Lady Gaga Responds To Bette Midler's Mermaid Claims

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Lady Gaga is in some hot water for dressing as a mermaid and singing in a wheelchair because apparently Broadway star, Bette Midler, did the exact same thing like 30 years ago.

Here's the background; Bette Midler once famously sat in a wheelchair dressed as a mermaid and sang the Broadway classic "New York, New York." In the performance, she was joined by 10 other wheelchair bound mermaids who then performed a mermaid kick line with Midler.

I'm not joking, you cannot make this sh-t up.

Anyways, Gaga recently performed "You and I" at a concert in Australia dressed as a mermaid and wheeling around in a wheelchair.

Apparently great minds think alike because Gaga says her mermaid stunt was neither a rip-off nor an homage to Midler. Gaga claims it was just a coincidence that two performers in recent history decided to wear mermaid costumes and perform in wheelchairs.

Gaga claims, "I had no idea that she did that and I'm a huge Bette Midler fan." Gaga tells Access Hollywood, "Maybe we're just cut from the same cloth. I couldn't hop around in that tail so I just stuck myself in a wheelchair."

Maybe Gaga just wanted to be "part of her world." Heyo, Little Mermaid jokes, watch out!

Regardless, Bette Midler was a little ticked off. She tweets, "Dear @ladygaga I've been doing singing mermaid in a wheelchair since 1980 -- You can keep the meat dress and the firecracker tits -- mermaid's mine"

And that was just one of several anti-gaga tweets. I say, MERMAID-OFF!

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[peachiepaws007]

Finally someone is calling out Lady Gaga over ripping of other people's acts - GO BETTE MIDLER

[Tibbzbbz]

@MrChinesecrested /// Jealous much babe? Listen, I'm seriously into Gaga and Bette, but Bette is a big girl, and gaga can look after herself so just stop posting crap on a very talented singer. Call Bette Midler a fat ass can only mean your either a blob or that you seriously do not know a amazing figure when you see one. remind yourself to grow up next time you look in the mirror cause you ain't ever gonna go anywhere if you slag off incredible actresses/singers and comedians. Ok "hun".

[antandtess]

@peachiepaws007 shut up it was a innocent mistake

[PurrL3n]

Why does it even matter, honestly? It's not like Gaga said her mermaid in the wheelchair was completely original and all her idea. Do people freak out if a person uses a certain dance move that was used 30 years ago? Seriously, people need to relax.

[SevenDeadliSins]

So.. wtf are people voting this video down because they hate Gaga? They hate Bette Midler? The whole reason to vote is to vote on the video, which this one provides Hollywood news/gossip and does it well. So wtf is with the fail dislikes?

[AdrianMEXNLA]

Gaga, she's not orginal at all!! period, she's good for the new generations but EVERYTHING that she does, SOME ONE has done it WAY BEFORE! Gaga have the decency to acknowledge REAL ARTIST, and that you are ""coping their acts"", IF YOU REALLY consider your self to be one!!Betteyou are THE DIVINE! and that Marmaind act with BETTE has a name! "" Delores Delago"" she's been part of Bette show's!! and Gaga you said you are a huge fan of her and you DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THAT? come one give me a brea!!

[mrdistort]

Lady Gaga is the most unoriginal artist I know today and gets away with being "original". Those who defend her against this statement are those who only listen whats on the top 40 radio. Get a lesson in music history and you will realize she is a con act.

[MrJoshiejosh2]

@justafidemyself I bet lady gaga just said that so Bette would stfu lol :p

[godaveyblack1]

hey bette, is that really a big matter to you?I mean hey there are a lot of similar artistic acts that unintentionally been done the same. what's the hush? Aside, the act looks dull to me. Also, it doesn't mean that if your a big fan you must know all the artist's performance, most esp. if it existed decades ago.

[peke1918]

bette midler has always done a mermaid in a wheelchair in every show, from the 70's til now. just look it up on youtube, its delores delogo the toast of chicago. for a celebrity to do it now, its totally copying!

[MusicRella]

Dressing up as a mermaid in a wheelchair... Yeah, must be a TOTAL coincidence. -.-

[BitchfaceMermaid]

Hahahahahahaha this is a video about Bette Midler complaining that Lady Gaga COPIED her and in every photo in this video Gaga is the spitting image of model/singer Raquel Reed and idiots still get on this fucking website defending her and denying that she's a copycat. THE WOMAN IS A COPYCAT.