Madonna has said Lady Gaga's connection
to her gay fan base seems “genuine.”
The 53-year-old Madonna made her
comments in a cover story with gay glossy The Advocate.
When asked for her reaction to being
described by Time magazine as the “the Lady Gaga of the
'80s,” Madonna answered: “I have no thoughts. What's the
question?”
“What do you think of how Gaga
connects with her fans, and is it parallel to the relationship you
had with gay fans early on?” The
Advocate asked.
“It seems genuine,” Madonna
answered.
“It seems natural, and I can see why
she has a young gay following. I can see that they connect to her
kind of not fitting into the conventional norm. I mean, she's not
Britney Spears. She's not built like a brick shithouse. She seems
to have had a challenging upbringing, and so I can see where she
would also have that kind of connect, a symbiotic relationship with
gay men,” she said.
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