Lady Gaga: 'I've Put On Weight Because I'm An Italian Girl Who Loves To Eat'

We're used to Lady Gaga raising eyebrows with her outfits and antics but it's the lady herself - or her weight to be precise - that has had everyone talking this week after she was snapped looking fuller-figured on stage in Amsterdam.

Now the singer has spoken about her weight gain, admitting she's put on 25 pounds because she 'loves to eat' her dad's Italian cooking.

Lady Gaga on stage in Amsterdam this week

In a US radio interview she said: “I love eating pasta and pizza. I’m a New York Italian girl. That’s why I have been staying out of New York.

"My father [Joe Germanotta] opened a restaurant. It's so amazing … it’s so freaking delicious, but I’m telling you I gain five pounds every time I go in there. So my dad wants me to eat at the restaurant, and I’m like, 'I’ve got to go where I can drink green juice.'”

Not that Gaga is worried about putting on a few pounds.

“I’m dieting right now, because I gained, like, 25 pounds. And you know I really don’t feel bad about it, not even for a second," she said.

"I have to be on such a strict diet constantly. It’s hard because it’s a quite vigorous show [her current Born This Way Ball world tour], so I tend to bulk up, get muscular, and I really don’t like that. So I’m trying to find a new balance.”

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