And all the diva demands and decor are Gaga-approved.
During
her arduous two and a half-year Monster Ball Tour, the “Bad Romance”
diva requested that her dressing room be decorated in a “glam rock”
fashion and furnished with white leather couches, fresh roses and black
satin drapes, according to the superstar’s rider obtained exclusively
by Celebuzz.
The
document, which was revealed in court documents during a six-hour
deposition Gaga gave in a lawsuit involving her former assistant Jennifer O’Neill – which
Celebuz was first to reveal in Aug. 2012, also noted that a “manquin
[sic] with puffy pink public [sic] hair” be present in her backstage
suite.
“[With]
silver statins [sic] draped over the walls,” the document noted of her
dressing room, adding that “old rock posters from her favorite artists
[like] David Bowie, Queen, Elton John and Billy [sic] Holiday,” and “fan
art that was kept on the road” also be hung around the room.
Other
dressing room accoutrements include all the luxuries of home, plus one
that has relaxing properties for the on-the-go superstar: 2 large fluffy
lavendar [sic] towels; 2 lavendar [sic] hand towels; 2 lavendar [sic]
wash cloths, which must be available to the pop star “at all times”;
lavendar [sic] handsoap, body wash; face soap; 2 new seafoam luffas;
small candle in the bathroom, fresh yellow, lavendar [sic] or white
roses; and a steamer.
All of these requests are only a small fraction of Gaga’s complex — and costly — tour.
According
to emails submitted in the lawsuit from O’Neill, who’s suing the singer
for over $300,000 in unpaid wages, Gaga had splashed out $5,700 on
online high-end retailer Gilt.com, $3,000 for designer luggage and $600 for prescription eyeglasses.
The
pop superstar was also lavished with luxurious clothes from designers,
including a discounted $3,000 beaded dress she wore to Cirque du Soleil,
one-of-a-kind wigs, custom Louboutins she specifically requested to be
“high-fashion goth shoes,” and free gifts like a nude metal and long
sleeve bodysuit.
The
songstress also spent up to $150,000 to charter round-trip from New
York City to Poland, according to emails in the documents. Other
deep-pocket options included $100,000 or $65,000 on a day’s travel via
airplane.
Back
in June 2010, Gaga was also browsing the Big Apple housing market for a
$4 to $5 million apartment or brownstone in Tribeca, Soho or the Lower
East Side, according to an email exchange submitted in the suit.
Aside from the glamourous swag, the rider shows that the Mother Monster was already gaga for health food.
The
singer had asked that whole wheat bread, Bran Flakes or Special K (with
no berries or raisins), organic teas and milk, Hiro strawberry jam and
peanut butter with flax seed that contained no more than 4 grams of
sugar, Ezekial [sic] sprouted grain tortillas and homemade guacamole be
made readily available backstage during all her performances.
And
she had professional help keeping to the strict diet plan, with 24-hour
hotel kitchen access given her to her personal chef recommended by
trainer-to-the-stars Harley Pasternak.
Some of her other special requests included:
- Dunkin Donuts vanilla ground coffee
- Organic ginger lemon grass tea
- Chamomile tea
- Throat coat tea
- Honey
- 40 bottles of room temperature and cold water
- 8 Coke Zeros
- 4 Essential Flavor Vitamin waters
- 8 Fuze Slenderize drinks
- 4 Gatorades
- Pack of long straws (“Must be extra long,” the document noted.)
- Container of lemon or garlic hummus
- Bag of natural/organic corn tortilla chips
- Solid white tuna in water
- Vegetable tray with carrots, celery, peppers, broccoli and cauliflower with low-fat ranch dressing
- 6 Activia yogurts (“vanilla preferred”)
- 1 bag of Tostito lime flavor tortilla chips
- 1 container of lemon or garlic hummus
She also
indulged in alcohol, requesting that both Jameson and “two bottles of
good quality white wine” like Chardonay and “1 bottle of good quality
red wine (shiraz, grenache, malbec, cabernet)” for her crew.
Back
in her hotel room, things also had to be in their place: One multi
power strip has to be next to each bed, along with an Ipod player
(“preferably Bose”), multi-regional DVD player (but her those in her
team “don’t want to pay for one”), fresh organic milk, Splenda
(“preferably pellets”), and 8 coffee mugs (“not teacups”).
The
“Born This Way” singer also requires 24-hour access to the hotel
fitness center, as well as her security to a private entrance to the
premises.
But if she doesn’t want to leave her room, she doesn’t have to.
She
asks that an elliptical machine/cross trainer be placed in the living
room area (“not bedroom”), humidifier in the master suite, iron and
ironing board, clothing steamer, 4 sets of towels in the master
bathroom, 2 rolling wardrobe racks with 40 hangers on each rail,
automatic drip coffee maker in a second bedroom, can opener, blender,
crushed ice, and plenty of fresh health foods– 1 bottle of olive oil, 1
bottle of balsamic vinegar, 1/2 liter of whole milk, organic kale,
spinach, blueberries, rasberries, and strawberries, be at her beckon
call.
And
if the hotel wants to provide any complimentary gifts for Gaga — a
fresh fruit plate, bottled water (still, not sparkling), and champagne
will do just fine, according to the documents.
Despite the health kick, the pop icon struggled with her weight soon after the tour, with Fashion Police‘s Kelly Osbourne famously saying that Gaga’s curves made her look “pregnant.”
The
“Poker Face” singer opened up about her weight struggles in an open
letter to fans, writing on herLittleMonsters blog last September before
penning another open letter to Osbourne imploring her to set a better
example to their fans.
“I
urge you to take responsibility and accountability for the example that
you are setting for young people. They look up to you because you are
famous,” she wrote. “Why not help others? Why not defend others who are
bullied for their image and share your story?”
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