In the first episode of RuPaul's Drag Race Untucked, Lady Gaga paid a post-taping visit to the Season 9 queens backstage to give them a few notes, but she also offered some heartfelt thoughts about her identity.
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When Valentina thanked Gaga for what she's done for the gay community, Gaga responded:
“I'm not a gay woman, you know? And it's that touchy sort of subject where can you stand up for people that you are not necessarily fully part of that community in a way that you can understand what you all go through, right? But I have always been surrounded by incredibly intelligent, powerful gay men who have lifted me up through lots of changes in my life.”
She added:
“Becoming famous was very strange and it's the gay men in my life that helped me to become a woman. And I don't know that a lot of people would understand that but it's because of what you've through ― you have survived so much that you inspire me to continue surviving. So thank you for that.”
Watch the full first episode of Untucked:
