High School Bullies Threw Lady Gaga in Trash Can

By Kiki Von Glinow Posted May 20th 2011 01:50PM

We knew her songwriting ammo had to come from somewhere and now Lady Gaga is telling all in her forthcoming MTV special 'Lady Gaga: Inside On The Outside.' Mother monster even reminisced about her own days of high school bullying -- and one event in particular that left her feeling like literal rubbish.

After meeting up with some high school friends at a local pizzeria, Gaga, then Stefani Germanotta, found herself helpless and at the hands of her adolescent bullies.

"The boys picked me up and threw me in the trash can on the street, on the corner of my block while all the other girls from the school were leaving and could see me in the trash."

The pop prodigy remembers fighting back the tears, not wanting her tormentors to see the way their bullying affected her.

"Everybody was laughing and I was even laughing. I had that nervous giggle ... I remember even one of the girls looking at me like 'are you about to cry? You're pathetic.' That's what it felt like, you're pathetic."

But the future queen of pop was too embarrassed to tell anyone, even her parents, about the incident.

"It didn't sink in with me how bullying affected me until later in my life. I knew that it affected me deeply but it wasn't until a little bit later that I realized how much it affect me and how much it was still very present."

But Gaga realized that it is with sharing her personal struggles with her fans and in turn hearing about their hardships that allowed her the cathartic experience she had been craving.

"I think it took me to get to know my fans and to see similar struggles in them to access that wound in myself," she explained.

Tune into MTV's 'Lady Gaga: Inside On the Outside' special on May 26 at 9/8c.

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Friday 20 May

By themeeker

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I wish she had stayed there.

By MARIA

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No, you belong there. Only trash sees others as trash.

By Blurgle

@MARIA: And since you just saw themeeker as trash, albeit for calling someone else trash, what does that make you?

Saturday 21 May

By John

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Interesting.. Not only were these young men critics, they were damned good ones as well. They're probably entertainment writers for People right now.

By getreal13

I think she's full of it. Just another celebrity jumping on the "feel sorry for me" band wagon. PATHETIC! BOGUS! ECT.!

By mdogger12

i agree with you...trash is trash and thats where it belongs...

By franco

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i wish she stayed in the trash too. she obviously found all her outfits there that day, and said, "when i grow up, im going to sing dumb songs and where ugly outfits I found in this trash can". so the bullys actually helped her if anything.

By bill

I love GAGA! Better than Jesus!!!

By tony

dont care for her personally,but shes laughing all the way to the bank now.

By Deanna

Your absolutely right! Those bullies empowered her and they are probably picking up trash right now while she is finally enjoying her life! I'm not gaga over GaGa but she is a great entertainer!

By Jackie

Oh, now that explains why she is the way she is. SHe looks like trash, her videos are trash, and quite frankly, she carries herself as trash. Not a fan of this disgusting person, her music or anything about her.

By darcmrn

OK...Now tell us how your really feel about her....LOL!

By Sin D Fetish

Deep as a puddle there Jackie. Make that up yourself hun?

By lankaii

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hey that i the same place i threw her CD!

By Patty

If you're going to diss someone FAMOUS and successful, make sure you can make a full sentence.

By LongDuckDong

The real question is why did you have the CD in the first place?

By Yuletied