Nobody can certainly say Lady Gaga has an easy ride in the entertainment industry. No matter how much she achieves (and she has achieved a lot), there are always those just waiting at the corner to strike her down. This time, however, it could be rather serious as photos that show Lady Gaga at a party, where she is holding two gay men dressed in blackface in chains, have started to go viral.
It started with a petition on Change.org, which has the offending picture with a petition containing a harsh statement.
"In 2011, Lady Gaga held a completely tasteless gay slave auction in Berlin...She took pictures with the 'slaves' and talked in a Southern accent the whole night. She had the photographer of the event fired."
"This woman is a sick human but she is brainwashing her fans to be racist," claims Arial DeJezus of Lansing, MI.
"This type of behavior should not be rewarded. it's racist, sexist, and doesn't belong on American television," says Jack Lopez of Spencer, WI.
The petition aims to get people to not only boycott American Horror Story (where Gaga will appear), but also to boycott its advertisers, although none are named.
The pictures have been pretty much scandal-free until this weekend, when the conservative site American Thinker picked up on the story, which has been discussed on several conservative blogs. The anger stems from the fact that conservatives believe that the lack of uproar over the photos shows a double standard; if it had been a conservative pop star or entertainer, there would be a huge uproar and their careers would be ruined. Still, there has been an uproar on Twitter over the photos.
