Lady Gaga Cover With Exposed Boob Faces Ban
The March issue of U.K. music magazine Q is causing a stir – in the U.S. – over a cover image featuring a topless Lady Gaga.According to Q, some stateside retailers feel the cover shows too much of Gaga’s left breast.
The shot also exposes a rarely invoked New York state law banning public display of the “lower boob” area underneath the nipple. At least that’s what the publisher says (via Folio):
Certain U.S. chains have said they will stock Q285 only if the offending area is covered up, also expressing some concerns over "crotch grabbing." New York State law also doesn't permit showing anything below the nipple.
I asked Q magazine which chains are boob-balking and haven’t heard back, but I’d be willing to bet a duet with Elton John that it’s Hudson News, which has a long history of covering up covers it deems inappropriate.
The retailer covered up Jennifer Aniston’s 2008 GQ cover for a similar “offense,” as well as five consecutive covers of FHM in 2006, including one featuring Brooke Hogan, Hulk Hogan’s then underage daughter -- which prompted liquor advertisers to pull out of the magazine.
It could've been much worse. According to Q, Gaga wanted to "strap a dildo to my vagina" for the March cover shoot.
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Lady Gaga goes topless for Q magazine but insists she's actually 'quite the lady'
Wednesday, February 24th 2010, 12:26 PM
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Lady Gaga may be eccentric, but she claims she more traditional than people may think. 
Q Magazine
Gaga goes topless for the cover of the U.K.'s Q magazine. Though the eccentric singer favors outlandish attire and boundary-pushing performances, she claims she is actually "quite the lady," according to the Daily Mail.
Shedding her top for the cover of the U.K.'s Q magazine, Gaga tells the publication she's more traditional than most people would think.
"I believe in certain institutions: cooking, serving dinner, taking care of my family," she said. "So I consider myself quite the lady."
The interview, which took place just before the singer was diagnosed with exhaustion in December, shows a softer side of the Manhattan-raised pop star.
The article's author, Sylvia Patterson, notes that Gaga broke down in tears during the three hour photo shoot, which had the singer donning spiky pants and metal chains around her neck.
"Over the next three hours, the shoot slowly but painfully begins to unravel as various technical conundrums arise," she wrote.
Patterson details the incident in which the singer appeared "perplexed" and upset over how the photos were turning out.
After admitting she was "stressed," Gaga apparently retreated to her dressing room and emerged in tears, hoping to reschedule the shoot.
The 23-year-old singer also reveals in the interview that it wasn't easy for her to create her unique image.
"The last thing a young woman needs is another picture of a sexy pop star writhing in sand, covered in grease, touching herself," Gaga says. "My image was an issue at my record label. I fought for months and cried at meetings.
She adds. "I got criticized for being arrogant because if you're sure of yourself as a woman they say you're a bitch whereas if you're a man and you're strong-willed it's normal."
With Cristina Everett
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