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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Monday 23 May

By kelly

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I am not going to question her singing voice, however, she rips off so much from madonna, it's not even funny.

Saturday 21 May

By victory

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Revenge is so sweet! She's odd but talented, how wonderful for GaGa to use her creativity and blossom into the star she is today. To the HS bullies, flipping burger's must be a drag.

By Sekinu2

She isn't very talented and is living off others ideas and images but she is rich now but still a huge loser.

Sunday 22 May

By Caleb

She's much more talented than 99% of the other modern stars out there today. I've seen her in concert, and she has an amazing voice. She's also an extremely talented piano player.

By ab2859

I don't believe her. It's another attempt at PR and her "image" of being the savior of the outcasts. It's all for money. She's a Madonna copycat. There's nothing original about her.

By Derob DeYawn

Gagabieberdonna.....enough said.

By J

I'm sure Elton John had the same experiences.

By fivehole84

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This story is most likely made up like most of her hard luck stories. She grew up a child of privilege. Went to fancy private schools and was even considered popular. This is just her trying to invent some scarred childhood to trick the down and out into buying her recycled music. Maybe next she can exploit rape victims.

Her music is garbage...maybe these "bullies" were visionary's after all.

By alderaforall

I see she never made it out

By Martha

Someone called me "trash" in school, too. I was walking into the building and this jock-type said "Look at the trash that just walked in" to his friends. I still remember it. Insults hurt people. I didn't know the guy at all, he didn't know me. It did teach me something about unprovoked attacks by people who probably don't like themselves very much. Lady Gaga is a breath of fresh air, talking about things like this is good.

By LST

Appropriate, since she pretty much is trash, and needs to be thrown back in, but into a dumpster this time.

By Roy M

That's where this Madonna clone belongs

By phil

She should get a pick axe through the spinal column. That way it will stay in the dumpster. Save some room for Pink

By Ali

As someone who was also bullied in junior high, I can fully empathize. Success is the best revenge. I am sure her tormentors are nobodies now. Good for her for being so successful! She is having the last laugh!

By Bunny

I don't like her personally but she made the most money last year in this country. Someone out there is buying her stuff. I wonder if it's one of the people who threw her in the trash. Who has the last laugh now?

By mixnmatch4

I'd drink her bathwater!

Wednesday 25 May

By noni

Lady G you have the last laugh. All those bullies are trash. You are creatuve, original, you are the greatest. and we love you.

By Lamont

Someone needs to throw her in the trash now!

By BUSTER

THEN SHE GOT INSPIRED...

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