Lady Gaga took to Twitter to respond to Staten Island politician James Molinaro‘s verbal attack on her last week.
Molinaro criticized the 26-year-old pop star for smoking pot onstage at a concert in Amsterdam recently.
“We have to understand that there’s a tremendous influence with our youth, which I didn’t have as a youth,” he reportedly said during an anti-substance abuse event. “And there’s the influence right there. Stop glorifying the drug use.”
He added: “There’s Gaga. Here’s this… this… I would call her a slut. This slut is influencing many, many children.”
Another politician, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer spoke out in Lady Gaga’s defense to the New York Observer. In a statement issued Tuesday, Stringer called her a “a social justice activist and a real leader for marriage equality in this country.”
Lady Gaga tweeted a shout-out to Stringer on Thursday in thanks for his support:.
To @scottmstringer of Manhattan, thanku for your support of my activism as a new yorker. You show political integrity + a modern vernacular.
— Lady Gaga (@ladygaga) September 27, 2012
The singer has been the target of a lot of criticism recently. A number of media outlets recently took issue with Gaga’s recent weight gain, prompting her to declare “A Body Revolution 2013.” The new movement is meant to encourage body acceptance.
Here is a video of Lady Gaga ‘lighting up’ in Amsterdam:
