In our finale to THE FAME KILLS series, we explore Lady Gaga's connection with the gay community and the scandal that rocked her early days in the press.

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Hosted by journalists Joan Summers and Matthew Lawson, Eating For Free is a weekly podcast that explores gossip and power in the pop culture landscape: Where it comes from, who wields it, and who suffers at the hands of it. Find out the stories behind the stories, as together they look beyond the headlines of troublesome YouTubers or scandal-ridden A-Listers, and delve deep into the inner workings of Hollywood's favorite pastime. The truth, they've found, is definitely stranger than any gossip.

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Sources [may cutoff in certain apps]:

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• Chicks with D*cks… Is Lady GaGa Packing?, 08/06/09 [Bossip]
• Lady Gaga Hermaphrodite Picture Sparks Rumors, 08/07/09 [THG]
• Lady Gaga Goes Nude, Stands Up for Gays, 08/07/09 [ABC]
• Lady Gaga Hermaphrodite Rumors 'Ridiculous,' Manager Says, 08/07/09 [ABC]
• Lady Gaga Covers 'Out' Magazine as a Vamp for September 2009, 09/01/09 [OUT]
• Lady GaGa: 'My father saved me from a deadly cocaine addiction', 09/08/09 [DM]
• GaGa fumes at German reporter after hermaphrodite question, 09/08/09 [Express]
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• Lady Gaga: the future of pop, 11/28/09 [Guardian]
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• Lady Gaga meets the Queen at the Royal Variety Performance in Blackpool, 12/09/09 [The Telegraph]
• When Lady Gaga Appears, So Do Her Many Influences, 12/24/09 [NYT]