Winning eight
prizes at Sunday's ceremony, the glam pop performance artist chose to accept
one of her statuettes wearing nothing but a raw, red meat dress with a matching
purse, that became one of the most talked about moments of the televised show.
"If we don't stand up for what we believe in and if we don't fight for our
rights, pretty soon we're going to have as much rights as the meat on our
bones," Lady Gaga, 24, told talk show host Ellen DeGeneres on her TV
program broadcast on Monday. "And, I am not a piece of meat," she
added. Sunday's outfit comes on the heels of a meat bikini Gaga donned for the
cover of Vogue Hommes Japan's September issue. It was one of several different
costumes the singer wore on Sunday, including one that looked like a large
black trash bag. Animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of
Animals said that "wearing a dress made from cuts of dead cows is
offensive enough to bring comment." Lady Gaga told DeGeneres she meant no
disrespect to anyone that is vegan or vegetarian, and called herself "the
most judgment free human being on the earth."
