Fellow Artists: Lady Gaga Out-Bjork'd Bjork With 'Creepy' Egg Gimmick

By Rob Shuter Posted Feb 14th 2011 09:21PM

Lady Gaga sure knows how to make an entrance, but after arriving at the Grammys last night encased in a giant egg atop a cross and carried by four half-naked guys, there are signs the stunt may have backfired on her. My spies backstage tell me Gaga was one of the official punchlines of the evening.

"This was more ridiculous than Bjork's swan dress she wore at the Oscars," an insider tells me. "When the news started to spread backstage that Gaga was arriving in a egg, everyone burst out laughing and not in a good way."

It all started when Gaga's stylist, Nicola Formichetti, explained on Twitter that her client was "in incubation." Things got really creepy when she arrived at the event via a truck, and her "nurse" told red-carpet maestro Ryan Seacrest that Gaga was in a "creative embryonic stage and won't be born until her performance this evening."

All this, of course, was spoken to millions of viewers without an ounce of irony or sense of humor.

"She made a total ass of herself," a fellow artist tells me, matter-of-factly. "She's coming across as a bit desperate. This is the sort of stunt you expect from Snooki, not a Grammy-winning artist."

Another insider at the show complained to me that she's become a "fame monster" more focused on "gimmicks and stunts" than her amazing voice and talent.

I can't help but agree. Tough love time: Gaga, you seem happy to borrow from Madonna's hits; maybe you should also start copying her common sense.

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Lady Gaga arrives at the 53rd annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011, in Los Angeles.

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Lady Gaga arrives at the 53rd annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011, in Los Angeles.

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Kelly Osbourne arrives at the 53rd annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011, in Los Angeles.

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Actress Selma Blair arrives at The 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards held at Staples Center on February 13, 2011 in Los Angeles, California.

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Margaret Cho arrives at The 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards held at Staples Center on February 13, 2011 in Los Angeles, California.

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Comments

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Monday 14 February

By georgie

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In the beginning I was a fan of Lady Gaga, but I did think that one day she will out weird herself where fans will stop tuning into her. I think she has out weirded herself enough for me not to tune-in anymore.

Tuesday 15 February

By stu

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Ga Ga will out last Midler..no range singer/only 2 hits.
& Madonna who can't act. Ga Ga has better videos.

By Eddie Assati

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Lady Puke-Puke, er, I mean Gaga is a blatant rip-off
of Bette Midler and Madonna only those gals, Midler esp.
were fun and Gaga is about as much fun as a barrel of
dead squirrels. She just does not know how to dazzle;
she is a copycat performer and won't last too much longer,
thank God!!!!!!!!

By Mr. Kidd II

Publicity stunt gone WTF

By guinevere

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gag-gag

By franky

Lady Gaga is just a puppet of a good marketing team. It's all about smoke and mirrors to distract from how mediocre the music is. Good luck

By jacque thomas

You can criticize Lady GaGa all you want, but at the end of the day, she makes more money than any of you. So stop being so damn critical because you wish you had what she did and it makes you feel better to put others down.
I could take her or leave her myself but she is an original and in the music business and the world today, that is refreshing!

By Mason

All i could see was a lot of jealous bitter fellow artists that wanted the spotlight back on them

Friday 18 February

By Cody

Lady Gaga's a wanna be weirdo

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