UPDATE: It got uglier (Credit: That Grape Juice).
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Friends become enemies. Lady Gaga has recently come out to say that former buddy Perez Hilton has — along with Madonna? — been bullying her through text, among other things. Perez Hilton has since responded:
“My heart hurts that my former very good friend Lady GaGa, a person I used to call my “wifey” and traveled the world with, is making very public and very untrue allegations about me on Twitter. While it is still too painful for me to go into detail about why I chose to no longer make her a part of my life, I will say that I am a critic and not a stalker. Any allegation that I am stalking her is utterly false, defamatory and now appear to be putting me in danger. I will continue to be a critic – in a way that is not mean or involves name-calling, and I will continue to have an opinion and talk about music and songs, like GaGa’s “Applause”. As the suggestion that I pose a danger to GaGa is preposterous, if fans want to send a message of support to her, they should buy her music instead of sending me death threats.” – Perez Hilton
In related news, Lady Gaga has also been accused of boosting the YouTube views for her recent clip ‘Applause’ (which itself has been polarizing among fans)….from IB Times:
In a Twitter rant Tuesday night, Bill Werde, editorial director of Billboard, accused her of allegedly trying to better her views on YouTube’s music-video viewing site VEVO for her new single, “Applause.” The rant began after Gaga (real name: Stefani Germanotta) sent out a to-do list message to her 39.7 million followers on Twitter, asking fans to watch and share her latest music video.
“An artist tweeting out and Facebooking a link that enables a fan to hit play and leave their computer is not the spirit of why we chart,” tweeted Werde. “I just hate it when anyone tries to game the charts, be it fans or artists. It’s not in the spirit of what we do, celebrating success,” he added.
Werde claims he wasn’t slamming self-promotion but rather the link allegedly allowing “playlisting” (the act of “watching” the same video multiple times) and the subsequent fiscal benefits YouTube loses from the scamming technique. According to his tweets, a YouTube anti-spam tech was going to check the playlisting accusations and related views Wednesday morning.
