Lady Gaga Just Spoke Out About That Text She Sent Kesha Calling Katy Perry 'Mean'
Earlier this year news broke that Lady Gaga and Kesha privately texted about the latter’s legal situation with music producer Dr. Luke. If you’re unfamiliar, Kesha sued Dr. Luke for emotional and physical abuse in 2014. The situation put Kesha’s music career in limbo, and in April 2016 a judge dismissed several of the claims she made against him. On Friday (November 30), the text exchange between Gaga and Kesha became public, and in it they discuss another singer who’s worked with Dr. Luke: Katy Perry.
In Perry’s deposition for the Kesha-Dr. Luke case, she denies being sexually assaulted by Dr. Luke—an accusation that’s been floating around for a while now. Kesha and Gaga discuss this specifically in their texts. “She [Perry] is probably really afraid to lose everything,” Gaga wrote to Kesha via text, according to Us Weekly. “U are really strong standing up to him [Dr. Luke], she’s not as strong as u yet.”
“your [sic] right. I need to find sympathy and empathy for her,” Kesha replied to Gaga before calling Perry “so mean.”
Gaga echoed Kesha’s sentiments, writing back, “Do u want me to see if I can talk to her. I know she’s mean. … She makes me angry about s–t [but] I just try to have empathy for her.”
These texts, for obvious reasons, quickly went viral on the Internet. However, Gaga took to Twitter on Friday afternoon and set the record straight. She says there’s no bad blood between herself and Perry, and that the texts released from the deposition are old.
“.@katyperry & I have grown up in the industry together,” Gaga tweeted. “We’ve gone through both celebrations & differences w/ each other. These are old texts. We’ve matured, gotten over the past, love each other & share deep respect. Katy is my friend and is truly a kind soul. End of story.”
Perry returned the affection. “Love you too friend ❤️ Onward and upward,” she wrote.
Hopefully, this ends any squabbling within the Katy and Gaga fan communities.
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