Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift are teaming up to squash "invasive" and "irresponsible" speculation about women's bodies. Their alliance was ignited when Gaga shut down pregnancy rumors on Wednesday. Paparazzi shots from her sister's wedding had begun circulating online, with tabloids like and claiming Gaga "displayed a bump" at the event.
The photos fueled speculation that Gaga was expecting her first child with her boyfriend, Michael Polansky. In response, , lip-synching to a popular audio clip from : "I don't have to find my aesthetic. I am the aesthetic.
" In the caption, Gaga wrote, "not pregnant — just down bad cryin at the gym," quoting Swift's song "Down Bad" from her latest album " ." (Gaga also encouraged fans to in her post.) Just a few hours later, Swift came to Gaga's defense in the comments section.
"Can we all agree that it's invasive & irresponsible to comment on a woman's body," Swift wrote. "Gaga doesn't owe anyone an explanation & neither does any woman." Swift has also been the subject of body-shaming and undue scrutiny of her weight.
In the 2020 documentary " ," Swift opened up about avoiding paparazzi photos . "It's not good for me to see pictures of myself every day," she said in the doc. "I tend to get triggered by something, whether it's a picture of me where I feel like I looked like, my tummy was too big, or someone said that I looked pregnant or something, and that'll just trigger me to starve a little bit.
Just stop eating." "There's always some stand.
