Stephanie Mills Recalls ‘Very Disrespectful’ Encounter With Lady Gaga: ‘She’s a Culture Vulture’

Stephanie Mills has some words for Lady Gaga , whom The Wiz star called a “culture vulture” while recalling a disappointing encounter on The Jason Lee Show recently.

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14), Mills shared a story that she said took place “years ago,” describing how she was asked by Mother Monster’s team to perform “Home” — her signature track from the 1975 Wizard of Oz Broadway adaptation — for Gaga at a photo shoot in New York.

“‘Home’ is Lady Gaga’s favorite song,'” Mills recalled the request saying.

“Would you come surprise her and sing ‘Home’? At first, I said, ‘No, why would I do that? No.’ And I was talked into it.” “She had her little black dog there and all the other people,” the R&B singer continued.

“I sang for her — she didn’t smile, she didn’t do anything.

She looked at me like I had two heads.

I finished singing ‘Home,’ and we took pictures.

Before we left, they said, ‘Listen, you’ve gotta delete all those pictures.’ They did not let us leave until they saw every picture being deleted.

Very disrespectful.” When host Jason Lee pointed out that Gaga has watched his show before, Mills delivered a message directly to the 16-time Grammy winner: “I hope you watch and I hope you remember what you did.

And I feel like you owe me an apology.” The Broadway icon also elaborated on her “culture vulture” assessment of Gaga.

“That’s why I say she’s a culture vulture.

She was managed by Black men.

She did a song with R.