Lady Gaga is on the mend following a lengthy and painful battle with fibromyalgia.
“It’s very under control. It took over my life for a long time, but I’m 95 percent better,” Gaga, 38, told The Sunday Times in a profile published on Sunday, March 9. “I still have pain days, but they are very rare. I feel lucky.”
She added, “People do not always make it through the career and the success that I have had. They don’t always get to the other side, given how it can affect your mental health and body. But I did.”
The pop star revealed her diagnosis in her 2017 Netflix documentary, Gaga: Five Foot Two.
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“The whole right side of my body is in a spasm,” Gaga explained to the cameras at the time. “My f—ing face hurts. I just think about other people that have maybe something like this that are struggling to figure out what it is, and they don’t have the money to have somebody help them.”
A source later gave Us Weekly insight into how Gaga was treating the pain.
“She’s been trying everything to rid herself of pain,” the insider exclusively told Us Weekly in March 2018, adding that the pop star was undergoing various treatments including acupuncture and reiki healing. “It’s a very slow road to her getting better.”
Gaga’s health also forced her to end her Joanne World Tour early.
“Unfortunately, Lady Gaga is suffering from severe pain that has materially impacted her ability to perform live,” a February 2018 statement read. “As a result, Live Nation and Lady Gaga are announcing the cancellation of the final 10 dates of the European leg of her Joanne World Tour. Last night, with strong support from her medical team, Lady Gaga made the tough decision to immediately come off the road. She is extremely sorry and deeply saddened that she cannot perform for her European fans, who have waited so patiently.”
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Four years later, Gaga embarked on her Chromatica Ball tour.
“When I went on the Chromatica Ball tour in 2022 that was the first time I’ve performed not in pain in … I don’t even remember,” she recalled to Vogue of the concerts in September 2024. “I haven’t smoked pot in years. I’ve, like, changed. A lot. I feel like this new album, in a lot of ways, is about that time but from a place of happiness instead of misery. And now, Michael [Polansky, my fiancé] and I are really excited to organize our lives — and our marriage — around our creative output as a couple.”
Gaga dropped her latest album, Mayhem, earlier this week.
