Lady Gaga's Little Monsters Hit Back After Donald Glover Slams The Singer
By James Dinh
February 28, 2018
Donald Glover has achieved so much in his career, but it seems like the multi-talent could use a little lesson in humility after he claimed to be more talented than Lady Gaga in his recent cover story with The New Yorker.
In the feature, which was released on Wednesday (February 28), the Atlanta creator's conversation turned to talk about race and how he's been impacted by the business. Unfortunately, that kind of talk also saw him make a dig at the pop titan and Little Monsters weren't too happy with his comments. "I went to school with white people who had less talent than me — because I'm talented as f**k—and they're doing way better than me. I went to N.Y.U. with Lady Gaga," he told the magazine, which also prompted a burst of laughter and applause from some folks in the room.
It seems like Donald's mention of Gaga might have been after a Grammy Awards promo didn't leave him with the proper shine. "Now, CBS ran Grammys ads this week, and I'm one of the hotter acts, and they had a visual of the performers on the show: Lady Gaga, P!NK, and me. Only they showed some black kid from a fan video—it’s not even me. I was, like, F**k this, f**k them, I'm not going to do the show!" he continued. "The sad thing is I'm going to do it because black people don't get that chance very often."
Unsurprisingly, Little Monsters hit back at Gover, with plenty of them arguing that you don't have to make a dig at someone to champion your own career. Take a look below at some of the clapbacks to his controversial statements about Gaga.
Donald Glover/Childish Gambino or whoever he wants to be is talented, but he did seem to shade Lady GaGa but it has no truth. @LadyGaGa’s talent speaks for itself, she does this effortlessly. Take notes! You sleeping on her, but #StayWoke! @DonaldGlover pic.twitter.com/jIavhfWgv5
— Jerome Trammel (@MrJeromeTrammel) February 28, 2018
Not Childish Gambino discrediting Gaga’s talent just for being white. You can speak your truth but there’s no need to drag others to prove a point especially if they’re on your side🙄 https://t.co/SdSSm35Oxb
— Adrian (@iAdrian997) February 28, 2018
Donald Glover said he's more talented than Gaga I've seen it all
— janek (@zeenalavey13) February 28, 2018
I’m a huge Gambino fan but this is so off-putting and just untrue ..... https://t.co/d9xUxN1ogj
— ° ♡*:・゚✧ carly ° ♡*:・゚✧ (@suicidalth0t) February 28, 2018
@donaldglover Gaga is better than you. She's more talented than you, skinnier than you, prettier than you, hotter than you.
— hyper_chaos (@hyperchaos1) February 28, 2018
Donald Glover shaded Lady Gaga. That's it. I'm not seeing the Lion King remake.
— Derek Bacon (@gagaforgaga2010) February 28, 2018
Well FU @donaldglover you are choosing the wrong feud by trying to drag down Lady Gaga.
— ANTI KUSO MUSIC™ (@ratchetcoutoure) February 28, 2018
Oh wow Donald Glover insults living legends Gaga and Pink because he's "way more talented than them". Cocky prick.
— ✨✨✨ (@simplytarable) February 28, 2018
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