Lady GaGa Waves Irish Flag At Belfast Gig

Lady GaGa has yet again landed herself in a shitstorm, this time she decided to wave the Republic of Ireland’s tricolor flag during a recent concert in Belfast which offended a lot of the crowd.

During the show GaGa whipped out the green, white and orange flag to the dismay of the crowd. Luckily no violence erupted during the concert but one fan said there was a bit of “unease” in the crowd. They say…

“It was about two thirds of the way through the show when she came out on stage with the Irish Tricolour. A lot of people were not impressed and there was a bit of unease in the crowd. Some people were making comments and others challenging them. It didn’t spill over but I certainly think the atmosphere suffered after that as a result. I just felt it was inappropriate, but maybe she didn’t realise Northern Ireland is separate from the Republic. You tend to find people at such shows from both religions and those with none, and this won’t go down well at all.”

I understand that it could have been an honest mistake and she may not have known the whole history of the flag and conflicts but surely someone in her team or the staff backstage could have told her not to do this? It makes me believe this was another one of her stupid little stunts.

I think that If anybody is going to whip out a flag in any country they should at least have someone do a quick check on wikipedia to make sure they won’t offend anybody.

source: Blazing row over Lady Gaga’s Irish flag stunt [Belfast Times]

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Lady GaGa Waves Irish Flag At Belfast Gig

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