Lady Gaga Gets Political After 'Slut' Remarks

Despite the fact that Lady Gaga was born and raised in Manhattan (here’s a horrible review of her dad’s new Upper West Side Italian restaurant), she hasn’t really gotten involved in local politics–but that all changed this week.

Staten Island Borough President James Molinaro received more than his usual share of media attention after using a launch event for his newest substance abuse prevention program to call Gaga a “slut” who is “influencing many, many children”–all because she was photographed mock-smoking a joint onstage at a concert in Amsterdam last week before joking, “For those of you wondering if I’m high right now, I am not.”

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