Lady Gaga Rolls Out In Wheelchair For Sydney Performance, Gets Egged (PHOTOS)

Forget the "Edge of Glory," this time Lady Gaga has gone way over the edge. At a concert in Sydney on Wednesday, Lady Gaga rolled out (literally) for a jaw-dropping performance. But fans weren't wide-eyed because of Mother Monster's epic lyrics or awkwardly awesome dance moves. No, fans were scraping their chins off the floor for quite a different reason -- Gaga took the stage in a wheelchair.

Sure, Lady Gaga hasn't risen to global superstar status for playing it safe, but did Gaga's latest stunt go a little too far? According to fans, it did. After her performance, while leaving a Sydney club, Gaga and her entourage were egged by fans who thought her disability bit was offensive rather than outrageous, according to the UK's Metro Online. Although Gaga wasn't directly hit with any of the eggs, her posse wasn't so lucky.

But this isn't the first time the "Born This Way" singer has referenced wheelchair disabilities in her concerts or music videos. At the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, Gaga hired an able-bodied dancer to join her "Paparazzi" routine -- only catch, the dancer would be performing in a decked-out wheelchair. Gaga once again rolled out in a wheelchair in her "Paparazzi" video after being pushed over a railing by video boyfriend, Alexander Skarsgard.

Leave it to Gaga to make things come full circle for us. First she hatched from an egg at the 2011 VMAs and now she's the target of the same food group.

(Photo courtesy of Michael Pell)

Comments

[ultra man]

10:37 PM on 08/04/2011

Lady Gaga is a freak and by portraying herself in a wheelchair, she makes people with disability be seen as freaks like her. This doesn't help our cause to be associated with a freak for publicity sake. I think most wheelchair users would agree that they prefer not to be equated to a celebrity shock seeker like Lady Gaga.

[topher01]

02:06 AM on 07/27/2011

As a wheelchair user myself, I am not the least bit offended by Lady Gaga or her wheelchair. The hilarious Bette Midler did something similar decades ago and I don't think she ever got egged for it. I AM offended by those people who would "speak FOR the disabled" by throwing eggs. Too many people are too thin-skinned these days. They''ll go out of their way to find reasons to be offended and then use that as a reason to file a lawsuit or as an excuse for their own bad behavior. Sickening.

[pegasus8595]

03:40 PM on 07/25/2011

She was in the wheelchair because she was wearing a mermaid suit. Jeez, it wasn't a freaking dig at disabled people. Stop being so sensitive!

[bigdawg1980]

11:32 AM on 07/20/2011

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!!!

[bigdawg1980]

11:27 AM on 07/20/2011

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!

[Janice James]

01:28 AM on 07/19/2011

Totally NUTS!!

[CarrieDN]

04:22 PM on 07/18/2011

People are so sensitive! I have cerebral palsy, and I'm not offended in the least!

[Kremfresch]

12:23 PM on 07/17/2011

Tick-Tock... Tick Tock... Tick-Tock...

[kathrynne]

09:41 AM on 07/17/2011

I am not a big lady gaga fan but did she not use a wheelchair in her Paparazzi video...perhaps the use of the wheelchair was tied to the song she was about to perform? Anyway Madonna's use of the Crucifix was more insulting in my humble opinion and yes I do recall her getting flack...but not egged...

[Soulend]

07:51 AM on 07/17/2011

I don't really get the fuss. One can be in a wheelchair for a variety of reasons beyond being permanently disabled.

And since when are eggs a food group?

[southingtonian]

03:57 AM on 07/17/2011

She should take as an object lesson what became of Carmen Miranda, an amazing talent who became a caricature of herself, despite her talent.

[RobertRob]

01:37 AM on 07/17/2011

PIG

[we-r-stardust]

01:40 PM on 07/16/2011

SPAMMER

[ZANDALEE]

11:46 AM on 07/16/2011

Can't stand this woman. She is a Madona want-a-be!

[bdazz]

10:50 AM on 07/16/2011

She has talent..but enough of the gimmicks now. The wheelchair thing is a bit too much..I think. She will no longer entertain or surprise anyone now..because it's all to be expected. She is starting to become more of a joke. She should rely more on her music itself to tell her stories and not the costumes.