Lady Gaga says she wanted to be a combat journalist if she weren't a pop star: 'That was one of my dreams'

Lady Gaga.
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In another life, it appears pop superstar Lady Gaga would have traded in her Grammys for a Pulitzer or two — a revelation that has ... already garnered some reactions.

In an interview with British Vogue, Gaga revealed that she would have been a combat journalist "if I weren't who I am today." "That was one of my dreams," she added.

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"When I was at the Capitol, the day before the inauguration, I remember walking around and looking for evidence of the insurrection," Gaga revealed.

Alas, however, in a blow to journalists everywhere, she just wasn't born that way.

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Brigid Kennedy

Brigid Kennedy worked at The Week from 2021 to 2023 as a staff writer, junior editor and then story editor, with an interest in U.S. politics, the economy and the music industry.