That Lady Gaga, she sure is somethin’. Remember that time she wore that meat dress? Lord have mercy, what a sight! It was all over the news, that Lady Gaga costume meat thing. I tell ya, these young folks today, they come up with the craziest things. Back in my day, we just wore our Sunday best, maybe a little somethin’ fancy if we were feelin’ bold. But a dress made of meat? That’s a new one, even for me.
I saw it on the TV, at one of them award shows. MTV Video Music Awards, I think it was. 2010, that was the year. She walked out there, all covered in raw beef. I thought I’d seen it all, but that took the cake. Or should I say, took the steak? My old eyes nearly popped outta my head. I couldn’t believe it!
- That dress, it was made of real meat, you know.
- Rib and steak, they said.
- Fifty pounds of it!
- Imagine the smell!
I heard some folks sayin’ it was some kind of art. Art, they called it! Well, I guess art is in the eye of the beholder, as they say. I just saw a whole lotta wasted food. Coulda fed a family with that much meat. They even said they sold some copies of that meat dress. Sold them! For a lot of money! Who would buy such a thing? I don’t know, the world’s gone mad, I tell ya.
They said she had to be sewn into the thing. Sewn in! Can you imagine? And it was all sticky and raw. Gives me the shivers just thinkin’ about it. She even had a meat purse! A purse made of meat! And that singer, Cher, the one with the long black hair, she held it for her. She is a vegan too, they say. Now, that’s a picture. A vegan holding a meat purse. These celebrities, they do the strangest things.
Some folks got real mad about it. Animal rights people, they were all up in arms. Said it was disrespectful to the animals. I can see their point, I reckon. It’s not somethin’ I woulda done, that’s for sure. It’s one thing to eat meat, but it is another to wear it, I suppose.
They said the fella who made it, his name was Franc Fernandez. He worked with that Nicola, the one who helps Lady Gaga with her clothes. They said they made it together. I guess it takes two to make a meat dress. And they had to do something to it after, to make it not rot. They turned it into jerky, is what I heard! Jerky! Now, I’ve had my share of jerky, but I never thought I’d see a dress made of it. A Lady Gaga costume meat dress, turned into jerky!
That Lady Gaga, she sure knows how to get people talkin’. That’s one thing you gotta give her. She’s always doin’ somethin’ to stir the pot. And this meat dress, well, that was a pot-stirrer for sure. It was all anyone could talk about for weeks. She might just be crazy, but there is some smarts behind it too, you know? People still talk about it to this day. That is some good planning right there, getting people to talk about you.
I seen some folks tryin’ to make their own meat dresses after that. Some video online, a girl makin’ one. Kids these days. They see somethin’ on the TV, and they gotta try it themselves. But most people, they were just shocked, like me. Wondering what the world was coming to. You can make a costume out of anything, I guess. Even fake skin. They sell that stuff now. Sheets of it! What will they think of next?
That Lady Gaga costume meat, it sure was somethin’. Somethin’ I won’t ever forget. It’s one of those things you see, and you just shake your head and say, “Well, I’ll be.” It’s a crazy world we live in, that’s for sure. But I guess that’s what makes it interestin’, right? Always somethin’ new and unexpected around the corner. Even if it’s a dress made of meat.
