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Lady Gaga was told she looked “too ethnic” to be a star by her drama teachers.<\/p>\n
The ‘Born This Way’ hitmaker said she was bullied when studying at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts in her hometown, as she addressed the crowd during a concert at Madison Square Garden last night (22.02.11).<\/p>\n
Gaga told the crowd how drama teachers said to her: “You’ll never be the heroine, the blonde, the star. Your hair’s too dark. You look too ethnic.” <\/p>\n
She said she had replied to them, “What about Liza?” Referencing actress and singer Liza Minelli, who was in the crowd.<\/p>\n
Gaga also paid tribute to her hometown during the show, her last in New York before her ‘Monster Ball’ tour finishes in May. <\/p>\n
She said: “I used to live 20 blocks from here, so I saw all those names go up on the marquis, and I always wanted to see my name up in those lights. <\/p>\n
“You made me brave, little monsters, and New York made me brave.”<\/p>\n
The ‘Bad Romance’ star also raged against lip-synching, saying “never have, never will. I won’t be the b***h to lip-synch her way through an HBO special,” in reference to a TV programme made by the US network about her ‘Monster Ball’ shows and filmed during her dates at the famous venue this Monday (21.02.11) and Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Lady Gaga’s HBO special is set to air in the US on May 7. <\/p>\n
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