What am I calling you?
Stefani, Lady Gaga, Gaga, Lady, Miss Lady?
Whatever you like.
Whatever feels good.
Well, what do you like people call you?
I actually really love Lady because Tony Bennett
calls me Lady.
All right.
I like Lady.
Yeah.
What if I call you--
I don't want to be like everybody else.
What if I call you Miss Lady?
[AUDIENCE CHUCKLING]
Done.
Hey, Miss Lady.
Lay-deh.
All right, so you live in LA now too.
Yes.
Well, not in LA, but around here.
Because I was giving you a hard time because you
were staying in a hotel room or something.
All the time.
Yeah.
Or other people's-- and I was like, you got some coin.
You can get a house.
So you got a house.
Yeah.
I saw pictures of your-- did you get a new little puppy?
Did you get a new French bulldog?
I did, I did.
Gustav.
[AUDIENCE AWING]
Oh, my god.
Yeah, he's a little angel.
And they all get along?
Yeah, they do.
They all get along.
Well, every once in a while, there's
a little fight over the food.
Oh, god.
That little puppy is adorable.
Thank you.
Adorable.
I don't want to take full credit for your career, but I do--
[AUDIENCE CHUCKLING]
I do believe I'm partially responsible.
When you were here--
I don't know when it was.
Was it the last time five years ago?
Do you remember me telling you you should act?
I didn't remember that.
I did.
I told you.
Do we have the clip?
Yeah.
I'm obviously not good at remembering things.
That's right.
Good thing we're on television, I can show you the clip.
You've got to go into acting next, right?
Thanks.
Well, I-- I'm not sure.
When I talk about acting, I'm always
surprised that no one ever asks me to audition.
I told you you should act, and was I right?
I mean, she's an amazing actress, isn't she?
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
Thank you.
You're amazing.
You're so kind.
No.
Portia couldn't go that night when I went to the screening.
And I came home and I was like, not only is the movie great,
your, obviously, singing is great,
but your acting is so natural and effortless.
And it almost looked like there was no script.
It looked like you were just having a conversation,
and there couldn't have been more--
like no take was the same.
That's how it felt.
You know, that is 100% testament to Bradley
as an incredible filmmaker, an incredible director.
An incredible singer, I'm sure you can all agree.
Yeah.
[AUDIENCE CLAPPING]
He has a great voice.
Beautiful voice.
And he just provided for such a sanctuary on set, and it was--
he says that to me in the film, and he said it to me
in real life.
All you have to do is trust me.
And I really felt like I could trust him every day on set,
and it was just-- it was thrilling.
It was a totally different experience than I've ever had.
There are a lot of people in this town that
have the same career.
Actors, actresses, whatever.
And especially when the woman is more successful than the man,
if that is the case, it is a tricky situation
to have a relationship.
It just is.
Absolutely.
And the film addresses that.
And it addresses substance abuse, and mental health,
and codependency.
It operates on many levels.
And having a voice, and what to do with it,
and what you want to say in the world.
And I just want to say to you, at the end of your shows
when you talk about being kind, that is just
the most important thing that anyone could say
that has a voice in this world.
And so thank you so much for doing that.
Thank you.
[AUDIENCE CLAPPING]
Yeah.
I'm lucky I have a platform to do that.
You are.
And you use it.
Yeah.
It's the most important thing, when we have a platform,
is to do something where we know we're helping somebody else.
That's right.
Now, when you finish the character, shooting the movie,
was that character hard to let go of?
Yes.
And I literally dyed my hair blonde the night
that we stopped shooting, because I
wanted to get out of it as soon as possible, because there is--
without giving away the end of the film,
there is some tremendous emotion and tragedy.
So I wanted to get her out, but to be honest,
she's still in here.
She's still there?
Yeah.
For sure.
Yeah, but some of it is a good thing that she's there, right?
I think passion, and fighting to be who you are,
I think these are two of the most important things
in the world.
[AUDIENCE CLAPPING]
Yeah.
Yeah, it is.
I'm so happy to see you again.
We're going to take a break.
We're going to play a game after this,
but first, the name of the CD.
And the music is great.
It's called "A Star is Born."
Everybody in the audience is going home with a copy of--
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
We'll be back.