JAKARTA - Singer Lady Gaga revealed the trauma she felt as a teenager to presenter Oprah Winfrey.

Through a recent show on Apple TV titled The Me You Can't See, Lady Gaga guest starred among the five episodes that have been released.

To Oprah, Gaga recounted the "total psychotic break" after a producer raped her when she was 19.

"I was at work, and a producer said to me, 'Take your clothes off' and I said no. I left, and they told me they were going to burn my whole music," Gaga said.

Furthermore, the always remember us this way singer told me that the incident did not stop there. They often ask questions like that and Gaga just fell silent. The man who raped her dropped him off in the middle of the road while pregnant.

At the time, Lady Gaga was only 19 years old and had just started her career in the music industry. Although he clearly remembers what happened, he wouldn't say who did it.

"I will NOT say the name (of the perpetrator). I understand this #MeToo movement. I understand some people are comfortable with this and I'm not. I don't want to see that person again."

Gaga's feelings of trauma continued. It made him change emotionally. "What I feel when I feel that pain is what I feel after I'm harassed."

"I had a lot of MRIs where they didn't find anything. But your body remembers it."

Aware that it affected her mentally, Lady Gaga founded the Born this Way Foundation in 2012. The organization is aimed at young people who are having difficulties with their mental health.

The 35-year-old woman recalls a time when her mental health was compromised. He admitted to shouting and throwing himself against walls

"You think you'll feel better. That doesn't help. I always say to people, "Tell someone, don't show someone."

This isn't the first time Lady Gaga has recounted this experience. In 2014, he spoke to radio host Howard Stern in 2015.

'I haven't told anyone for seven years. I don't know how to accept it. I don't know how not to blame myself or think it was my fault. This incident completely changed me. It changed my body, my mind."

The Fame

Two years after the incident, Lady Gaga released her first album titled The Fame in 2008. The album led to global success with number one positions in various music charts.

Not stopping there, she also began exploring the world of acting in the film A Star is Born as the lead in 2018. Gaga was nominated for Golden Globes, Critics Choice and Academy Awards.

Gaga was confirmed to be making an album with Tony Bennett after their duet on cheek to cheek in 2014. In addition, she also starred in the film House of Gucci alongside Adam Driver and Al Pacino.

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