>> LADY GAGA WAS ONE OF THE PERFORMERS DURING THE
OSCARS, BUT SHE USED THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT
SOMETHING THAT SHE WENT TO HERSELF AT THE AGE OF
NINETEEN: RAPE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT.
IT BECAME AN EMPOWERING MOMENT, NOT JUST FOR LADY GAGA, BUT
FOR A NUMBER OF WOMEN WHO CAME UP ON STAGE AS RAPE
SURVIVORS TO KIND OF STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH ONE ANOTHER.
THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH SIMILAR SITUATIONS,
SIMILAR TRAGIC EVENTS, AND THEY CAME TOGETHER, AND HONESTLY
THE PERFORMANCE WAS BEAUTIFUL.
UNFORTUNATELY WE CANNOT SHOW YOU THE VIDEO, BUT I WILL
EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED.
LADY GAGA GAVE AN EMOTIONAL PERFORMANCE OF HER
OSCAR-NOMINATED SONG, UNTIL IT HAPPENS TO YOU, FROM THE
HUNTING GROUND, A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT SEXUAL ASSAULT ON
COLLEGE CAMPUSES.
LADY GAGA APPEARED ON THE STAGE FLANKED BY VICTIMS OF
SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND WAS INTRODUCED BY VICE
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN, WHO URGED VIEWERS THAT CHANGING THE
CULTURE OF SEXUAL ABUSE IS EVERYONE'S RESPONSIBILITY.
WHEN JOE BIDEN CAME UP AND INTRODUCED LADY GAGA, HE DID NOT
SPECIFICALLY FOCUS ON FEMALE VICTIM.
HE EMPHASIZED RATE THAT IMPACTS BOTH MEN AND WOMEN, AND
THAT IS AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE.
IT WAS GREAT, ANNIE CLARK, ANDREA PINO AND FABIANA DIAZ OR
ALL SEXUAL ASSAULT SURVIVORS, AND ADVOCATES FOR ENDING
SEXUAL ASSAULT.
THEY APPEARED ON STAGE TOGETHER, AND THEY HAD MESSAGES ON THEIR
ARMS, MAKING STATEMENTS ABOUT WHAT THEY HAD GONE THROUGH.
THEY HAD WRITTEN STATEMENT THAT SAID THINGS LIKE, NOT
ALONE, YOU ARE NOT AT FAULT, AND WE BELIEVE.
>> A LOT OF COURAGE TO STAND UP THERE AND BE SEEN IN FRONT
OF ALL THOSE PEOPLE AS SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN ATTACKED.
IN THE WORST POSSIBLE WAY.
THE MALES, FEMALES, EVERYBODY UP THERE.
IT IS KIND OF A SOMBER NOTE, AND I AM NOT MUCH INTO MUSICAL
PERFORMANCES.
I'M ALWAYS LIKE, LET'S FAST-FORWARD THROUGH THIS.
>> BUT THERE WAS A POINT TO THIS.
>> AND IT WAS VERY WELL DELIVERED.
SOMETIMES LADY GAGA CAN BE OUTRAGEOUS FOR THE SAKE OF
BEING OUTRAGEOUS, AND IS ONLY NINETY-NINE PERCENT OF THE TIME.
BUT THIS ONE PERCENT OF THE TIME, SHE HAD A GREAT MESSAGE,
AND I AM GLAD SHE WAS STRONG
ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER IT.
>> I AM NOT A LADY GAGA EXPERT, BUT CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG.
I THINK AT THE BEGINNING OF HER CAREER IT WAS NINETY-NINE
PERCENT OUTRAGE, AND THEN AS SHE GOT OLDER AND MORE MATURE,
SHE REALIZED, I HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE
AWARENESS ON ISSUES THAT MATTER.
SHE WAS VERY AGGRESSIVE WHEN IT CAME TO GAIN ACCEPTANCE,
AND MAKING SURE THAT SHE PUSHED FOR GAY RIGHTS, AND NOW SHE
IS TALKING ABOUT RAPE AND SEXUAL ASSAULT AND I THINK THAT IS
GREAT.
THERE IS A CRITICISM I WANT TO BRING UP.
I LIKE THAT SHE IS HELPING THESE WOMEN STAND IN SOLIDARITY FOR
WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH, I LIKE THAT SHE IS TALKING ABOUT
SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE FEEL ODD TALKING ABOUT,
BUT SHE HAS WORKED WITH SOMEONE
LIKE R KELLY.
THAT SENDS A MIXED MESSAGE, AND FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO WERE
PUT OUT THAT CRITICISM, I FEAR YOU AND I AGREE WITH YOU.
I DON'T ALWAYS LADY GAGA WILL EVER TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT I
THINK SHE SHOULD.
>>
PART OF THE PROBLEM HERE IS THAT THE MUSIC INDUSTRY IS SO DIRTY,
IT IS HARD TO WORK WITH SOMEONE WHO DOES NOT HAVE A PROBLEM.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS INDUSTRY DEVELOPED IN A WAY THAT
IT HAS, AND I'M NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE IN THE
NEWS.
I HAVE HAD REALLY INTERESTING INTERVIEWS OF PEOPLE IN THE
MUSIC INDUSTRY, AND THE CULTURE IS, IF SOMEBODY IS COMING UP,
YOU TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEM, YOU SEXUALLY ABUSE THEM, AND
THAT IS PAR FOR THE COURSE.
REMEMBER THAT GUY WITH THE BACKSTREET BOYS AND N'SYNC?
>> I DO REMEMBER THAT.
>> IT WAS A MALE MANAGER MOLESTING OTHER MALES.
THERE IS AN ENDLESS ARRAY OF PEOPLE.
PART OF IT IS OBVIOUS, AND I'M GOING TO BE BIASED AND
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET MAD, I GET ANNOYED BY THE MUSIC
INDUSTRY, BUT IT IS FAIRLY RANDOM, ESPECIALLY THIS DAY
AND AGE, WHO MAKES IT.
NUMBER ONE BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF TALENTED SINGERS.
NUMBER TWO, IT IS BECAUSE OF THESE DAYS YOU CAN AUTOTUNE
ANYONE AND THEY SOUND THE SAME.
THESE DAYS IT IS THE PRODUCTION.
I BELIEVE DR.
DRE COULD MAKE ME SOUND THIS.
BECAUSE IT IS THE LUCK OF THE DRAW, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE
THE PRODUCERS, OR HEADS OF THE MUSIC LABELS, ETC.,
HAVE ENORMOUS POWER.
AND WHAT DO MEN USUALLY USE ENORMOUS POWER FOR?
ARGENTINES, UNFORTUNATELY, THEY USE IT FOR THEIR OWN SEXUAL
KICKS.
THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY, IT WAS
UNREGULATED FOR SO LONG THAT IT BECAME COMMONPLACE.
IT IS WAY PAST TIME THAT IT STOPPED BEING COMMONPLACE.
I'M GLAD THEY BROUGHT THIS UP.
THE PEOPLE WHO REALLY NEED TO RELATE THEMSELVES MORE THAN
ANYONE IS THE MUSIC INDUSTRY, THE SING SONGS TO YOURSELF
FIRST.
CLEAN UP YOUR OWN ACT, AND THEN WE SHOULD DO IT AS A COUNTRY.
I LOVE THAT SHE BROUGHT IT TO THE FOREFRONT, BUT I KNOW WHO'S
UP FIRST, AND IT IS DEFINITELY
THE GUYS IN MUSIC.