Lady Gaga Reveals She Gained 25 Pounds
"I'm dieting right now, because I gained, like, 25 pounds," Gaga told radio host Elvis Duran. "I really don't feel bad about it, not even for a second. I have to be on such a strict diet constantly. It's hard because it's a quite vigorous show, so I tend to bulk up, get muscular, and I really don't like that. So I'm trying to find a new balance."
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The "Born This Way" singer blamed the pounds on her love of pizza and pasta, calling herself a "New York Italian girl." She also blamed her father, Joe Germanotta's NYC Italian restaurant, Joanne Trattoria.
"My father opened a restaurant. It's so amazing . . . it's so freaking delicious, but I'm telling you I gain five pounds every time I go in there," she said. "So my dad wants me to eat at the restaurant, and I'm, like, I've got to go where I can drink green juice."
The 26-year-old singer's weight has drawn comments before. During a February Los Angeles conference hosted by Maria Shriver, the pop star admitted to having an eating disorder as a young girl. Two months later, she tweeted, "Just killed back to back spin classes. Eating a salad dreaming of a cheeseburger," with the hashtag #PopSingersDontEat. The tweet angered many of her Twitter followers.
In June, fellow singer Elton John expressed concern over Gaga's thin frame.
"She is frail, and she doesn't ea! t when she should, and she's a girl, and it's tougher for a girl," Elton told The Guardian. "She works really hard. She will be in Denmark one night and Saudi Arabia the next. I know how tiny she is and I do worry about her, yes."
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