Lady Gaga expressed that there were no hard feelings with SNL star Bowen Yang after he called the multi-award winning international pop icon and LGBTQ+ advocate, a "b*tch."
In fact, she was flattered.
On a recent episode of his Las Culturistas podcast with actor Matt Rogers, Yang, who is gay, fangirled over Gaga when she stopped by following the release of her long-anticipated new album, Mayhem, which dropped on March 7, 2025.
Yang touted the singer's accomplishments, her power as an influential artist and realized, "Like oh, but then this b*tch knows the Great American Songbook like the back of her hand," referring to the classic tunes she performed in her albums Harlequin and Cheek to Cheek, her collaboration with late jazz crooner Tony Bennett.
He continued rambling on about Gaga being a classically trained pianist before cutting himself off, realizing what he'd just called her.
Embarrassed by his casual indiscretion, Yang said, "I'm sorry…I didn't want to call you a b*tch."
Gaga put her hand out as if gesturing Yang to chill and said:
"We're okay. No, don't apologize."
Seeing that his guest understood that the descriptor was typical gay verbiage used in jest, Yang said, "I know, I know, but I said, 'Wait, my soul just left my body.' "
Gaga responded with, "Thank you."
Assured that he and the pop icon were cool, Yang continued with the banter by repeating, "This b*tch knows the Great American Songbook."
To which Gaga replied, "Yes I do, thank you."
Little Monsters were living for this interaction.
Also during the interview, Yang recalled how listening to her iconic second studio album, Born This Way, for the first time in 2011 emboldened him to come out again after a failed attempt at conversion therapy.
Said Yang:
"I think I had come out of the closet again when 'Born This Way' came out, because I went to conversion therapy, (which) obviously did not work out.”
Yang expressed how Gaga has become such an inspiring figure for marginalized communities.
"You’re so important to a huge swath of people who only want the best things for you and for each other. But also, those people need leadership and you’ve always been that leader culturally, artistically, in so many ways," he said.
The singer took it to heart and said she would continue advocating for the community and standing with her LGBTQ+ brothers and sisters as positive role models.
"I believe that we will continue to show people that are filled with hatred and ignorance that they should be looking up to the queer community and following and learning about love, and learning about grace, learning about kindness," she said, adding:
“I really believe that and I’m not giving up."
Spoken like a true icon.
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