The Original Lady Gaga Is An 81-Year-Old Clown

Lady Gaga is renowned for her outrageous originality, challenging standard notions of pop, celebrity, femininity, and the power of the Internet. Turns out, however, the very name "Gaga" is second-hand, first coined by a performer who has been singing, provoking, dressing up in ridiculous outfits, and piling on the make-up longer than Gaga's been alive. Her name is Gloria Walz aka "Gaga" and she's an 81-year-old clown.