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LAS VEGAS — Entertainer Lady Gaga on Saturday performed a tribute for Williamsville, N.Y. gay teen Jamey Rodemeyer, at the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las Vegas.
Jamey, 14, committed suicide last week after enduring years of anti-gay bullying at school and online. He was laid to rest on Saturday.
“We lost a little monster this week and I wanted to dedicate this song to him tonight,” Gaga said before playing her song about identity and individuality, “Hair.”
During the emotional performance, Gaga said “Jamey, I know you’re up there looking on us, and you’re not a victim, you’re a lesson to all of us.”
At one point, Gaga shouted “Bullying is for losers.”
Watch the tribute here:
Jamey was a devoted fan of Lady Gaga, and was inspired by her message of tolerance when he created his “It Gets Better” video in May.
“Lady Gaga, she makes me so happy, and she lets me know that I was born this way,” Jamey said in his video. “Hold your head up and you’ll go far. Because that’s all you have to do, just love yourself and you’re set,” he added, echoing the lyrics of Gaga’s hit, “Born this Way.”
Last week, Jamey’s mother said she would bury Jamey in a t-shirt that reads “Born This Way.”
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We need to stop all the hate and this would not happen . Sorry for the family loss.
So sad but Gaga is awesome.
PAWS UP FOR GAGA AND TO TRIBUTE EVERYONE FEELING BULLIED AND TEASED FOR THEIR SEXUALITY,SKIN OR RELIGIOUS BELIEVes
Bullying is for LOSERRS. :)
I’d like to see some recognition of bullied kids before they commit their final act… It would be horrible if some kid thought it would be worth while because in the end they would get recognized… it’s just such a slippery slope…
Thank you, rock star…thank you. Glad to know another human being, no matter how famous, can think of the loss of another and feel. Big ups, Mother Monster!
This is very sad and touching, Go GAGA!
Im so glad. Hats off to her.
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Bullying is for losers. You go GaGa. <3
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What a gesture from Gaga. I hope she gets her way, meets Obama and bullying is outlawed very, very soon. To Jamey xxx
One of the reasons I love her
Gaga is not only the queen of music right now but also the gay rights movement keep it up Gaga idk what we’d be doin without you.
Lady G is THE most Influential Individual, as she passed over Oprah to the #1 spot, which Oprah had maintained for over 6 years! WOW! To be so young & so powerfully influential is Amazing in itself!
Way to go Lady Gaga!
Ditto that, many times over!
i cried my eyes out