Lady Gaga rants under oath in pay battle with former personal assistant
She really is The Fame Monster.
Lady Gaga unloaded on a former personal assistant whos suing her for overtime pay blasting the woman in a sworn deposition as a f--king hood rat who is suing me for money that she didnt earn.
Shes just she thinks shes just like the queen of the universe, Gaga ranted, court records obtained by The Post show.
And, you know what, she didnt want to be a slave to one, because in my work and what I do, Im the queen of the universe every day.
The Born This Way singer couldnt maintain her poker face, either, shooting a nasty aside at ex-aide Jennifer ONeill near the start of Gagas marathon, six-hour testimony in a Midtown Manhattan law office.
Are you going to stare at me like a witch this whole time honestly? Gaga asked.
Because this is going to be a long f--k ng day that you brought me here.
During her videotaped Aug. 6 deposition, Gaga said none of her employees get paid overtime, adding that ONeill knew exactly what she was getting into, and she knew there was no overtime, and I never paid her overtime the first time I hired her, so why would she be paid overtime the second time?
This whole case is bulls--t, and you know it, she added.
But under questioning, she conceded her decision not to pay overtime wasnt based on labor laws, but is actually based on a bubbly, good heart.
Im quite wonderful to everybody that works for me, and I am completely aghast to what a disgusting human being that you have become to sue me like this, she said.
Gaga said ONeills job, which paid $75,000 a year, was essentially a favor, and Jennifer was majorly unqualified for it.
I expect there to be a certain level of, like, you know, knowledge and academia about, like, your job, she said.
Gaga who now has two personal assistants said a good assistant is somebody that can anticipate what you need before you need it, so they buy it for you, or they they set it up for you.
Gaga also portrayed ONeill as an ingrate who took for granted the parties, five-star hotels and other luxuries including caviar, champagne and yachts that she got to enjoy as part of Gaga s entourage.
It is, like, such an amazing luxury that I get to travel the world and have planes, she doesnt even see what a luxury it is, but she thinks its owed to her for no reason, the singer said.
At one point, Gaga bragged about how the night before, her employees enjoyed a beautiful $3,000 meal that I paid for at Spiaggia in Chicago, billed as the only four-star Italian eatery in the Windy City.
Gaga said she picked up the tab just because, noting, They were on their day off, and they all just wanted to be with me.
She also insisted that all her employees work only an eight-hour day while also noting, This job is a 9-to-5 job that is spaced out throughout the day.
You dont get a schedule that is like you punch in and you can play f--king Tetris at your desk for four hours and then you punch out at the end of the day. This is when I need you, youre available.
Gaga said she appreciates that an eight-hour workday could still be a very difficult workday, you know, if youre digging ditches or, you know, youre, you know, putting sealing on a roof, you know.
Im not in any way discounting how hard an eight-hour work day can be, or discounting the role of an assistant.
But she also noted, I do six shows a week, and I make a lot of money. I work, I work 24 hours a day. Im not standing next to Steve holding tea, waiting for him to take a sip, that is not what I do, Gaga said.
Not that people who do that dont deserve their hourly pay, but Im just pointing out that I deserve everything Ive worked for. I deserve every dollar of it. And she deserves every dollar of her $75,000 that we agreed to. But she does not deserve a penny more.
Rather than paying off ONeill, Gaga said, Im going to give all the money that she wants to my employees that work hard for me now that deserve it.
Im not going to give it to her so she can go to Intermix and buy herself a new tube top, the snippy superstar groused.
While the court papers dont detail the start of their relationship, Gaga said it ended when, during a flight to Paris, ONeill slept in one of two beds on Gagas jet.
Most of my assistants in the past always offered it to my mother or my family, the singer said. Jennifer was the first person that never offered it to anybody and always took it for herself.
Even worse, Gaga said, ONeill refused to share any pillows with two other women.
And she said, No, I need my three pillows so I can sleep, Gaga said.
I heard it. I immediately was so sick by it and upset that I turned over and went back to sleep.
In Paris, Gaga, who was there to walk the runway at Thierry Muglers fall 2011 fashion show, said ONeill wore my coat when we were at the show, she wore my clothes.
Afterward, we partied until 5 in the morning, we got s--t hammered, I was crawling on the streets in Paris, I was screaming.
Jennifer was there. She hung out all night with me and Terry Richardson, and tons of socialites from Paris, and she had the time of her life, Gaga said.
The next morning, Gaga said, she barely could talk but had to fly back to America that night I mean, what a rock-star moment, right?
But on the flight back, Gaga said, ONeill insisted on sleeping in the second bed and completely, like, flipped out at me, beyond belief when I told her no.
I said, Jennifer, this is really inappropriate in front of Terry Richardson, and she was like, Dont I get some sort of seniority because Ive been here longer and Im your friend? Gaga said.
And I remember those words as clear as day, because when your best friend looks you in the eye and says Why cant I have that seat on your private plane, Im your friend, the first thing I thought was Youre not my f--king friend.
You are not my f--king friend.
She will most likely retake her throne from Rihanna as the best selling digital artist when Soundscan releases it in the-not-so-distant future.
