at the age of 19
Seeing red: Gaga's representative vehemently denied the attorney's claims
Back then: Dr Luke and Kesha pictured in 2011, three years before she filed a sexual assault lawsuit against him
Although
Gaga did not name her attacker, representatives for the singer were
later forced to deny claims by Kesha's lawyer that music producer Dr
Luke, 41, was the man responsible.
Attorney Mark Geragos tweeted, 'Guess who the rapist was?' And when a fan asked if it was Dr Luke, he responded '#bingo.'
Lady Gaga's representative responded, the allegations are 'absolutely not true' although refused to comment on the identity of the attacker.
The
spokesman later added: 'The Dr. Luke lawsuit is utterly
incomprehensible. This simply isn't true and how dare someone take
advantage of such a sensitive matter.'
A
representative for Dr Luke, real name Lukasz Sebastian Gottwald, told
the website: 'Mark Geragos' statement is completely false and
defamatory. Luke met Lady Gaga twice for less than half an hour total in
those two meetings combined. He has never been alone with her and never
touched her. Neither meeting was in that time frame reported.'
But
Mr Geragos stood by his allegations, telling TMZ: 'I said it because
it's true'. He mentioned the Bill Cosby allegations have 'now made
others more courageous about coming out.'
What's
more, The attorney said he wants to depose Gaga in Kesha's sexual
assault lawsuit against Dr Luke, also telling TMZ that three other women
'not as famous' claim to have similar experiences to Kesha and will be
deposed as well.
Back in October, the singer filed a lawsuit for sexual assault and battery against Dr Luke - allegations that he denies.
Revelations: Lady Gaga out in New York
on Tuesday; her outing came as she spoke for the first time about the
rape on The Howard Stern Show
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