14 DAY TRIAL // Lady Gaga has been getting attention for her curvier figure for the better part of the last 3 years, but she’s always handled it beautifully, standing up to the haters and calling a spade a spade. She does it again, shutting down a new round of pregnancy rumors.
Said rumors started from the dresses she wore during her Tony Bennett concerts, which revealed what looked like a baby bump. Because showbiz doesn’t allow women even a hint of a protruding belly unless they’re pregnant, people assumed Lady Gaga was expecting as well. She’s not.
Heavier and older, but not losing sleep about either
Speaking on stage during her Sunday show at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, Gaga shut down reports that she was heavier because she was with child by stressing the obvious: she was just heavier because she was older.
“I'm getting a little older and many people think I'm pregnant but I tell them, ‘I'm just almost [expletive]-ing 30’,” she told the fans, as reported by People Magazine. “Tony [Bennett]'s taught me [that] you can live your life and feel the same every single day forever... Me on the other hand, I'm having a more difficult time with things. A little more here and there.”
Clearly, she too has days when she wishes she were thinner, but she’s not letting it define who she is as a person. Gaga has long been sending out this message of body acceptance and self-love, with neither dependent on industry’s standards of beauty, all of which equal being beautiful to being skinny.
She might not say it in these exact words, but her message is clear on this occasion as well: at 30, you can’t or shouldn’t expect to have the same body you had in your 20s. She for one is happy knowing that.
A long history of public scrutiny
As noted above, it’s been several years that Gaga has been getting attention in the media and online for gaining weight. She’s never been stick thin, but she’s been more relaxed in her approach to dieting after attaining international fame.
In 2012, she took some time off and emerged with a curvier figure, which she was proud to say she’d gotten from indulging in her favorite Italian food, pizza.
Touring helped her shake off the pounds, but she gained weight again in 2013. Also then, she made it clear she had no intention of starving herself or spending hours on end at the gym just so people online would stop calling her fat.
From what we can make out from her social media accounts, she’s happy and healthy right now. She often posts photo of herself in yoga classes and enjoying healthy but hearty meals, so haters should consider this before blasting her for gaining a few pounds.