Lady Gaga’s foul-mouthed court deposition

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Lady Gaga shocked a group of lawyers by launching into a foul-mouthed rant about her former personal assistant during a sworn deposition for an ongoing court case.

The singer is locked in a legal battle with former employee Jennifer O’Neill, who claims she is owed overtime payments from her time on tour with the singer.

O’Neill, who spent 13 months working as Gaga’s aide, filed suit against bosses of the singer’s Mermaid Touring Company claiming she is owed $380,000 for 7,168 hours of overtime.

During the testimony, obtained by the New York Post, Gaga described O’Neill as a “[bleep] hood rat who is suing me for money that she didn’t earn,” adding, “She thinks she’s just like the queen of the universe. And, you know what, she didn’t want to be a slave to one, because in my work and what I do, I’m the queen of the universe every day.”

Gaga went on to admit she doesn’t pay any overtime to any of her employees, insisting O’Neill “knew exactly what she was getting into… This whole case is bull[bleep].”

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[WilliamPitt]

1. A celebrity turns out to be a douchebag.

Stop the presses.

[Occulus]

2. Well, *I* just lost some respect.....

[Ed Suspicious]

3. Good performers are sometimes terrible people. In with the first "I don't listen to her

crappy music anyway" post.

[Drunken Irishman]

4. Yikes.

[backscatter712]

5. Let's check the numbers... 7,168 hours of overtime, over 13 months?

Approximately 390 days of work, assuming (and this is a big assumption) that she worked every day, got zero days off, zero weekends, zero nothings - worked EVERY DAY.

That's about 18 hours of overtime, every day.

I think Jennifer O'Neill is exaggerating. It's virtually impossible to get 7,168 hours of overtime crammed into 13 months.

[abelenkpe]

7. I have a friend who is a personal assistant to a famous actress

She is on call everyday, all day, all night, all weekend. And when I say her boss is high maintenance it's no joke...


Crappy job.

[JHB]

9. Whatever the specifics in this case may be...

...I doubt LGG's performance, so to speak, will work in here favor here.

[kentauros]

11. You forgot one factor in there: time and a half.

That brings the overtime hours to 12 per day. That's still an exaggeration because that would mean 20-hour workdays, every day.

I'm not a fan of Gaah Gaah at all, but I hope someone points out that math problem

[Kalidurga]

13. Well it probably felt like twice that many hours in overtime...

She was working for the Queen of the Universe.

[abelenkpe]

6. Gee, that should win the court over. nt

[Ian Iam]

8. I gag on Gaga

Perhaps it's because I'll be hitting fifty in three weeks, but I find her to be talentless.

[kentauros]

12. I don't think age has anything to do with it

as I know people here older than me (almost 52) that like her. Me, not so much. I did give her several "opportunities" by listening to her music. I found nothing unique. I'm happy with the modern Middle Eastern music I listen to anyway

[TroglodyteScholar]

10. Simple question.

Was the assistant paid hourly or was she on salary?