By Miss Stef
Lady Gaga recently went on the Howard Stern show where she confessed that she was raped as a teen and she dropped some cryptic information about who her alleged rapist is. When asked by Stern what her SXSW Swine puke fest performance was all about, Gaga had this to say:
"I wrote a song called 'Swine.' The song is about rape. The song is about demoralization. The song is about rage and fury and passion, and I had a lot of pain that I wanted to release. I said to myself, 'I want to sing this song while I'm ripping hard on a drum kit, and then I want to get on a mechanical bull'—which is probably one of the most demoralizing things that you can put a female on in her underwear—'and I want this chick to throw up on me in front of the world so that I can tell them, you know what? You could never, ever degrade me as much as I could degrade myself, and look how beautiful it is when I do.'" (It wasn't beautiful. It was revolting)
"You keep alluding to...were you raped by a record producer?" Stern asked.
"I don't...I don't want to..." Gaga replied. "Happy times! Let's talk about happy things!"
Ok so Gaga is definitely implying that someone within the music industry raped her but she isn't saying who. The admission brought an interesting yet irresponsible tweet out into the Twittersphere by none other than celebrity lawyer Mark Geragos. Geragos is representing Kesha in her lawsuit against producer Dr.Luke for sexual assault and battery, sexual harassment, gender violence, and emotional abuse. After Gaga's Howard Stern confession, Geragos tweeted this:
Guess who the rapists was? http://t.co/MTg0vSE3rr
— Mark Geragos (@markgeragos) December 2, 2014
Seriously, how unprofessional and irresponsible of Mark Geragos. Given his lengthy career, reputation and notable clientele, he should know better. Whether Dr.Luke is guilty or not is irrelevant. Tweeting something like this does nothing to help Kesha and her case. To throw out accusations like this, even if they are true, is slanderous and damaging. If Dr. Luke is guilty, the truth will come out without the use of Twitter.
The tweet didn't go unnoticed by Gaga or by Dr.Luke. Both issued statements. Gaga's representives had this to say:
“This ridiculous, manufactured link between Lady Gaga and the Kesha-Dr. Luke lawsuit is utterly incomprehensible. This simply isn't true and how dare someone take advantage of such a sensitive matter.” Dr. Luke's camp responded “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.”
Rape is a serious soul damaging violation to have done to someone. Whatever someone feels they need to do to release their pain and deal with it is fine by me; as long as it's not illegal. But Gaga has a responsibility to go after her rapist and make his name known. For the simple and obvious reason that this monster will do this again; and probably already has. This is a person who exploits naive girls who have stars in their eyes by using his position of power. I'm sure he isn't the only one in the cut-throat music industry to do this. Dropping cryptic hints and half stories on a radio show about something as serious as this is just as irresponsible and vague as Geragos' tweet. Staying silent only allows the rapist to continue his path of destruction that will forever change the heart, mind and soul of a young unsuspecting and trusting young girl.
