dear lady gaga, it’s called food. eat some of it!! okay, okay. it’s not our place to speculate. but, come on!

the international pop star burst onto the scene less than two years ago. her quirky attitude and artistic prowess have catapulted her to the top of the charts. that’s all well & good… but take a look at the toll it’s had on her!

her latest music video for telephone has bloggers & critics focusing on one thing: her weight. i may be weirded out by her interviews and her outfits, but one thing is for sure – she’s talented. and it sucks to see that, after all her female empowerment words of wisdom, it would appear she has given in to the demands of fame.

gaga is seen to the left as a skin-and-bones version of herself in one of telephone‘s dance sequences. one blogger even put it:

“the first dance sequence is all about…honestly, it’s about how skinny lady gaga has become. while she was certainly slim at the start of her career, her weight was still in the realm of normal, and it was refreshing to see someone in the industry flaunting healthy-looking thighs with such reckless abandon. that girl has been replaced with the “incredible shrinking woman”, adhering to cookie-cutter expectations of what pop stars should look like. how’s that for being a groundbreaking artist? perhaps we needn’t look much further to explain the strange accent she’s adopted and her ridiculously slow response time in interviews—this girl is HUNGRY.”

and it seems the problem is growing! the lady was in new zealand this past saturday, and nearly collapsed on stage. check the video below – around the 1:30 mark – to see her begin sitting and even lying down during bad romance. she’s on the verge of wrapping up her 100+ show tour, a feat that even the healthiest of stars would struggle with. ya can’t argue that this girl needs break.