Lady Gaga Gets Candid About Smoking Pot As Self-Medication
- Lady Gaga reveals that her battle with fibromyalgia led to years of chronic pain, but she is now “pain-free” and has stopped self-medicating with marijuana.
Lady Gagaās battle with fibromyalgia kicked off in 2013 after she broke her hip, leading to canceled tour dates and surgery. But the “A Star Is Born” star revealed that the Chromatica tour and her now-fiancĆ©,Ā Michael Polansky,Ā played a major role in her journey to managing her chronic pain.
Over a decade later, Lady Gaga is opening up about how sheās finally āpain-freeā after years of battling fibromyalgia and adds that sheās now stopped self-medicating with marijuana.
Lady Gaga Hasn’t Smoked Pot In Years
The “Joker: Folie Ć Deux” star shared in her October cover story forĀ VogueĀ that touring in 2022 for the Chromatica Ball tour āwas the first time Iāve performed not in pain inā¦I donāt even remember.ā
Lady Gaga fractured her hip during her “Born This Way Ball” tour, sparking years of fibromyalgia paināa chronic disorder marked by widespread muscle pain. Her struggle with the condition was documented in her 2017 documentary, “Gaga: Five Foot Two.”
The āPoker Faceā singer opened up about her difficulty managing the pain from her disorder, revealing that she relied on marijuana for relief. That same year, she was forced to cancel a performance in Brazil after being hospitalized for āsevere pain.ā
āMichael and I did that tour together,ā she says. āI did it pain-free! I havenāt smoked pot in years. Iāve, like, changed.ā She pauses with a chuckle before adding, āA lot. I feel like this new album, in a lot of ways, is about that time but from a place of happiness instead of misery. And now, Michael and I are really excited to organize our livesāand our marriageāaround our creative output as a couple.ā
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Michael Polansky and Lady Gagaās connection began in 2019, thanks to Gagaās mom, Cynthia Germanotta, who co-founded the Born This Way Foundation with her daughter in 2012 to promote youth mental health.
āMy mom met him and she said to me, āI think I just met your husband,ā and I said, āIām not ready to meet my husband!ā I could never have imagined that my momā¦found the most perfect person for me.ā she toldĀ Vogue.
Polansky, who graduated from Harvard during the Zuckerberg era, is well-connected with Sean Parker, the Napster co-founder and former Facebook president.
How COVID-19 Affected Lady Gaga’s Relationship With Michael Polansky
While the COVID-19 pandemic affected so many, it allowed Lady Gaga to spend quality time with Polansky.
āIād been so focused on my career since I was a teenager. And the gift of that time was that I got to completely focus on my relationship,” she said. “I met this totally supportive, loving human being who wanted to get to know meāoutside of Lady Gaga.ā
āWe had this amazing chapter of a weird kind of normalcy,ā Polansky added, āthatās essential for any relationship to develop in a real wayātaking walks, making coffee, hanging out with the dogs, reading books togetherā¦.ā
Lady Gaga Talks About Her Harley Quinn Role
Lady Gaga is gearing up to take on one of pop cultureās most legendary characters, Harley Quinn, in the highly anticipated “Joker” sequel. Joining Joaquin Phoenix, whoās back as Arthur Fleck, Gaga is trading her powerhouse vocals for the wild, unpredictable world of the infamous anti-hero.
Famed for her dramatic flair and bold performances, the Grammy winner promises to deliver a fresh take on Harley Quinn.
āHarley Quinn is a character people know from the ether of pop culture,” Lady Gaga said. “I had a different experience creating her, namely my experience with mania and chaos insideāfor m quietness.”
Lady Gaga Talks About Women’s Stereotypes
The “Born This Way” singer continued, “Sometimes women are labeled as these overly emotional creatures and when we are overwhelmed we are erratic or unhinged. But I wonder if when things become so broken from reality, when we get pushed too far in life, what if it makes youā¦quiet?ā
She takes a moment, getting emotional. “I would say that I worked from a sense-memory perspective: What does it feel like to walk through the world and beā¦braced, in an intense way. And what happens when you cover up all of the complexities beneath the surface?ā
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