Lady Gaga's Ex-Fiancé Told The World What He Thought Of A Star Is Born
When Lady Gaga and actor Taylor Kinney finally got engaged in 2015 after four years of dating, fans everywhere rejoiced. However, as happens in many Hollywood romances, the spotlight put a strain on the couple, and they eventually broke up before walking down the aisle. But the pair parted on good terms, with Gaga even saying that they "really love each other" when she announced the split. Yet Gaga also seemed to suggest that her role in A Star is Born was partly to blame for the breakup — so everybody wanted to know exactly what Kinney thought of the movie. And he's finally delivered his thoughts.
The stars were aligned when they met
From a very young age, Lady Gaga seemed destined for stardom. Born Stefani Germanotta in 1986, she grew up in New York City. And then in 2008, at the age of just 22, she appeared on the music industry's radar. Her debut album, The Fame, crushed the charts with songs such as "Poker Face" and "Just Dance." Lady Gaga arrived, and it was clear she was here to stay. And when her next album dropped, she met the first celeb love of her life: Taylor Kinney.
Their first meeting was awkward — to say the least
One of the hit singles off her second album, Born This Way, was "Yoü and I," and it was during the filming of the music video she fell for Kinney. Although things didn't necessarily get off to the best of starts. "I remember I went up and I kissed her, and she didn't expect it, and they cut and she slapped me," Kinney told Andy Cohen in a 2015 edition of Watch What Happens Live. "It was just awkward. And the next take I just did it again." Luckily, Gaga didn't seem to mind.
Gaga was into it
When Gaga appeared on Ellen, she said she was down to clown with Kinney. "I've got these pins sticking out of my head and I'm wearing cork and I've got no hair and I'm bald," she said of her look in the music video. "We were in the middle of this scene and I remember that he kissed me and it wasn't scripted for him to kiss me. I was sort of like, 'Uh, you know, was that real or was that fake?' And he just didn't really say anything, and that was fine by me and we just kept filming."
She had her own smoking firefighter
Gaga may or may not have known at the time that Kinney already had a decent resume under his belt at the time. His roles included a recurring part in The Vampire Diaries and appearances in hit movies such as Zero Dark Thirty and The Other Woman. But most Kinney fans knew him as Lieutenant Kelly Severide in the hugely popular show Chicago Fire — as well as the two spin-off shows Chicago P.D. and Chicago Med. Gaga must have loved that firefighter's uniform on him because they began a serious relationship soon after meeting.
