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Madonna: I Don't Get Gaga's Obsession

Material Girl might want to zip it before she has no fans

By Evann Gastaldo, Newser Staff

Posted Sep 7, 2011 10:48 AM CDT | Updated Sep 7, 2011 10:57 AM CDT

(Newser) – Madonna has gotten herself quite a bit of bad press this week, and now she’s making less-than-awesome headlines again by dissing Lady Gaga, E! reports. Asked by French newspaper Le Soir about Gaga’s love for her, the Material Girl replied, "As for Lady Gaga, I have no comment to make about her obsessions having to do with me because I don't know whether her behavior is rooted in something deep and meaningful, or superficial.”

While Madonna's rep didn’t comment on the interview, she told E!, "I do know that [Madonna] has said many supportive things about Gaga over the years." (For more Gaga, click for her Harper’s Bazaar interview.)

Madonna arrives at the Gucci Award for Women in Cinema in Venice, Italy, Friday, Sept. 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Luigi Costantini)

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