Lady Gaga Tells Jay Leno That Madonna Loves 'Born This Way'

By John Mitchell Posted Feb 15th 2011 11:00AM

Last night, Lady Gaga stopped by 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno' to let everyone know that Madonna contacted her to voice her "love and complete support" for Gaga's latest smash, 'Born This Way,' after the Internet erupted with claims that the track borrows heavily from the Queen of Pop's 1989 classic 'Express Yourself.'

"You know, there is really no one that is a more adoring and loving Madonna fan than me. I am the hugest fan, personally and professionally," Gaga told Leno. "Well, the good news is, I got an e-mail from her people and her sending me their love and complete support on behalf of the single, and if the Queen says it shall be, then it shall be."

Check it out, after the jump!

"It's so full of love and spirit, and I think that it's the spirit that people are reacting to the most. I just want everyone to rejoice and celebrate and be unafraid to be happy with music," Lady G said of her new single. "It doesn't always have to be so dark, it doesn't always have to be so sexy. Sometimes it's wonderful just to celebrate life and kind of go to church with it, you know?"

Watch (Madonna talk starts at 3:16):

Asked by Leno how she celebrated her three Grammy wins, Gaga playfully quipped, "I don't remember very much. I know it was fun. I do remember being called drunky Gaga at some point."

She also clarified that she arrived at the Grammys in a "vessel" and not an egg, saying, "Hussein Chalayan, who designed it, he said, 'Make sure you tell everyone it's a vessel.'" On Sunday, Gaga stormed the red carpet at the Grammys inside of a vessel carried by four musclemen. According to her creative team, she was "incubating" in preparation for her performance. "Lady Gaga is in creative embryonic stage and won't be born until this evening," one of her handlers told Ryan Seacrest.

When Leno jokingly asked if Will Smith, who was seated behind her at the Grammys, could see past her large, black "church" hat, Gaga answered in the affirmative and then sang the praises of young Willow Smith: "I know Will, and I love Willow. I told her that she inspired me to whip my hair back and forth onstage."

Leno also asked the singer if she intended to continue speaking out on behalf of gay rights (she does) and whether she's met anyone her own age who does not support equality (she has), which led Gaga to explain the rationale behind the vessel and rebirth motif she worked at the Grammys. "It's meant to signify an artistic statement [about] birthing a new race, and it's a race with no prejudice, a race within the race of humanity that bears no prejudice against anyone," she said.

Though the official chart won't be released until tomorrow, Billboard is already projecting that after a mere three days of release, 'Born This Way' will debut at the top of the singles chart, making it the 1,000th song to lead the tally. The track launched in a massive fashion -- at radio, 'Born This Way' was picked up more than any debuting title in the chart's 18-year history, according to Nielsen BDS, and it sold a staggering 450,000 digital downloads, the biggest debut ever for a track by a female artist and the fourth-largest digital track download debut ever (though, it's worth noting that the three tracks with higher debut tallies had a full week's worth of sales under their belts before appearing on the chart).

Tags: Born This Way, Lady Gaga

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Tuesday 15 February

By Andrew

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Ofcourse she loves it. She recorded it 20 YEARS AGO!

Thursday 17 February

By ERIC

WHAT AKON SAID IT'S TOTALLY TRUE.. WE PEOPLE DON'T SEE THAT SHE'S A VERY SMART, ARTICULATED AND SUPER TALENTED GIRL! WE PUT MORE ATTENTION IN WHAT SHES WEARING!

By bublerocks

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It was a pleasure to hear what she had to say on Leno. She is actually quite bright and very articulate. Congrats to Lady Gaga and her Grammy wins. Much more continued success...

By Bonbon

Of course Madonna loves it, it just seals the deal that Madonna is the true original always will be and Gaga has to copy her material, of course the material girl loves it!

By LaDiva

She looks like the bride of Chucky in that outfit.

By nes

I think she looks more like that blonde witch in Hocus Pocus... only much uglier. Her face is just so unappealing and, for Christ's sake, do something about those eyebrows.

Lady Gaga is a novelty act. I cannot wait until she sizzles out and finally disappears. This chick is NO MADONNA. I hear people whine about how talented she really is. I'm not the type of person that brushes something off without giving it a fair chance. I have tried numerous times to find this so-called talent. I've listened to her songs. I'm just left confused as to wtf you people are talking about! It's a phase, people. 10 years from now, all of you are going to be like "Lady who?"

By DiamondMom

It's a win-win for both of them! Both of them are getting talked about and the publicity is driving both their sales up! Copy cat? Absolutely! Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery! Right?

By Mike

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I watched a few minutes of Leno last night, and Lady GaGa seems to have a good head on her shoulders.

By I am

Madonna isn't like Lil' Kim lol She's the Queen!!!

By Haywood

LOL Mike said "She seems to have a good head on her shoulders" LOL ARE YOU KIDDING! SHE WAS STONED OUT OF HER HEAD!!!!! It couldn't have been more obvious!

By georgie

Madonna was the original Gaga. Gaga just adds a more extreme weird to her persona. There have been a couple of Gaga's songs that were very reminiscence of Madonna. I enjoy many of her songs, but the weirdness gets too overwhelming most of the time. I have seen her in two concerts, and yes she entertains, is a smart individual, and very articulate.

By YellowRose3218

Your right, Madonna paved the way for GaGa.
Its just my opinion that GaGa wouldnt be sining in public if it were not for Madonna. GaGa dresses weird for attention, and sings Madonna songs. Theres not much of a difference in these two, except that GaGa is a little more stranger than Madonna was.
Madonna always looked pretty though,, as far as I can recall, its been a while. Some of the out fits GaGa wears are way out there. I think she should be able to sing, with out the shock in her performances. Her voice should be the ticket seller, not the side show.

By Hmmm

When was this interview taped? It looks like it must have been last Halloween.

By bphesseco

Imitation is the sincerest form of flaettery.

Wednesday 16 February

By Discostar

While dressed like Stevie Nicks...

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