Lady Gaga's Painful Childhood Is Detailed in Her Mom's Essay

The 29-year-old singer’s mom Cynthia Germanotta recently wrote an article for The Daily Beast to talk about their Born This Way Foundation and open up about Gaga‘s painful childhood.

“When my daughter Stefani—who most people know as Lady Gaga—was a child, she had to learn painful lessons about the dangers of cruelty and the importance of kindness,” she wrote. “She was creative and unequivocally her own person, but her peers didn’t always appreciate the things that made her unique—and different. As a result, they would sometimes taunt, humiliate, or exclude her. It was hurtful for her to experience and  Read More from TheDailyBeast.com