M.I.A Slams Oprah Winfrey And Lady Gaga
M.I.A. In an interview with Time Out London, the singer claimed that Winfrey, 56, was cold towards her at last year's Metropolitan Ball, in New York.
She said: "Oprah seemed like she was giving me the cold shoulder.
"She was with [David Bowie's wife] Iman.
“Iman was always dancing with me, hugging and kissing me, but Oprah seemed really pissed off with me."
M.I.A, real name Mathangi Arulpragasam, 35, also said she was not impressed with the speech the talk-show host made at the event.
She said: "[Winfrey] made this huge speech at the ball praising Lady Gaga about how she is helping Americans to be the best of themselves.
"There's millions of other Americans who represent that for me. Is [it] about numbers? About how much you're selling? Is it truly about the journey?”
She added: "Because [Lady Gaga's] journey isn't that difficult: to go from the f****** Upper East Side to a f****** performing arts school and onto a stage at the museum of f****** wherever.
"That journey's about four miles."
