Lady Gaga says a “psychotic break” upended the latter shows of her Joanne world tour in 2018.
The multi-hyphenate, 39, detailed recent years of mental health struggles in a Rolling Stone cover interview published Thursday (Nov 13).
“I did A Star Is Born’ on lithium,” said the native New Yorker – real name Stefani Germanotta – who immediately after filming the Best Picture contender, for which she won an Oscar for Best Original Song, pivoted to touring.
“There was one day that my sister said to me, ‘I don’t see my sister anymore,'” said the Disease crooner, who promptly nixed the last 10 shows of the Joanne world tour.
Upon axing the last 10 European shows in 2018, Gaga blamed her struggles with fibromyalgia, but now says she sought mental health treatment at the time.
“There was one day I went to the hospital for psychiatric care. I needed to take a break. I couldn’t do anything … I completely crashed. It was really scary. There was a time where I didn’t think I could get better,” she recalled. “I feel really lucky to be alive. I know that might sound dramatic, but we know how this can go.”
In 2011, Gaga admitted to “feel[ing] dead” when offstage: “Whether that is healthy or not … is really of no concern to me.”
The 14-time Grammy winner said in the new interview that she has since “weaned off of a lot of” the antipsychotics she sang about on 2020’s Chromatica album.
The following year, while shooting Ridley Scott’s House Of Gucci, Gaga admitted, “I don’t think I was doing very well during that filming at all.”
Now “a healthy, whole person,” Gaga says she previously “believed in suffering for your art,” though it was “really not healthy.”
The Poker Face artiste also credits entrepreneur fiance Michael Polansky with helping her prioritise well-being, as he “wanted to take care of me” and “helped me to see that my life was precious.” – New York Daily News/Tribune News Service
