LOS ANGELES: Lady Gaga has taken time out of her busy, jet-setting schedule for a rather unglamorous reason — having her wisdom teeth removed.

And the pop star has taken to Twitter to share a picture in which she is cuddling a stuffed monkey and looking sorry for herself.

Referencing her swollen cheeks, she wrote: “Chipmunk Cheeks — Wisdom Teeth out before tour. I can’t eat. I’m gonna put some meatballs in a blender.”

And she had earlier commented on her need for painkillers in the wake of the operation. She wrote: “Wisdom teeth out. P-p-Percocet p-p-Percocet“

Gaga recently publicly thanked Lily Allen for standing up for her over her ARTPOP album’s sales figures.