LOS ANGELES, Calif. —
Lady Gaga first raised eyebrows with her meat bikini on the cover of Japanese Vogue and Sunday at The 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, she caused an even bigger commotion when she wore her meat dress – now the innovative artist is finally explaining her designer beef.
“What is the purpose of the meat?” Ellen DeGeneres asked the singer during her taping for the Season 8 premiere of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” which took place on Sunday night after the VMAs, but which will air on Monday.
“Well, it is certainly no disrespect to anyone that is vegan or vegetarian. As you know, I am the most judgment free human being on the earth,” Gaga explained. “However, it has many interpretations but for me this evening if we don’t stand up for what we believe in and if we don’t fight for our rights pretty soon we’re going to have as much rights as the meat on our bones. And, I am not a piece of meat.”
Ellen presented the singer with an alternative to her meat ensemble, a bikini and skirt made out of vegetables.
Earlier on Sunday, Gaga walked the VMA white carpet with four former servicemen and women who had been discharged from the military for being gay under the government’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy.
“I’m here for a very, very important cause tonight,” Gaga told MTV News’ Sway. “These are all my friends and they are with SLDN.org, which is an organization that was founded in 1993 under the reaction to the ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policies. Their stories are very inspiring and there’s so much we can do right now.”
Adding, “No one person is more valuable than another person.”
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