Singing celebrity Lady GaGa shocked the audience at the MTV Video Music Awards in New York last Saturday as she did a gruesome stunt: faking her own death.
During a performance of hit single Paparazzi, the singer, 23, pretended to stab herself in the chest while covering herself in fake blood.
After disappearing off stage, Lady GaGa then reappeared hanging limply from a cord suspended from the roof.
Anti-suicide campaigners were not amused.
‘This act is not cool: sensationalising and romanticising suicide is irresponsible,’ says a spokesperson for Papyrus – the national charity for prevention of young suicides.
‘Celebrities, who are often idolised by young people, need to be more aware of the impact that such acts can have on vulnerable young people.’
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Slightly worrying, maybe she needs a holiday??! But still, it’s not as shocking as when Ozzy Osbourne bit a head off a bat. Rock ‘n’ roll!